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ant. After nightfall tliey
r.ro to be seen everv- wdiere, flitting about like wandering sparks. Following heav\* rains tin* grounii als>ut tho barracks reflect the phosjihorcbcent light of the glow'worm. All Indian " uaturo ” is in fact of tlm utmost ijilerebt lo iho westerner. 01 all the wild U'ahttt in India—or Mesojio-
\Miero the jackal swarms, and that is In the .Agra eantonment tho firefly is abimd-.
tatnia—llio inobl uiiiversidly delesbil is ilio jackal.
all is silent at night a sudden crash of yells, mixed with lunatic laughter, just outside tho encf^inp- im.'Ut wakes up ever)' H!i*<qH*r and sols all llio dogs harking.
almost <‘verywliero, right up lo the fringe of tho towns and cities, niglit is turned into pande monium. 'J'he jaekni is like a gro3’ wolf-Hlmj>e(i " i th a half-length tail. When ]>crchauca
'Ibo pack with their nuiso pass
on, only to followed 1)3* others l>oforo i>eaco in CBlablisbcd. Agra district is rich in bird, insect luid iminiul life, Tho animal most notk'cablo is a beautifully strijxHl grey squirrel, misDomod
obiuiued on a shooting ex|KMliti*m wbi<-h in one of the diversions of the inilitary in India. As a fact, with ilm exception uf the jiu-kals ami the smaller iminmls I have already nuimMl, you aro scarceK’ more liki*I\* to imi^t a wild animal in India than in Fhtgliand, unless you aro searching for them. In the rigiii (luarler, however, India UH'ins with big game. At the beml comes the , tiger, and lliero aro also elepluuUs, leojmnlK,
barracks. 'I’he)' reprcs<*m part of tin* “ bag
dangerous-looking bufTal(M*s with hugo heads hut small eyes, and lions, though the Inllor do not
, compare wjili the African lion. Tho tiger, how- over, makes up for him. *J*ho muimtAin regions aro tho homo of tho sIoth-lH*ar. witli its
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, quite suddcnlv*, e,sp('oiaU3* if tho sj>ocie8 happens to Ixi a female with cubs. Tho Himalayan black and brown lx*ars luro ilio sportsman annually to tho hills. Tito rhinoct'ros is almost 'J'hero is scarcely a more dang»*rous
black coat, a dangerous enemy if mot
: sport than “ pig-slicking,” a favourite sport of I Iho miHtnry, in which tho Prince of Walea ho
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Sbabjtbar, builder of the Taj Mahal. A heritage of Mogul sovereignty, the F.ihce, dated I6b8—49, posscESCs exauisitc inlaid work and carving. As famous as tbs Palace itself is its proud inscription ; " I f there is a heaven on earth, it is this -it is this.”
The Diwun-i-kbaf, Delhi, the mngnifleent audience ball in the palace of the Emperor,
mouK snakes of the commr>ii !;ind in India are tlio Krait, a ilull purple, riiiL'ei! witli wliite ; tile hoodixl cobra, a gn*yish black or wbitisli grey, but etpiully deadly ciilier way; ami tin* saw viper, with saw tootlud k*'«ds. 'I'he bite of 11113'
'J'lie three most veno-
K(pie.ll\' deiullv, but not <juit«* so common is the King Cobra, four yards of vieiousness.
these* three means ulniesi ceriain ileatli. 'rh,*
Imliaii python, which attains a lingth of !10 ft., is »'«»mparalivcly harmbss.
'riicrc is an all-
brown rat snalo*. a sen snake, iiml i; \'i\'id green trci*
snc.ke which ficojiicntlv surprises fiuit or flower giitheicrs. l.i/i'.rds of si/es innuim rubb*. fn m c. coujile of
inches are to 1m* found everywhere, including domiciles, vls-re
their insatiable, appetite, and alality to ca}>Hne llicir prey insects.
