CHARLES WATERT0N, ESQ. Xxiii 



I heard a struggle in the water, and I instantly 

 called out to the man and told him to make for 

 the sound of my voice. He did so, and he 

 managed, by exertions of his feet and hands, to 

 reach the side of the wall, where I laid hold of 

 him and pulled him up by main force. He 

 was so confounded by the suddenness of the 

 accident, that at first he knew not what was the 

 matter with him. When he had come a little 

 more to himself, he said that he had been out 

 of his depth, and considered that Hi was over 

 with him, when on hearing my voice, he turned 

 to it, and got on his feet again by hard 

 struggling. The rescue was effected by sound 

 alone ; for the dense and black clouds, together 

 with the absence of the moon, had rendered the 

 night as dark as it well could be. 



Few are the incidents and uninteresting the 

 adventures which generally occur in civilized 

 life, especially to one who has formerly been 

 engaged in forest roving, where ornithology was 

 seen under every pleasing shape, and has yet 

 far greater attractions for him than any other 

 pursuit. The uniformity of Belgium, the 

 flatness of Holland, the good cheer of Germany, 

 the picturesqueness of Switzerland, and the 



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