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up,u little more phlsboso&y H.thss..
bad hsd tat enc sister ss . tiu- 20 deal 9TH
butf they forn 81 triple allie, CO, and 90,
| spou me io concert, I vas Lost, w,shou, hocs
Of fsescue Farsasstsly neither sf the elder
sisiess made their sppssrsaes. and - last the
yosngest- 20 my great relief took ur her
basket aud departed. No sooner vas she
gone than Frager. sccording TO h,s custom.
tried .. remove the dissgrsesbis impre..ioa
she had made upon me One got sccas,om.
ed in time, he ssid. 10 her strange tastes aud
stranger pets, and whence once sLe uss mar
ried she would give mp her researches in nat
! urai history. . d settle down into an excel.
lent vfs ] Wa qaite sick Of the simple old
creatures iuf.tusiios and apologies, and
begged to be allowed to go TO bed
IA last ssid TO myself on G iding nv.
self alone in my room 4 shall have . it'll,
rePose after the heat and burthen of the d.y
after all my dangers and adveuture,' So
tired vas that I ismediateiy undressed.
blew out the lights, and s,asht my bad
Pulling back the clothes stepped in, and
much more hastily Jumped out sssin /
had come npou some hard substance which
moved between the sheets n was not
greatly mistaken, it wss live tortoiss.-
Whilst l deliheIsied whether I should cry
murder. sleep on the sofa, or dress aud lrav,
the house. something bit nv great toe with
such violeucc that ac'uslly yelled With AZ
ony giglntie crawn.b clu,g 20 my foot
! Kicked about In 30 desperate q manbsr that
i at last shook the eresture of aud hr,ri
1t 90 With crack against the wall I hed
to the sofa 4 horrible thought assailed
me What IL Fragcr through absence of
mind, had usherci me into Okens museum
and mensgerie. This appeared to me the
taore probable than on all sides I heard
strange sounds, as IL numerous Creatures
were crawling trotting singing and hum.
mng ar"und me Something f.w up to me
WITH fnsz nd a b. uncc, and carg in nv
hair. eiu'chcd AZ it, aod shuddered a. 1
icabd ia my grasp beetle rs big rs a spar
row i daslct 10 furiOusly from me- and
hrd the satisfaction If hearing IL smash
ngaius; some hard substance. Scarcely wa-
rid 81 the beetle when was bitten ,larp-
ly IA tue calf Of the leg | put down my
haid br; the creature had dore hi. {. rk
and gone, having severe snarting snd ir
riiatlun. kuow Ioi whether il was b. or
on OF his fSi-bis who tho next instant ma ic
au onslaught upon my a,kle b gan 20
hunt ab ,ut f,r tie matci h1x that 4 IN sht
at e'-i see my enemies ] ,ought ia vain.
tgre ef the monsters that. during NV se.rci
pi"obet. bit, and stung, aud ASA lei m in
verN conceivable manner q .ce or txic-
trOd w,tb ms bare foot oa hideou. reptiles
whose cold shiny touch made me leap into
tie air Ny eapeTs would doubtless h.ve
dye.ted suy who saw them. but - me it
vas no laughing matter. No martyr of an
cieDt times or victim OF the rrkB, &c i1af ev
or suffered more than did ia tnst ch su Der
OF horrors The monsters that congreest.
! IN the bottom VI tue sea can hardly sur,a, o
on variety the inmates of that room The
dark e.s Asd my excited imagir alton fur, hcr
entciisbei them Prseptly l heard . hiss
y snake, sy all that's horfib!er ssid TO
mystit about Toe IL ronnd aud devour na-
: Aud set up such aa ipterRsl ciamor, shout
I ing add eursing. like Ajax whom wounded,
that must have been audible half n mile
4 round the house To add TO the turmoil.
IN my easernrss 10 esc,pe from something z
I which heard coming after me With = sort
/ OF clspperipg noise, upset she table Sew
a. large boxes which stood upon 10 were
Z o,en.d by the lail. aud Immortality per.
erived great Increase of aaimstion around
me l continued to storm like n luustic -
Ii was all ohc 10 me sheihor any body in the
hoase slept or not The awful rox I kept
up at last roused the counsellor. who made
his aPpearsnee IN his dressing gown. eaadle
in bad. lie at once saw the cause Of the
disturbance
'ilaBg the girl he cried, she will soon
Gil che whole house with her geological col
lection
put IA self 10 H.iad 81 pictures / had
seen of Adam on the sixth day Of che efsa
ton. surrounded by ell mapper OF beasts snt
creeping thugs Prsger led the way q
another room which a. yet vas not ipvsd dec
by URen's vermin =
You have nothing TO fear here, said mi
host aud added. true to bis sy stem of IA linz
the beet Of every thing, you viii sleep all iLS
better for your little misfortuses
Heaven grant IL sighed /, aud though
that ] should have slept quite we'll enough
without them After searching Tho Who'll,
room uuder the bed, IN the drawers anS
ossis. aud satisfying myself that no speci
m NJ ot natural BistJEy either alive or dead
we're tbsSe Agaia got botWesa tie sheet
-this time ~I;heut eDeoanteTihg a tortoise
tu' rot the les determined 90 A. WisseD
thai q, eoekcros With this wholesome re
solve ! stretched n,ysef out ABI went q
sieeP a. presums ibe tortoise did iH 81,
bed originally distibrd foF NE
fessr- ksd Assuss. wHh b., -, 6srsrs.
1ssrss ne h.ii TO- ssS s.h-a ,ss Pss,s ,s dew.
whcn | Was af'nt aud packing WLi>t tha
occupied ! rsaeciel that, ander all the ei,
eams'sbcrs FTench lsavs vas decidedly Oh
best leave far He ~ tsse othcrWiso I ,houl,
have = ftgala' ishi sith Frsyer, Nbs woulD
never let NE d,psrt When I tsitrd e.
tIe uight I Wcali write BIN letter. f.lliu,
bin that, Wifh tie best ~iii W The voril.
hfd been unable longer % sndare ihs eeelu
iricsiiv. ol h.. ehariairg dsughicfs I woa!,
pas 4 70 him az E5rtiJ ls possible. 90 - o.
a. hnrt BE-. fssiings; al I lsIt saFs she
when w. reflected on ~ hsi ssbs lkreuT
npieF be roaf D. wouli not feel surpfiss,
- ~ abrupt departure Nor ogald N D ut
Gle bIsae ~, vhtn told him of NY sribu
isfions snd reistsd tbs eonduct Of tbo tbFs
msd aDntn
whiist PssdsTinE Ell these things. cou
pleted ay fssking I iaade ssrs tbst y
body vesli BE- siufihs in ibe house a. ihs
e,nY b ur, all a. ang sste The l,Jies -
b dep b. ttsir Ga heF teSs I sss d, hl
rFsfiag ~bstber ! shsali brsTsly sssuid,
my ? rtmshteru ~ iesFs ii 70 bs ssut ~,
a,r shes the dsaf bsf.t epsh. abd 70 N
iBmegss eonsiesfst is ,EFs8s kinfol
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