arc ivcicomcif. owing to
there wi*re six. Ihit lln'y wen* all \‘oung ones. 'J’he tent hiu! lK>en jtit<‘heLl ehise to or over a nest, 'i’ljeso young snakes were hacked to pit*e< s with the ordinary jack-knife carried by mounted troops. Not a man was in tiu* !<*asl atarined, and there was no e.xeiienuni. One man witli lunger Indian experienei* than most u( us said tliu pan*nt snakt> or snalvcs would inevitably turn up later, ami we kept a sharp look-out, except a t night, tile timo snakes are on the nUivi*, wlien we had to trust to Providence, lait no parent snake ever visited us. The third oecasion wa^ at Karachi, on returning from “ Mespol," ami imrnediatelj' preceding our transfer to the North- West Frontier h>r the <-umpuign against the Afghans. We were stationed in llie " Guzjl
I..ines,” overlooking tin* holders of
Hamehi.stan. Tho heat in the middle of the da\' was terrific. We were lying on our lH*ds—tho only thing one can do in the lieat of the da\*—wlien a snake was espied on tlie veriuulah of uiir bunga low. The liutt-cnd of a rifle again came into operation and for ilays the deiul snake remained a irojiliy hung over llie i lotln*s-Iine. Anything h*ss exciting lliaii this trio of incidi*nls could scarcel\' Im» imagined.
tho men in our tent noticed a snake, anotlu-r saw a second ami a tbiril one more.
'I'he first morning on rising one of .-Ulogetln'r
Ifombny) for " the fJnIf." l! was thiMnoiiHtion season and llu» ground was suampv’. J-Acr\' sectii*n of the iirignde avok under cimviis, the men sleeping on the ground. Heveille was at daybreak.
but- once and that the mongoos>*. the killer of snakes, avoids him.
'Hu* nr.tiv<*s r«a3’j^t!iu
clmtter of ilu* musk rat ns it ambles along is a sort of bellman's warning to other aninmls to keep a resjieetable ilihtanee. a warm’ ng llmt is seldom ignorcii.
The Mongoose.
simk<*. It is said to 1j<* (mi>ervii>us to tin* simko bile, or in |H»ssession of a sei*ret antidote, but the probabilitv' is that it is too wars' to jHTiuit its victim lo gi‘l its bit<* iii.
the lines of tin* Knglish weasel. Tin* inongoosi* is the dreadeil cncm\' of tho
'I'he mongoose is on It is eusil3*
tameable ami make.s a splendid )K*t. On thu boat by wliieh I returned lo England tliero weru a t least lialf-a-do/eii of them—|h?Is of soldiers who were taking them lionie.
liow long th(*\*
a thousand to two thousand miles—mN’self 1 have l)oariled a troop train on a 3Ionda3* night ami discntrnineil the following .Saluriia3' morn ing—you will very likely puss through a jungle or two.
survivcil the rigours of llie home climate I have no means of knowing. Travelling long train journeys in India, say
'Ihe railway is a single track, exc«*pt
near the* populous centres, and tin* iliiek junglo growth extemls right up lo the lim*. Often you are travelling very slow ly, possibly you aro elimbing an aeute gradient, and on either side aru elmllering inonke\'s willing lo make friends with 3'ou, es|s*cially if 3 011 have anything to ofTer. With their tails iwisicil round the braneh of a tret* iheN' have a fine reaeh of whieh ihev make eon.‘«id«Tnble um*. .Mc.nkeys, too, makt* pels for soldiers, but lliey are Usually oblulmsl from itinerant vemlors who eenie round to ilie bar- rai'ks. 'I'licre
r.re tw o varii*t i*-s. nm* w ith i\ sbortiT tail than tlu* oilier, and thoM* with the shorter tails have the shortest of lemiK-rs. 'riie nearest apjtreaeli lo ii tiger I saw in India,
e\<vpl in captivity, was (be numerous tiger skins whii'h are juil 01-1 to dry in every militc.rv
FRAGMENTS FROM. THE EAST. By C. LORD.
A R T IC L E 13.
REPTILE, ANIMAL AND BIRD UFE IN INDIA.
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f had an idea one could not walk about in India anywhoro and a t any time, except a t grave risk of treading on snakes’ tails. I ’igors and scor pions hold the field fo a lessor extent only. Needless to say the imagination ran away with itself. You may travel a long way in India without seeing a single snake ; on tlio other hand you may find yourself amid snakes in plenty if you go into their locality after dark.
