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ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG NATURALIST. 



" You needn't be frightened ; courage is not one of their 

 virtues. Unless they were starving, they wouldn't venture near 

 us.'' 



All at once we heard a shot. The whole forest seemed in 

 movement ; the cries of the birds resounded through the trees, 

 and the echoes repeated the noise of the report. Gringalet barked 

 loudly, and was again answered by the harsh cry of the coyotas. 

 At length the silence, which for a short time had been disturbed, 

 was once more restored, and the forest resumed its solemn 

 stillness. 



