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willi rillrs c'oi'kc'ii, and hearts 111 our inuiiili>. Aiiollicr 

 wet place and in(>i'(> siL;ii ! lie is ('\idciit Iv jusi in tVdnl (•!' 

 U8 ; A liwi^c sunlit patcli of wild i-aspKcrfics .--liowcd 

 aliead and — iinw i'oi the su[)ri'ni(' ludincnt — sonic hidden 

 !i(m1\- was ino\ iiiu' ahout in tlic tall canes. We stoo<l in a 

 ilToiip. with tlic rides almost at the sliou! 



o 



Iter, wiien — oil . 



the Idank di>iniisioiiiiio; — a rij)plin!4' hinuh lan^' out. and 

 faces n])peai'cd, not i'uir\', luit raspbeiTX-staiiied altout [\\v. 

 iiioulh. antl two strai)i)inu' sirens stood uTiiiiiiiiu' in the 

 siinliulit. and inxdting 11s with a shrill W(dcom(> to tlie feast. 

 That reiiiiiids me of another sell wlii(di I experienced, and 

 whicli nii'_;lit ha\-c had unpleasant conseipiciices. A[\' post, 

 at a oreat lieii-ht above the valley, commande(l a ruo-o-ed 

 torrentd)fd. and the ojipo.-iie slope of rocks, thinly covered, 

 where the soil admitted of it, with a scant \' Lii'"Nvt h of pines, 

 — as fax'ourable a chance lor ibex as there is in the \allev. 

 The roar and swish of the water, and the wildness of the spot 

 hell" ti^ ke(^p th(> niM'ves on the stretch of k(>enest expect- 

 ancy. I'iliiiL;- u]) a few rocks, you crouch beliind tlieni, 

 and tr\- to look as much like one of tlieni as }'ou can. All 

 the possible openings are vieilantly kept under ri'view, 

 and not a nioNcnieiit escapes notice. .\t last there Z^" a 

 nioN'enieiit. SomelhiiiL;' l\\t» hiindri'd \ards oil' is coming 

 through the Iret's in mv direction, with caulioiis steps, as 

 if awai'c of datiger in front: at first oidv a brown pat(di — 

 looks bke an izzard a hundred ;iiid til'tx' \ard> t<io big 

 for anything but an ibe.x ; a hundred and twenty }'ards — 1 

 brini!' the siudit to bear. Now it i> hidden, luit it must 

 come into full view between those two trees — here it is, 



but not just where I expected till' little black bead is well 



defined against the hairy Ihink I begin to put a slight 