Tlio snoko occupies such a prominent plnco in boys’ Rcliool books on India that for a long time
India,
with its gorgeous splendour, nrcliitocturaUy and otherwise, is one of the show places of the or.rtli ; it is not less interest ing in tlio number and variety of its insects, binls, animals and tho larger l>casta of prey. Three times only did 1 encounter a snake or snakes.
The.first occasion was wliilo 1 was staliomsl a t Agra. Every alternate morning there was a “ quinine paratio ” for British troops, quinino being a sort of “ charm” against malaria. ^larching down from tho “ liorso lines ” to tho hospital one morning, some of us were in time to seo a cobra dispatched witli the butt end of a rifle. I t was making its way into one of tho wards cither on a tour of inveatigation or with a view to l>ocoining an in-patient. Tlio Ix'st cure for a cobra, how ever, is tho “ lull.” There was no moro excito- inent tlian in the killing of a ra t at liome. Tho second occasion u as a t .U^hbulpor^^ We wore assembled a t Harela, skirting a jungle, for brig ade inanoeuvri's prepuralary to embnrlung (at
a treo-rat. Kvery roadway lias tlioin, and tlioy arc amazingly bold and impudent, tluo to tlio fact th a t natives novel* molest them. Only a t llio very last second will they get out of tho way of man or vehicle. If you liavo a dog with you i t would appear to bo tho ensiost thing in tho world for j'our dog to cfTcct a kill. A))poarnncos, however, arc deceptive. The smartest dog can. Ixj driven frantic by the squirrel’s perfect judge ment. Alwa3*s in tho nick of time it reaches tho nearest tree, whisks round the trunk with a flourish of its tail, leaving tho furious dog a few inches liehind. Tho beautiful stripes on ^ tho squirrel's back aro due, according to the uatites, to God’s fingers stroking tho dear little creature. Walking hear tho barracks a t night j'ou hear a continuous multitudous chiinour th a t niakos^ it very diflicult to ciirrN' on a conversation with 3’pur companion. 'J’his is duo to Uio frogs, who cbmpeto BO vociferously th a t there accnis to bo myriads of them. They usher in tho monsoon season, but tboj* uro also to be heard at the tail- end of tho monsoon.
Musk-rats aro occasional visitors to tho bun
galows. Keallj* the animal is a slirew. I t bus a weird, ambling gait and chatters to itself ns it wanders round llio room. No one interferes with tho musk-rat owing to tlio odour i t creates when excited. Tins odour is a stiflingly strong musk, which the animal emits a t will. If loft alone i t will pick up any insects tha t aro crawl ing about and disappear wlicn tho object of its visit is achieved. Jiut if attackixl i t will make tho room unbearable willi its ofTensivo odour. I t is said that a dog or a cut attacks a musk-rat
indulged during his visit to India. Tho Indian wild boar is stiid to be anything b u t an easy animal to tacklo. Door stalking is another favourite sport, and tlioro aro four or fivo spocioa of nntelopo. to say nothing about wild goats, wild slico]), and wild cattle. Of tho domosti- catcd animnls tho sacred cow lives in tho mam thoroughfares of Iho cities and towns, and cribs its food from any available source whatever. I t is not very jiarticular about what i t cats. In somo military centres herds of sacred cows wander about tho “ linos” ami e at anything or ovor3*thing eatablo tha t comes their wa3% es pecially soldiers’ leavings. They will lick tho insido of a discarded Tickler’s jam tin or gobble up a mixture of potatoes and alleged rice pud ding with equal faciUtv'. Bcsitles tlio jackal India harbours ono s|>ecio8
of wolf which is dreaded and detested for its liabit o f carrying off children ; also tho li>'cna and a wild dog th a t (in packs) is capable of running tho tiger to earth. Of tho sinallor animals, ono of tho most beautiful is tho cat-bear. Thero aro niuo species of cats from tbo leopard and tho lessor cheetah to tho spotted cat, rather less tlmn our own domestic cat. Thu bats include tlio fl3*lng-fox and several kinds of vampire. Foxes arc four sjiccies. Of rats thero aro no fewer than soventeen kinds and inico iiftoon, Ixjsidcs wdiich thero aro four classes of hares, and tlirco of j)orctq)iucs. A peculiar creaturo is tho pangolin, a reptilian sort of nnt-onter. I t walks piowl3» on its knuckles and rolls into a round hard ball wlien danger tlurcatons.
