THE PAMPAS. 



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In the day-time their holes are always guarded 

 by two little owls, who are never an instant away 

 from their post. As one gallops by these owls, 

 they always stand looking at the stranger, and then 

 at each other, moving their old-fashioned heads' in 

 a manner which is quite ridiculous, until one rushes 

 by them, when fear gets the better of their digni- 

 fied looks, and they both run into the biscacho's 

 hole. 



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