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to receive the party from the house. As the carriages were
drawn up, the people who drew them, and those at the
door, uttere I a shout of Gaelic welcome, which was echoed
by all the occupants of the hall-room ; and when Glenben-
rough enterel with Lady Mac Neil, ushered by the tirieve
and upper farm servants, there were vociferous shouts of
welcome. _ _ _ _ _

The pipes then blew out loud and long ; and Glenben-
rough making a signal to the Grieve, that functionary
ntter.d a short sentence in Gaelic ; whereupon there was a
shuffling of feet amongst the sitters, and couples rose by
dozens, soon forming reels all the length of the room. The
Glenbenrough party stood up to look on. Many of the
men were in Highland dresses, and a few hail ornaments
in dirks and brooches ; almost all the others wore thick
blue dresses of homespun manufacture, or grey costs and
trousers: but they all were well and decently dressed.
There were many very handsome young men, with bright
glowing colours and sparkling eyes, in whom the volatile
Celtic blood preponderated ; but there were also heavy
figures with slouching gait and stupid faces. bw-browed
and vacant—the iniolence of Celtic sloth evi lent in them.
The women, too, were very diverse in appearance, some
being positively hideous ; their complexions weather-
beaten and wrinkled, their figures Sat and ungainly ; not a
redeeming point about them : even youth seemed wanting,
for they hid no bloom whatsoever ; but again the eye fell
upon a cluster of tall, handsome girls, with erect hearing
and bright intelligent glances. The women were dressed
according to their position : the unmarried generally in
their Sunday cotton gowns, with muslin collars, and per.
haps the ornament of a bow of ribbon; the mimed, with
gowns of tartan or merino, a small shawl or handkerchief
generally pinned with a silver brooch, and almost all with
the high matron mutch, which concealed their abundant
hair as eff,:ctually as a nun's coif might do.
There is no charm which the Highland girls prize more
than a fine head of hair; and in maidenhood no time is
spared in setting it off to the best advantage, on the Sab-
bath morn especially; for to have the glossiest head in
kirk is no slight ambition to them. But the moment the
wedding-ring is put on, the high structure in muslia and
pasteboard which forms the matron cap is also assumed,
and the hair is seen no more : frequently, indeed, for the
sake of coolness, they cut off the back part, and merely
leave the bands, which are seen at the front.
S ome of the young men danced capitally in the reel, and
with figures as erect as a tree; but none of the women
d 'need gracefully : even those who looked best when stand•
ing or sitting seemed to deuce awkwardly: they had no
method, but gave little runs from side to side, or bobbed
straight up and down before their partners. A second
reel was formed, and Glenbenrough and Mrs. Macermochie
stood up. Miss Christy seized upon the Grieve. the factor
and M icpliertion of Nee made simultaneous bows to
Marion and Julia Mac Neil, and lahbel darted off with her
cousin Roderick, touching Harold as she passed, and
exclaiming, " Follow Ili with Norah, we shall wait for you
at the end of the barn."

North held out her hand, with a smile, to Herold.
"Come," she said ; you will find you can dsnce reels by
inspiration : you only require to he very active"
The pipes set up the preliminary drone, Ishhel beckoned
frantic illy, and II ir,dd found hitn Ir sctu.ille running,
pulling North along with him, to their reserved places at
the end of the room.

The bill had begun : the people were warming, and the
second reel was kept up with sustained vigour; such a
shuffling of feet and cracking of fingers ; some with a
broad grin of delight ; others, with grave stolidity, making
a business of the pleasure. The shonts and whoops grew
lond and frequent, and the steps redoubled in swiftness
and energy. Occasionally a man seize 1 the hands of his
partner, and sawed her up and down, as it were, before
him ; or, in taking the grand round in the reel, he would
give a loud clap to the shoulders in advance, in sign of
amicable encouragement.

There are many things for a novelist ad.
dressing an English public to learn Novels
are frequently read aloud in the family circle
around a fire, where the young and innocent
are assembled, and passages without any psi-
tive indelicacy may still contain incidents of
a kind which conventional propriety would
require to be omitted. When this author will
have learned more of his art, he will not go so
closely to the bounds as in that passage where
he describes the interview between Esme and
Auber by the side of a Highland loch, where
the latter argues on the harmlessness of
kissing.