The Feathered World.
known as llio seavengors of India,since nothing i:omVs amiss to them ami the3* will clean up mu'- thing from a loaf ot bread to iho decaying car case of a largo animal. Over militarv* encamp ments tho air is darkened by thousands of kites and when tho “ grub " is dished out in tho ojK-'n 3'OU aro luck3' 1f you get back to your tent with it intact. A kite, followed l>3' a second ami ]iossibh' a tliird, 111113' sw'oop down and de a r a plate of Htew Ik'foro you can lift so much as your finger to preyent them. Thev* como iK'hind 3'ou ami tako tho meat in their talon-t on tho rise. A special correspondent with tlio Frinev ot Wales tints ilt>MrilM*s the k ite :
in India. Tho .Agra eantonment seems to have moro'than its shuro of thu familiar green parrot. AVith a jiiercing scream crowds of them fly from ono cluster of trees to another. Ilackwards and forwards th(*3’ travel a t an incre(li!)lo speed, and tho jirogrammo is t*videntl3' well planned in advance, for w'hilo tliev* pass 11111113* trees cn route, Iho entire part>* como to rest HimuItAueousl3' on tho sniiio set of trees. AVIi3* some trees nro chosen and others ignored tho ex|)ort 11103' bo able to ex])lain. Tlio kite is the must .ubiquitous. Everywhero throughout tho da3' thc3' hang in luimirodH overlieatl a t a good distance rcml3' to swoop ilown on anv* article of fooil.
'l’ho3' aro
on a rarecourvo lawn, when a groat kite sw'oo|>s down, ami. with a rush .and swiil ol W'iiigs, piok-s tho largest of tlio .sugar-coated cakes irom iho table and is olf with it again into llio blue. Next to tlitv crows the kiUti aro the g h 'a t .scavengers (over- zealous, i t may be, m iho inatu r of sugar- coated cake's and .such things), even as they once wore, wo know, tho scavengt'rw of Ixiiulon. I t is impossible not to n*grct their Lli^ipIH*aranci*, for tin* mere lieauty of their flight. No bird, gull or eagle, moves witJi Midi appart*:iL «‘lfortU*!ssness; noiio oilers so f.'Lscinatiiig a study as do llie kite’s sIolt- ing metlnxls, with a tail so nioliilo th a t you may frequently .set* i t turned ai»i>arently exactly vci'
lic.nlly u> the jilaiio of tho Inxly ami wings. I t mvils clever stwr ing to sw'oop from tin* sky and lightly pick a cake olf a plate 1m
I t is n novel exiK,*rionco to be having tea .*Iwvcii two people s illing a t a
small tea-talde. .And next to the kites liie vultures,
scavengers also, ntul thererore KpariHl, looking lx*auUful as they circle, liiglier than the kiU'.*, in the sky. but lioirid .u eloso quarPT- and most lion id uf all wlifii
Of birds there nro said to l>o about 1,700 kinds
Xext Week: I'rontaor.Dangers and I.u-.,|v Statjoiis.
creature has had
breakfa.st enough.” 71 „ i t caught 0110 of tho
hirgostl.sizcd T dragonflies. I t took some niinute.s uf l]J( iiig i t agains t tho ropes before the biiil sacce'cdccl 111 getting tlie dragoallv rieht way on for swallowing. 'J'lien i t '
Wlieio tho dragonfly can paviihK hivi found room insido tho bird I do iiol'lino-v b u t i t went p a r t way down wliile the wi,,' ’ still .stuck o u t of tho bir.l’.s mouth o„
• adorned, i t .sat tliero, very stodev i,ui pletei, silently digesting, whi|,V |
side, like oxngfjerated wlilskers 'Ji,,,!
