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linsk, some y\>ar* agw I haw novor soou so mauv 

 ti^vthor. A gnmd ■• misirnUivy xvavo "' nmst havo 

 brokon rtu tho nunintah\s witluu a night or twvv 

 As fcir as tuiisio is iviiivruod, tlit'' grv^slvaks havo 

 tho tvoUl mostly to thoiusolvos, though a gixniso 

 Ivats his »lnuu at short intorvals, and now and 

 thon a \vhit<Mhr<,v\t w histlos. There is no luixl's 

 voiiv to wUioh a fog is nuvro lH\^>nnng. I s;>y to 

 mysoAt". with ;> ploasing stMist^ of having s;ud 

 SvMnothing nnintondM. To niy thinkitig. tliO 

 whitt^thn^at should sUways be a gxxxl dist;uuv 

 j»way (^perhaps Kvanso in tho mountains ono 

 grvn\~s ;u\'nstoj\u\l to hearing him thns^ ; and 

 tho fog puts hiix\ therw with no damagv to tho 

 fnllnoss of his tot\o. 



lAX\kit\g at tho tlowors along tho w-aysiJo, - 

 a fow yoUow violets a ^vUv>h of spring-lvantios, 

 juivi littlo olso, — my e\v fulls uixm what sivnis 

 to be s» miniature fortvst of ourions tiny |\lants 

 siTv^winii' in the gutter. At llrst I stH^ only the 

 tipricht, whitish stalks, an ineh or two in height, 

 oaeh lvarii\g at the top a globular hn^wn knob. 

 Aftorwarvl I dis»\ner that the stalks, whieh. e\- 

 aiuineil mow ohxs»>ly. haxii? a erystjvlline. glassy 

 ainxvtnmiv, spring from a h\'vf-Uke or liehen-like 

 on^wth. l>ing i«\v?ir!ite ujxm the wet s<nl. Tho 

 idant is a li>»rwort, or seahMttv^ss, of some kind. 

 1 snpixv<t\ and is gT\iwiiig hew by the mile. 1 low 



