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attempted to force his way through them. But, 

 alas ! this fence was but of a very perishable na- 

 ture. In the time that it would have taken to 

 wither its parent rose-leaves, the briars withered 

 away ; and Dandy was soon able to trample them 

 down, while he continued his pursuit. Now, then, 

 the pebble was thrown in his passage ; it burst into 

 forty pieces, and every piece in a minute became 

 a rock as lofty as the Andes. But the Andes 

 themselves would have offered no insurmountable 

 obstacles to Dandy, who bounded from precipice 

 to precipice ; and the lovers and the headman 

 could once more clearly distinguish each other by 

 the first beams of the rising sun. The headman 

 roared, and threatened, and brandished a mon- 

 strous sabre ; Dandy tore up the ground as he ran, 

 neighed louder than thunder, and gained upon the 

 fugitives every moment. Despair left the princess 

 no choice, and she violently dashed her phial upon 

 the ground. Instantly the water which it contained 

 swelled itself into a tremendous torrent, which car- 

 ried away every thing before it, — rocks, trees, and 

 houses ; and 6 the horse and his rider ' were carried 

 away among the rest. — ' Hie Jlnis Vriami fatoram ! ' 

 There was an end of the headman and Dandy! 

 The princess then returned to court, where she 

 raised a strong party for herself ; seized her two 

 sisters, who were no better than their father, and 

 had assisted him in his witchcraft ; and having put 

 them and all their partisans to death by a summary 



