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trees, made known their presence above by disgorg- 

 ing a lialf-digested eel, which dropped with a thi;d 

 at our feet and occasional!}' nearer, suggesting the 

 advisability of carrying an umbrella. The vegeta- 

 tion beneath the well-populated trees was as white 



as though it had bei'u liberall)' daaibed with white- 

 wash, and th(^ ground was strewn with blue-green 

 eggshells neatly broken in two across tlui nuddle ; 

 fish, pi-incipally eels, in various stages of digestion 



