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out one eye. After this accident, the creature 

 languished for some time and died. 



M. It is the last creature I should think 

 of taming. Brother, do you perceive how cold 

 it grows ? I must retire to the house, and shall 

 be glad to shut myself up in a warm room, 

 rather than take the walk. 



H. There is a wonderful change in the 

 weather, which is not very uncommon, in this 

 changeable month ; for some of the most de- 

 lightful days terminate the most uncomfortably. 

 I perceive we shall be compelled to find our 

 pleasures, the remainder of the day, in the 

 house, in conversation and books, rather than 

 in the fields as we contemplated. I w T ill take 

 the opportunity to look over your plants in the 

 sitting-room, as some of them want attending 

 to. 



Having returned to the house, and while 

 Margaret was engaged with her book, Henry 