The inequality of merit in this work betrays
the hand of it novice, but (in spite of a certain
air of unreality, as if we were perusing a
translation "from the German'') the writer's
force carries him through. Our previous
extract showed the deso►iptive talent of
Mr. Mackenzie; we shall now give a specimen
of his dramatic force.

Tho following tells its own story. Esme
and Ishbel having been overtaken by a violent
snowstorm, are sloping in a hut belonging to
one of their fatlives shepherds. Float is the
widowed mother :

It might be near the dlwn, bnt the snow still fell so
thick, an I the window was s.‘ darkly blocked, it was almost
impossible to guess correctly, when norlt fell int., a
tronh'ed sleep on her seat before the fire. Esme WWI also
he4inning to dream, when a faint sound at the door arotuted
her into wakefulness again. The wind had died away
latterly, and the low wailing voice they now heard wit, not

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that proceeding from it. There was evidently some one,
or something, seeking to get in.
Ishbel whispered to Esnie, "Oh ! what can it be ?
Don't let Florh hear it; Ow will think it is a warning."
They both sat up, and an awful feeling chilled their
blood, when the unearthly cry ceased on a sudden, and
something outside spvang up against the latch and scratched
violently at the door. Dime now did not hesitate, but
getting out of bed, noiselessly undid the door; a mass of
snow falling into the room from the laden thatch as she
did so.
A rough, whitened dog bounded in, and then fell upon
the floor. The noise woke Florh. It was Cones, Huis•
tan's dog; but scarcely discernible : his bristly red coat
was covered with snow, and his intelligent eyes seemed
glazing in death as he turned them mournfully on Florh,
and stretched hint on his side, his tongue lolling out
thirstily at its full length.
Florh put her finger to her month, and whispered,
" Don't speak, don't speak ; if ye do ye'll excite him,
and the spark o' life will fly. He's fair done : he has
come a weary travel wi' news to us : he must na die till I
hear 't."

With eyes averted from the dog, she raked the fire
together and hastily heated some milk ; she then poured
whisky into a basin, and, kneeling down, lifted the poor
collie's numbed and nerveless feet, and dipped them into
it ; rubbing the region of its heart until, the snow melting
from its coat with the warmth, it lay in a pool of water.
She next dragged it back, and laid it in a dark, dry corner;
then, putting the milk before it, she for the first time ad-
dressed the animal in an authoritative tone, desiring it to
drink.

The poor dog feebly put out his tongue and tried to lap
from where it lay ; and after a few mouthfuls, she poured
the rest down his throat. Cones seemed reviving: he
made a staggering attempt to rise, and gave a low howl;
but Florh struck him on the head and, in Gaelic, forbade
him at his peril to move. He laid down again, casting
mute wistful glances ; but Florh stood befol e him, and,
having ordered him to lie there in silence, she moved
away.
. .

'lice girls were watching the scene with intense interest,
and admired Flat.it's presence of mind. The animal had
evidently come a long and perilous journey, and brought
news fro n Huistan ; but no one there could have acted on
any intelligence ; they must wait till Ewen's arrival from
Glenbenrough before anything whatsoever could be done ;
and the dog was so nearly exhausted, that any certain good
from him as guide must depend on his life being sus.
tained by rest and quiet. Florh made some oatmeal por•
ridge and milk, in about half an hour, and again desired
the animal to partake; and this time ha sat up and ate
it all.

After some touches, which we omit for want
of space:—

They [i.e. the laird and searchers] were away all that
winter day, and the girls watched the face of the heavens
with sickening anxiety, as with the afternoon fading light
the snow again began to fall in those small, ominous,
feathery particles, which betokened the gathering down.
come of the mesas.

It was not until upwards of four hours after they left
Lochandhu that the laird and his men came upon the roof
of the bothy on Ben Madhu. They had scrambled pin-
fully and wearily along the mountain summits, from where
they had lelt the horses on the road beneath, half an hour's
ride from Lochsndhu ; and, but for the instinct which guided
them, the whole party might have lain buried in some of
the deep intersecting the hills, and sheeted deceit-
fully over by the drifted snow.
. .

