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 his hate left his black gown behind him. With all his peed, however, it eemed as if he never tirred from the pot; he had contantly the ame landcape in view, excepting that he had lot ight of the catle, where he had been confined. Weary with this continual running round the ame circle, he tretched himelf under the hadow of a tree to take a little repoe, and wait for ome traveller, who might hew him the way. Here he fell into a ound leep: when he awaked thick darknes encompaed him on all ides. He recollected perfectly well that he had gone to leep under an oak-tree, but he could hear no whipering of the wind among the leaves, nor could he perceive any tar twinkling through the boughs, nor the mallet glimmering of light. He tarted up in his firt alarm, but an unknown power held him fat, and the motion he made produced a noie like the rattling of chains: he now perceived that he was in irons, and imagined himelf to be in Number-