soothingly to it, “ Tlmt. a t all events vsl hast you for a day or two.” Ami in' 1,.,, iniiiutcs I t was catching ami Mvallowj,,!. bees again. 'Wliieli—witli how da- eti-u": egrot tralEs nlioiit in the hot sun -,11 ,V,v
without g e tting its lirniii addled- i,'uao ui tlio my'stories of bird life. B ut tlicro .arc few' mon* lovely things Ilv
in c than tho coiuiiioii green l)coM at4 r [. has a charming flight, and wlien a p.m,- of tliojll—sijc or .seven—are sjiortnig in tfai air, as they love to do, rising from the t ,- , with a lilting, pipnit-like flight, one •u-/- .another, lifting and dijiping, all .•i-gia,,, in tho sintshine, tliev aix. „ne of t|,„ p re ttie s t .sights in the H urfif.
30-feot in length which tneklo humim without hesitation ; and two other small''
In tho rivers there are oroeodile.s iiienMirin-
species which feed on Biiinll onininls or ILh. iu„^ c«>mparatively aro hnrmless.
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Dear Hoys and Girls, -Vo doubt von have often hear.I aUmt vl ,ri
wiiKts and wliirliiool.s, and simoons, ami u-l .r nattind etiriosities, hut i t is not ltk..|v ths- you mil efiT .se.1 any of tfiese things for \,.ui’ selves and i t oectirs to me to dw r i l ie fur \ni
" 't.-!'’'*; \ \ hirlwimls nro not altogetlier mikn.m n <''^n»;eration jitst ivliat ivo !i' „
this country. In (Vtolaw of tlie y.-ar fii.',',! ,n Asldey, in Xorthamptoiishire. a wlnrlwia.l earned away from a
milkm.aid h.-r isiil ami flat. It ttion ]si.s.s»sl over ti farmvanl, sml lilew a wagon whieli lay across its ]suh ihu wlieels, braking iliem and tlie a\h>-tes-- iinother tyagoii _ was driven rapidly agmrei thj!. stdo 01 the fannhoioe. .\ hnwieli ef ,m as|i tree'SI) hirge. i l .a t Ino stout men .maid hartlly l i l t it, was lilowii u|f a in s ', over iv house, a htimlroil yards distant. A shit., was earned nearly two haiidreil yanls, aa.i strnek an iron window bar with .so maeh violence, th a t i t was Is-nt. The innd heik.' a laicJi, ami foro'd oix*ii a dinir, ovi*rtuni«^) Homo milk i^aim, ami blew out tlir.x* i^uuu cr glass. Tins whirluim! w.a.s only .sixty varfls hre.'id, and w:w spent in ss'ven minutes. I. Oetoln'r, liOl, a t t'erncAIihas, in Dorsetshire, a ivliirlwiml ttnrooletl houses, rooteii up ,an.i broke olf in tlio mitldlo, troi-N a fmit throm,'!i, carrying the tops to a eonstdcrable dLstaans A .sign wa.s broken olT thi* isist, anil i-imej across a s tn s 't , over tho. hoies-s iip|s)site. The piniiaelos and liattlemeiit.s of one .sale ol tl" ehnreh tower were tJirowii down, and cas'. ..a the roof, ■jliis gust wa.s two hiimln'l vi.-.i- wide, and dal not last more ilian two nmnit.s •Some
ji.trts of Iiidi.t ari' stihjeet to limo'js whirlwind.s, whieh the Mahratlms aniveisillT •listiagaLsh hy tho aaiue of devil. Thev a:.n lai .s,s'ii a t a great distante, in the fona'uf .sa
iiiimen.se column, moving irregularly with consitlerahht nijiitlily, ami witli a gre.r noise; ehnids of dUst, and anything h g - stteh .as pii-cvs tif paivr , cloth,' leaves ,.'.e are whirled up to a height Is-yon.l tit"’
is-.ieh of the eye, forming a
r.iltiina, a t the Isi-e, ,t Is'rhaps', twenty or thirty f.s-i iluaa t.'r, .Mast of them are sulheientiy violent to kaa h down a ten t, unli'vs wsdl s •, arvti; an,l te.i'*,' ‘Simeliines otvasiou hiagliahle <
..afu-j.'n among the tent.s and hm.s of a M.ihr.if..i lump. Alter heating down a h.'
