CHARLES WATERTON, 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 all 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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