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disentombing Sisyplius, and just looking up we con- 
tinue our occupation. The moving mass of cows and 
calves, led on by the patriarch, steadily advances. 
There are many stoppages, much pawing of the 
ground, and some low bellowings, but — onward it 
comes. Prudence suggests a retreat ; courage, and 
a desire for more specimens of Sisyphus, urge our 
remaining. So, putting on an indifferent air, we go 
on turning over the sandy deposits. This seems to 
have some effect on the bovine party. The patri- 
arch bull, his admiring cows and offspring, the 
playful calves, make a dead halt and stand staring. 
Thus we continue while a shard remains unex- 
amincd, when we rise and, resuming our stick, 
stroll, with a would-be-careless air, towards the 
beach. The patriarch bull with the great curly 
head and dewlap, and all his wives and concubines, 
follow us down to the water, where, luckily a boat 
being handy, we leave - them. AVhether our small 
stercoraceous ebon friend, with the gray, curved 
hind legs, of these Tartarean regions, be the Sisy- 
phus Scha3fferi of the illustrious Swede, or a new 