The bothy was bu'lt against a projecting rock ; and who
but those who knew the exact spot through all its altered
bearings could discover it now? It was completely hid
in the snow, and even the wicker door blocked to the top.
They bad marked their way by shrill shouts and whistles ;
but had never gained response, sive the occasional dull
flsp of a startled grouse or ptarmigan, as it rose and flew
heavily from the snow.
Sound must have been linistan's sleep if he heard them
not now, were he within the bothy, as they shovelled the
snow from the entrance; but the laird and Ewen both
felt already sure he was not there, and Conas's impatience
alone betrayed it : he ran on in advance, as if to descend
the hill, and whined and moved uneasily while they entered
the bothy. It was utterly deserted, and the damp and
burnt turf odour smelt like a vault.

The men looked at each other and shook their heads,
muttering, " Och, och, Huistan voch !" and Glenhen-
rough, putting his hand across his eyes, said in a shaken
voice,
" My goof Huistan ! oh, too good and faithful !"
Ewen drew his bonnet over his eyes, and turned his face
from the others : his nature never liked to show itself
where tenderness might be revealed. But the most
hardening of griefs was stealing over him : he thought he
would be a wronged man if he now lost brother as well
as loge.

They rested for a few moments, and debated how to
proceed ; the evening was already beginning to fall, and
to be benighted there would be dreary work. Suddenly
A voice rose above theirs, and sent them out hurriedly to
the open door : the howl of a dog came clear and piteously
from the glen below.
" Coming, Cones, coming I" cried Ewen, as he stumbled
forward down the hill, Glenbenrough at his side, and the
others following with more habitual tardiness. The dog
was in sight : he lav at the foot of a mound of snow, uu•
stained and unruffled. Something of a reddish colour
protruded from the surface. Cones lay with his head
throw back, wailing unceasingly until they approached.
Ewen reached the spot first, and exclaiming," There lies
Frenehen. buried !" began to throw off the snow, until the
stiffened body of the dog lay visible. Suddenly Glenben.
rough uttered a cry of distress. Ewen started back, and
rushing from the spot, sat him down in the snow some
distance off: he knew what still lay there.

SATURDAY,

Freuchen had died while scratching the ever falling
snow from off his mister's body: his paws were froz •n in
the snow wreath, which, as it formed, he had aye kept
scratching oft' from the cold face beneath. This was his
part, while the other dog, in his instinct, went home
for further help.
With eyes closed in painless slumber, and hands crossed
in prayer upon his breast, the faithful shepherd lay; his
sunburnt face waxed white as the surrounding evening.
tinted snow; and the strong-made limbs that had borne
him over every hill and glen around, lying quiet now,
never more to tread his native heather, or bow in prayer
upon the solitary mountain heights.

We have endeavoured to select such pas.
sages as are most characteristic, rather than
the most striking incidents. There are plenty
of them in the book. Estne's tumble down the
precipice, and Lady Ida's interview with the
madman, are as "thrilling" as the most
devout worshipper of strong effects could
desire.

Oxford Essays. Contributed by Members of
the University. 1857. London : John W.
Parker and Son.

(Second Notice.)

Mn. BADEN POWELL'S essay upon " The Study
of the Evidences of Natural Theology" is not
satisfactory. We do not mean because we
disapprove of his opinions, but on account of the
extreme difficulty of finding out what they are.
He tells us that such and such a system of
reasoning has been pushed too far, that parti-
cular objections to particular theories are ill-
founded, that we should do well to discard
prejudices, and the like; and, having thus
shown the world how well acquainted he is
with rival schools, and how sagacious at de-
tecting their weak points, he makes his bow
without having committed himself to a single
definite assertion. There are some subjects to
which this mode of treatment may be very
well adapted, but we not think theology is one
of them. Religious prejudices should not be
lightly irritated, or without some practical
purpose. It is no good stirring up the mud
merely to show how shallow the water is.
Mr. Baden Powell, as far as he says any-
thing distinctly, would appear to prefer the
presence of order and universal intelligence
in the world to that of power, or an efficient
cause, as an argument for its Divine origin,
and he agrees with Mr. Mill in discrediting the
testimony of human consciousness in favour of
the latter. But before he speaks so contemp-
tuously of " scholastic jargon about first and
" second causes," he would do well to reflect
whether in throwing this slur upon the con-
current evidence of the human constitution he
may not be straying as far from common sense
as the objects of his derision. It is difficult to
get rid of the ilea of will existing somewhere
as a fundamental cause; and, if we follow Mr.
Mill on to the ground which he professes to
think his strongest, and concede that human
volition is determined by exterior causes, we
cannot shake off the belief that these causes
act under the influence of some higher volition.
The "nude antem ?" of the great, orator of
antiquity is immediately suggested at this
point of the argument. Thus the difficulty is
only thrown a step further back ; and the great
difficulty of solving it is the measure of the
unreasonableness of satirising any particular
theories.

