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 leagued or not leagued with them, I'll warrant you liberty in their name. But suspend your curiosity for the present, as well as your fears; for you are now like him that has never been thirsty, and wishes to comprehend the comfort of a refreshing bowl. Let's double our steps, 'tis time to get forward."

The stupendous ridges of pending rocks now began gradually to spread into an amphitheatric space. The mountains to the right and left lost themselves slowly in the level of a wide and bushy dale. The morn began to fill the rare chasms of the leafy covert with contracted prospects of the rosy dawn. The torch-light grew paler, and the rising perfumes of revived vegetation exhaled whole clouds of balsamic sweet. Often had I hunted in the forest, but never seen this delightful spot, which quite captivated my romantic fancy. We entered a small park; the orange-trees were in full bloom; the nightingale now sang her last melody of amorous woe; the quail's shrill note rung in rising peals through the echoing mountain-chain; the lark thrilled' her matin hymn in the lofty arches of the sky, and soon all the