. St. Nicholas [serial] . e cloud comes over the face of thesun, so descended wrath upon the black browsof the great ruler as he gazed. Do I look like t/iat? cried he to thewizard. i892.] PREHISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHY. 489 It is your very image ! spoke up one ofthe younger warriors. • You are banished for life ! roared the justand great ruler of his people. And it was sofrom that day forth. Do I look like that?he asked again, with the voice of a thunder-peal, this time turning to the white-hairedcounselor, he-who-speaks-little-but-wisely. I would not be so foolish as to say it waslike you, great Bat


. St. Nicholas [serial] . e cloud comes over the face of thesun, so descended wrath upon the black browsof the great ruler as he gazed. Do I look like t/iat? cried he to thewizard. i892.] PREHISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHY. 489 It is your very image ! spoke up one ofthe younger warriors. • You are banished for life ! roared the justand great ruler of his people. And it was sofrom that day forth. Do I look like that?he asked again, with the voice of a thunder-peal, this time turning to the white-hairedcounselor, he-who-speaks-little-but-wisely. I would not be so foolish as to say it waslike you, great Batta ! answered the counselor; And it was done upon that instant. •■ It were best to send thee with thy tools!said Batta ; and in a moment the wizard washurried to the brink of the cliff which hangsover the playground of the waves — Here the manuscript is torn, and it is impos-sible to decipher it further. But I am sure thatthe reader will agree with me in deciding thatit contains an early account of photography, Mm.


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