. Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry . WIT BOUGHT. ravine, leading to a lake from which, thestream tumbled over a rugged and precip-itous rock. The objects that first presented them-selves., as we approached the lake, were awoodpecker sounding his watchmans rattleon the dry limb of a tree that projectedover the water, by way of warning to the tenants of the moun-tain that danger waanear; a heron, stand-ing half-leg deep inthe margin of thewater, arid seemingto be lost in a lazydream; a pair of har-lequin ducks thatwere swimming nearthe opposite shore;and a bald eagle, that
. Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry . WIT BOUGHT. ravine, leading to a lake from which, thestream tumbled over a rugged and precip-itous rock. The objects that first presented them-selves., as we approached the lake, were awoodpecker sounding his watchmans rattleon the dry limb of a tree that projectedover the water, by way of warning to the tenants of the moun-tain that danger waanear; a heron, stand-ing half-leg deep inthe margin of thewater, arid seemingto be lost in a lazydream; a pair of har-lequin ducks thatwere swimming nearthe opposite shore;and a bald eagle, thatstood upon the pointof a rock which pro-jected a few feet outof the water near the centre of the lake. It was a time of feeling, rather than ofspeech. Neither my companion nor myselfspoke of the beauty of fha «r*»np <if the. THE HERON. -K5 time; but we felt it deeply, and memory,to me, has kept a faithful transcript of thathour. We had not advanced far, when, on pass-ing through some bushes near a heap ofrocks, I heard a rustling in the leaves.
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