The whole essay, in our opinion, wants
symmetry, and we suspect that its writer has
not yet attained to a synthesis ; but it displays
great power, and oecasionally high argumen-
tative acuteness. Witness the following:—

To allude to another somewhat parallel case
very needless discussion has arisen from the impreacion
that the question of materialism, in regard to the vital and
intellectual fun'tions of man, is essentially mixed up with
that of the existence or nature of God. Yet sorely no-
thing can be more unfounded than to suppose such a con-
nection : whichever way we may form our conclusions as
to the principle of life and mind in man, it can in no why
affect the argument for the existence of a Deity : if the
human life or intellect were ever so entirely the mere
result of physical agencies acting on the organised body,
it is impossible to see how this could affect the argument
from order or design in the natural world : nay, if it were
to, it would rather tend to enhance and elevate that Argo.
ment ; since it would only show the more wonderful m-
atinee of creative skill and power to educe such marvel-
lous effects as those of vital and mental action out of such
simple elementary combinations as the ultimate analysis
of the organised hotly displays. The principle of this
argument is, we think, an important one, and has many
further applications. We will just illustrate it by a single
parallel case, which will be familiar to those acquainted
with optical science :

There were many very handsome young men, with bright thirstily at its full length. of them in the book. Estne's tumble down the
glowing colours and sparkling eyes, in whom the volatile Slott put her finger to her month, and whispered, precipice, and Lady Ida's interview with the
Celtic blood preponderated; but there were also heavy "Don't speak, don't speak; if ye do yell excite him, madman, are as " thrilling" as the most
figures with slouching gait and stupid faces, low-hroweil and the spark o' life will fly. He's fair done :he has
and vacant—the indolence of Celtic sloth evi lent in them. come a weary travel wi' news to us :he must na die till I devout worshipper of strong effects could
The women, too, were very diverse in appearance, some hear 't." desire,
being positively hideous ' • their complexions weather- With eyes averted from the dog, she raked the fire
beaten and wrinkled, their figures flat and ungainly ; not a together and hastily heated some milk ; she then poured Oxford Essays. Contributed by Members of
redeeming point about them : even youth seemed wanting, whisky into a basin, and, kneeling down, lifted the poor
for they had no bloom whatsoever ; but again the eye fell collie's numbed and nerveless feet, and dipped them into the University. 1857. London : John W.
upon a cluster of tall, handsome girls, with erect bearing it ; rubbing the region of its heart until, the snow melting Parker and Son.
and bright intelligent glances. The women were dressed from its coat with the warmth, it lay in a pool of water.
according to their position : the unmarried generally in She next dragged it back, and laid it in a dark, dry corner; (Second Notice.)
their Sunday cotton gowns, with muslin collars, and per• then, putting the milk before it, she for the first time ad- Mn. BADEN POWELL s essay upon " The Study
haps the ornament of a bow of ribbon; the !teemed, with dressed the animal in an authoritative tone, desiring it to of the Evidences of Natural Theology" is not
gowns of tartan or merino, a small shawl or handkerchief drink. satisfactory. We do not mean because we
generally inned with a silver brooch, and almost all with The poor dog
seasonfblput out his tongue and tried to lap
disapprove of his opinions, but on account of the
the high metron mutch, which concealed their abundant front where it la after a few mouthfuls, she poured
hair RR effectually as a nun's coif might do. the rest down his throat. Cones seemed reviving: lie extreme difficulty of finding out what they are.
There is no charm which the Highland girls prize more made a staggering attempt to rise, and gave a low howl ; He tells us that such and such a system of
than a fine head of hair; and in maidenhood no time is but Florh struck him on the head and, in Gaelic, forbade reasoning has been pushed too far, that parti-
spared in setting it off to the best advantage, on the Sab- him at his peril to move. He laid down again, casting cular objections to particular theories are ill-
bath morn especially; for to have the glossiest head in mute wistful! glances; but Florh stood before him, and, founded, that we should do well to discard
kirk is no slight ambition to them. but the moment the having ordered him to lie there in silence, she moved
wedding-ring is put on, the high structure in muslia and away. prejudices, and the like ; and, having thus
pasteboard which forms the matron cap is also assumed, The girls were watching the scene with intense interest, shown the world how well acquainted he is
and the hair is seen no more : frequently, indeed, for the and admired Milt's presence of mind. The animal had with rival schools, and how sagacious at de-
