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Rh tubs in order; for the goblin who reigns in the “Field of Terror,” has made us a present of a large quantity of beef. The beast I brought home with me has so injured himself in his phrenzy, that he will never more be fit for labour; and, as for the other, he darted off into the mountains, where I had the joy of seeing him cast himself into the torrent, from whence he will never again make his appearance.appearance.” [sic]

“Oh, my relations! my wicked relations,” sobbed the disconsolate Sabina. “They have not only deprived you, by their pernicious donation, of the little property for which you so sorely travailed; but they have also covered you with wounds, and crippled your strength.”

“That is an affair of but little consequence,” rejoined the intrepid Constantine. “The beasts managed to get me between them, just as their fury had reached its summit; and I was determined not to relinquish my hold. But, Heaven be praised! things might have gone a great deal worse with me; and in the morning, I will be in the field again.”

Sabina used every means in her power, to dis-