. The brownies through the Union . The forests deep, where still the bearIn safety makes his winter lair — All these attractions seemed to standAnd beckon to the Brownie band, And nrge them while they were so nigh To visit them ere passing by. And when the band at length was throngh Their rambling round, far more they knew About the mines, the wells, and all The rivers wide, and mountains tall, The busy towns and quiet nooks, Than they had learned by reading 86

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