At Si. Mary's 



A Temporary Camp. 



slope of shale, which swept up to a long 

 ridge a quarter of a mile away. As the 

 clouds would occasionally rise above or 

 drop below this ridge, it would stand for 

 a few moments clearly outlined against the 

 sky ; and it was during one of these inter- 

 vals that, in sweeping the ridge with my 

 glass, I thought I saw a movement in an 

 object which till then I had taken for 

 a bush or a rock. Lowering my glasses, 

 and resting my eyes a moment, I looked 

 again. The object had disappeared. 



It was a sheep. Without doubt it was 



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