sake of coolness, they cut off the back part, and merely evidently come a long and perilous journey, and brought tectiug their weak points, he makes his bow
leave the bands, which are seen at the front. news fro it Huistan ; but no one there could have acted on without having committed himself to a single
S ime of the young men danced capitally in the reel, and any intelligence ; they must wait till Ewen's arrival from
with figures Rs erect as a tree; but none of the women Glenbenrough before anything whatsoever could be done ; definite assertion. There are some subjects to
d 'need gracefully : even those who looked best when stand- and the dog was so nearly exhausted, that any certain good which this mode of treatment may be very
ing or sitting seemed to deuce awkwardly: they had no from him as guide must depend on his life being sus• well adapted, but we not think theology is one
method, but gave little runs from side to side, or bobbed tained by rest and quiet. Florh made some oatmeal por• of them. Religious prejudices should not be
straight up and down before their partners. A second ridge and milk, in about half an hour, and again desired i• is , • • , • ,
iota), irritateu, or wituout some practical
reel was formed, and Glenhenrough and Mrs. Macennuchie the animal to partake; and this time ha sat up and ate '
stood up. Miss Christy seized upon the Grieve. the factor it all. purpose. It is no good stirring up the mud
and M tcpherson of Pnee made simultaneous bows to After some touches, which we omit for want merely to show how shallow the water is.
Merkeof l and Julia Mac Neil, and lshbel darted off with her space:—
Mr. Baden Powell, as far as he says any-
cousin Roderick, touching Harold as she passed, and thin°, distinctly would appear to prefer the
exclaiming, " Fellow us with Norah, we shall wait for you They [i.e. the laird and searchers] were away all that a'
at the end of the hare." winter day, and the girls watched the face of the heavens presence of order and universal intelligence
North held out her hand, with a smile, to Harold. with sickening anxiety, as with the afternoon fading light in the world to that of power, or an efficient
"Come," she said ; " you will fin•l you can dance reels by the snow again began to fall in those small, ominous, cause, as an argument for its Divine origin,
inspiration: you only require to be very active " feathery particles, which betokened the gathering down. and he agrees with Mr. Mill in discrediting the
The pipes set up the preliminary drone, Ishbel beckoned come of the messes.
testimony of human consciousness in favour of
frattic illy, and Id iron foetid himself actually running, It was not until upwards of four hours after they left e
palling North along with him, to their reserved places at Lochandhu that the laird and his men came upon the roof the latter. But before he speaks so eontemp-
the end of the room. of the bothy on lien Madhu. They had scrambled pain. tuously of " scholastic jargon about first and
The bill had begun : the people were warming, and the fully and wearily along the mountain summits, from where " second causes," he would do well to reflect
second reel was kept up with sustained vigour; such a they had left the horses on the road beneath, halt' an hour's whether in throwing this slur upon the eon-
shuffling of feet and cracking of fingers ; some with a ride from Lochandhu ; and, but for the instinct which guided current evidence of the human constitution he
broad grin of delight ; others, with grave stolidity, making theta, the whole party might have lain buried in some of
a business of the pleasure. The shoats and whoops grew the deep gnllies intersecting the hills, and sheeted deceit- may not be straying as far from common sense
load and frequent, and the steps redoubled in swiftness fully over by the drifted snow. as the objects of his derision. It is difficult to
and energy. Occasionally a man seizel the hands of his The bothy was bu'lt against a projecting rock ; and who get rid of the ilea of will existing somewhere
partner, and sawed her up anti down, as it were, before but those who knew the exact spot through all its altered as a fundamental cause; and, if we follow Mr.
or, in taking the grand round in the reel, he would bearings could discover it now ? It was completely hid •
Mill on to the ground which he professes to
give a loud clap to the shoulders in advance, in sign of in the snow, and even the wicker door blocked to the top.
amicable encouragement. They had marked their way by shrill shouts and whistles • think his strongest, and concede that human
but had never gained response, save the occasional (lull volition is determined by exterior causes, we
There are many things for a novelist ad. flap of a startled grouse or ptarmigan, as it rose and flew cannot shake off the belief that these causes
dressing an English public to learn Novels heavily from the snow. act under the influence of some higher volition.
are frequently read aloud in the family circle Sound must have been Huistan's sleep if he heard them The "nude antem ?" of the great , orator of
