. St. Nicholas [serial] . ed. But in the prow of the shipthey placed a bough of an oak-tree from theforest of Dodona, where the trees can that bough spoke, and prophesied thingsto come. And they called the ship Argo,and they launched her, and put bread, and away eastward to Colchis, in the land of theworlds end. All day they rowed, and at night they beachedthe ship, as was then the custom, for they didnot sail at night, and they went on shore, andtook supper, and slept, and next day to the seaagain. And old Chiron, the man-horse saw theswift ship from his mountain heights, and randow
. St. Nicholas [serial] . ed. But in the prow of the shipthey placed a bough of an oak-tree from theforest of Dodona, where the trees can that bough spoke, and prophesied thingsto come. And they called the ship Argo,and they launched her, and put bread, and away eastward to Colchis, in the land of theworlds end. All day they rowed, and at night they beachedthe ship, as was then the custom, for they didnot sail at night, and they went on shore, andtook supper, and slept, and next day to the seaagain. And old Chiron, the man-horse saw theswift ship from his mountain heights, and randown to the beach; there he stood with thewaves of the gray sea breaking over his feet,waving with his mighty hands, and wishing hisboys a safe return. And his wife held in herarms the little son of one of the ships company,Achilles, the son of Peleus of the Spear, and ofthe goddess of the Sea Foam. So they rowedever eastward, and ere long they came to astrange isle where dwelt men with six hands 236 THE GOLDEN FLEECE. [ CHIKON S FAREWELL TO THE ARGONAUTS. apiece, unruly giants. And these giants layin wait for them on cliffs above the riversmouth where the ship was moored, and beforethe dawn they rolled down great rocks on thecrew. But Heracles drew his huge bow,the bow for which he slew Eurytus, king ofCEchalia, and wherever a giant showed handor shoulder above the cliff, he pinned himthrough with an arrow, till all were slain. Andafter that they still held eastward, passing manyislands, and towns of men, till they reachedMysia, and the Asian shore. Here they landed,with bad luck. For while they were cuttingreeds and grass to strew their beds on thesands, young Hylas, beautiful Hylas, went offwith a pitcher in his hand to draw water. Hecame to a beautiful spring, a deep, clear, greenpool, and there the water-fairies lived, whom mencalled Nereids. There were Eunis, and Nycheiawith her April eyes, and when they saw thebeautiful Hylas, they longed to have him al-ways with them,
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