doi.it;un it will <arry .awa.v the [ssiple's el.>th.-s, u).' have to run half nakeil ia porsuit.
times i t will s(H)il the dinner: or hv .st,itt<i. lag the fire hum the Inits ;iml t.'iiis |ki tile first appreaeli of tlio wliirlw iml evenlss'.. js'gins toshoiit, ami to aliti'e it, so th.!t is idways a warning of its euiniag Kgvpt is infeste.1 willi the Imt a’ml ;• ,-ti!"n-
.st'o;''.
tial hkists eomtmm to
Uopi.al i.umirie- r.'V.r dc's'rts. Ila-Ke ais* cdhsl h.s tlie I',g.\pt;.sr..- ’* wimis of fifty d;i\s.” as tiiev noaas'iilT hi.iw during vane p:irt of iliai 'rn'riml .•il-.i't th** 4'<pLMio\, and ahvnvs fruni ilu* .'stiuih, Tl •'
Indian Snake Charmer with Mongoose.
f«tiling in part'cs on Mime ilend lii*rse or o t lu r
t.irnon. You may walk up to a gorget! bird-'grey-hackiHl vulture. King vulture, or m-oplii*m--until \ou couhl al- most kiik it. when i t will s<rainMo lumpish- |y a lew yaixl.s away. Hut nio-M dreaiUul i.s the vuilure in certain iities where there is one pkue- one onlv—wheir you are sure Ut M*e them in pbniy. The lominou M-awnging ol str»s*t am! alley lliey have lo the t rows and kil«s, j*;inah d‘*g, ami jackal, ’riieir
hialh.snie fi*etling j»l;ue i-. a t th»> Ttiwvr.s of .‘'^ilcme. where tho ilcml of the I’arsis aro c\i>osixl to the sky. For tho Farsis will m>t tlest'crate tin* holy idements by eonlacL with inorUilily: imt’ the t'arlb by burying their <!<*:ul, tho water hy giving them to the IhKHl. or tin* lire by burning them; so. cin lin g in the air ;tml iH-rcIicsl on iriH*s and ImUM tens, yeti will alwa\s see llio vuUurc.s gath<'Vv<rwhere the Towers of Silence are.
.A real ilreiun ol iH'c.uty ann.'ng;it many*
lovely Indian birds is the*l,!un jay. NVhen on the wing tlu* blue jay displays u Wonderful series of blue bars, on lM)dy. vvinys and tail. Ihe lK*e eater, vvilb its gr»N-n phmmge i.s another
gem, ami tlu* sun-birds fnM|mmting the gardens ar\i good t«> look u|*on. Another well known liinl is the c opjs rsmith, m .'i.U.mI lM*cau.**^‘ of its ringing tonk, tonk, t<'uik, vvhi<*!i Mounds exactly like the bummer on llie unvil.
'Ihcro
rimdler and blm ker tlmn the Englihli swift, and for its wonderful sjusmI is even U*tter dcv^irving of its name. Agaiimi the «*»liury EngliHh swallow India can pliu-o l.T There aro more limn 30 tits, 40 laughing tlinishes, 00 iMiblers, n o warblers, and 3U Hy-eatcher.s. Tlio Engbhli blackbird may l>»» M*i*n a t Kashmir ami tho missel thrush ami cmkoo in the Himalayas, (iiimo hinln aro an iimnen.**o crowd —IS sivcies of jiheasant, 17 partridges and 10 quail. Tho English ^ gohlen eaglo is mervly' a “ l>cardcd vulture ” in Imiia ami is not to bo compared with the* nmgnilirt*nt s|>e< imens which soar above tho Himaliiyos. IVacockH flourish cverv-whore. The
are alxmt kinds of w«H>d|w*< ker. the goKlen- btiHiix! K-ing the best known. I.', Indi.m hornbilU ami -0 HwifiH.