around a fire, where the young and innocent not now, were he within the bothy, as they shovelled the
snow front the entrance; but the laird and Ewen both antiquity is immediately suggested at this
are assembled, and passages without any psi- felt already sure lie was not there, and Csnas's impatience point of the argument. Thus the difficulty is
tive indelicacy may still contain incidents of alone betrayed it : lie ran on in advance,'
as if to descend only thrown a step further back ; and the great
a kind which conventional propriety would the hill, and whined and moved uneasily while they entered difficulty of solving it is the measure of the
require to be omitted. IVlien this author will the batty. I was utterly deserted, and the damp and unreasonableness of satirising any particular
have learned more of his art, he will not go so burnt turf odour smelt like a vault.
The men looked at each other and shook their heads, theories.
closely to the bounds as in that passage where muttering, " Och och, Huistan voch !" and Glenhen- The whole essay, in our opinion, wants
he describes the interview between Esme and rough, putting his hand across his eyes, said in a shaken symmetry, and we suspect that its writer has
Auber by the side of a Highland loch, where voice, not yet attained to a synthesis ; but it displays
the latter argues on the harmlessness of "My poi Huistan ! oh, too good and faithful !" great power, and oecasionally high argumen-
kissing. Ewen drew his bonnet over his eyes, and turned his face
from the others • his nature never liked to show itself tative acuteness. Witness the following :
The inequality of merit in this work betrays where tenderness might be revealed. lint the most To allude to another somewhat parallel case :—Miich
the hand of a novice, but (in spite of a certain hardening of griefs was stealing over him :he thought he very needless discussion has arisen from the impression
air of unreality, us if we were perusing a would be a wronged man if he now lost brother as well that the question of materialism, in regard to the vital and
translation "from the German'') the writers as lost', intellectual funstions of man, is essentially mixed up with
force carries him through. Our
They rested for a few moments, and debated how to that of the existence or nature of God. Yet sorely no.
previous proceed • the evening was already beginning to fall, and thing can be more unfounded than to suppose such a con-
extract showed the desmiptive talent of o be. benighted there_
.would be dreary work._ Suddenly. nection :. whichever way we may form our conclusions as
Mr. Mackenzie; we shall now give a specimen A voice rose above theirs, and sent them out hurriedly to to the principle of life and mind in man, it can in no why
of his dramatic force. the open door : the howl of a dog came clear and piteously affect the argument for the existence of a Deity :if the
The following tells its own story. Esme from the glen below, human life or intellect were ever so entirely the mere
" Coming, Cones, coming I" cried Ewen, as he stumbled result of physical agencies acting on the organised body,
and Ishbel having been overtaken by a violent forward down the hill, Glenbenrotuth at his side, and the it is impossible to
see how this ould affect the argument
snowstorm, are sreeping in a hut belonging to others following with more habitual tardiness. The dog from order or design in the natural world : nay, if it were
one of their fatlavr's shepherds. 1E loth is the was in sight :he lay at the foot of a mound of snow, un• to, it would rather tend to enhance and elevate that argu•
widowed mother :
stained and unruffled. Something of a reddish colour ment ; since it would only show the more wonderful in-
protruded from the surface. Cones lay with his head stance of creative skill and power to educe such marvel-
It might be near the dawn, but the snow still fell so throw back, wailing unceasingly until they appmached. loos effects as those of vital and mental action out of such
thick, ant the window was so darkly blocked, it was almost Ewen reached the spot first, and exclaiming," There lies simple elementary combinations as the ultimate analysis
impossible to guess correctly, when Flush fell into a FrellVileß. buried !" began to throw off the snow, until the of the organised body displays. The principle of this
trotth'ed sleep on her seat before the fire. Dune was also stiffened body of the dog
lay visible. Suddenly Glenben- argument is, we think, an important one, and has many
be.tinning to dream, when a faint sound at the door aroused rough uttered a cry of distress. Ewen started back, and further applications. We will just illustrate it by a single
her into wakefulness again. The wind had died away rushing from the spot, sat him down in the snow some I parallel case, which will be familiar to those acquainted
latterly, and the low wailing voice the;: now heard was not distance off: he knew what still lay there. with optical science :
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