'riie most eoinm<«n swift is
nlxive-menlioned com*spondcnt thus descril^s the lxx>-enter: A IxHMsitor—all Wiitifiil emerald ami
or plump blucbottlcH in hucoo(«ion, and " Surely,” I said to myself, ” tho lovely
oino lialf-ilu7
broiizo Klicen, sal on my tont rop<« ono moniiiiR «omo eight or nine foot from mo and I watclifxl it cateli—with quick dy- mteher-Iiko kwoojis—A
.cn bees
r-kv* lo'<‘s its M‘ri*nitv ami a*s^uJm*^ a «!.ir!v .u’.'l alarimiig asjuHt, the .sun lavs .'\su!<* Kn splendour ami becomes ot a viobt. 1 his apivarnmo is c.’iuscd by t)u* \.i-! lily of ,s.'ind carrusl aI«Mig by ih.-s4« v;n.L*. ami whicli is 'hi Kuliti,* th a t it. «*vcrv thing. Tho dr\n*'.ss
niu.lsis
such, th a t vvaivr sprinkbsl .m ;ii.>
oyaiK.iratc.s in .a p-w munu<->; pl.uiN .ir** vvithi*risl nml slripfH-tl ,.f th. ir iV.f..-.;. .\r,.\ man !iiius«'Ii i.s titro'.vn into a i'c\*T h\ liu* < Itvs t iijFin hi> ^klM. and the .suppM'^-*- ‘4 js-rspiralion. 'IT.,
d.aig.-r is
tbo wiml bloUK in >spulls, :uu| to
"h o aro cxpos^il without sIivIi.t i.» it- tho Is-^t iuoUukI in this cav,*
d‘;**n f *
t,, I;,-
d.twii
flat ami cover llu* mouth ;iud h.v instinct, hurv' their no.--'s in tin* '.i!;!! 'I ’.l iho hhtst i.s over. A t iaw l lc r wa> oiirc .i*.» i- tnken l»y this wind in the d»-.-rUs ami o1(^4TvhI th«* higns of its ap|in>i. fi ti:** day l'clor%*. in columns of w liii ling s.ujd ing s<*imti!m‘s .slowly, .M»mci:ni»s with ii'.t'n'-
diblo .swiltncws, ulsmt the Tuad»* ihn sun ohscuvo. and
apiio.in-*! l.kc pillars of tiro. Wlicn ih** gim!.* i.i’.I *1 tlia t t!io SiimKuu was loiumg, this t tnrm'd for a moment to tin* •purl**.'- vvliich it appro,-u'lusl, and i>-*ns'iv*sl it !:k*> » purplo log near tho grouml. It in.'V.’-l .suc)i rapidity, tJiat IkTotv lie i«»uld ttiiii and I»ri>,:,nito himsi'If, ho felt tho vi-iictm-nt *>( its tnjrrvnt on his fa.'v. am! ewn alter it lirul {wvsxsl over, iho nir uliivli toli.ok.d hot as to t!ir»’‘atcu sulTM-aimn. Tho s-vire rarcmiistancoH fsTurrisl
iwiro mon* tn
jmmioy ov«t tho d«*xTL, and had ;d\»;os the purple or hlno isdour, vrliiio ilu* Min. ill'in'.in- ating llio pillars of Kind, scoim-’l to (on^ tlu»m with gfddcn Kjwnglcs. 1 will toll you al)out tho
vvliirlps.ls iuv»
W4s*k.
A’our sinaTo friend, I’bTTKK I’-'-''''
larly int.'i.'.'t to his audu n ixsfplo si.i'iiit few thint:'- roligioii Hr-: AATial4'\cr tu.
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to inakf Kng not ha \.' in- guvcrmui.; .a jmuit. <*aUi' boariLs <.i gu tiuito i’.i:’.\ p>upl,' .'.lid : n Jal'
.T.il ..I pluir.f all> <!: d'o >b' ''
nounosl ! tivc. •• I i V - •' ! am r- Uirn t.i r':!.' 3ti th:..t Indh-vc I I . 1 for my ' ’ii" ■ Us'r and I vvill bo I... . and inak.- i • ami I 1- !:• g<,»xl, I-:;"!!;: thriot.-ni
though I I
in fono. ;r, thnn.-r I d (onl.u-i'.:-: .dir H..::;'
in lilxTt;. trado.
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