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But soon it grew so dark that we heard those birds no more, and only heard the whirring of their wings, and of countless others besides, until they all settled down along the banks of the river, and it was the hour when the birds of the night went forth. BUT SOON IT GREW SO DARK THAT WE HEARD THOSE BIRDS NO MORE AND ONLY HEARD THE WHIRRING OF THEIR WINGS AND OF COUNTLESS OTHERS BESIDES UNTIL THEY ALL SETTLED DOWN ALONG THE BANKS OF THE RIVER AND IT WAS THE HOUR WHEN THE BIRDS OF THE NIGHT WENT FORTH
down to drink. The butterflies a while since were gone to rest. In little narrow tributaries that we passed night seemed already to have fallen, though the sun which had disappeared from us had not yet set. And now the birds of the jungle came flying home far over us, with the sunlight glistening pink upon their breasts, and lowered their pinions as soon as they saw the Yann, and dropped into the trees. And the widgeon began to go up the river in great companies, all whistling, and then would suddenly wheel and all go down again. And there shot by us the small and arrow-like teal; and we heard the manifold cries of flocks of geese, which the sailors told me had recently come in from crossing over the Lispasian ranges; every year they come by the same way, close by the peak of Mluna, leaving it to the left, and the mountain eagles know the way they come and--men say--the very hour, and every year they expect them by the same way as soon as the snows have fallen upon the Northern Plains. TS OF THE JUNGLE CAME DOWN TO DRINK THE BUTTERFLIES A WHILE SINCE WERE GONE TO REST AND LITTLE NARROW TRIBUTARIES THAT WE PASSED NIGHT SEEMED ALREADY TO HAVE FALLEN THOUGH THE SUN WHICH HAD DISAPPEARED FROM US HAD NOT YET SET AND NOW THE BIRDS OF THE JUNGLE CAME FLYING HOME FAR OVER US WITH THE SUNLIKE GLISTENING PINK UPON THEIR BREASTS AND LOWERED THEIR PINIONS AS SOON AS THEY SAW THE YAWN AND DROPPED INTO THE TREES AND THE WIDGEON BEGAN TO GO UP THE RIVER IN GREAT COMPANIES ALL WHISTLING AND THEN WOULD SUDDENLY WHEEL AND ALL GO DOWN AGAIN AND THERE SHOT BY US THE SMALL AND ARROW LIKE TEAL AND WE HEARD THE MANIFOLD CRIES OF FLOCKS OF GEESE WHICH THE SAILORS TOLD ME HAD RECENTLY COME IN FROM CROSSING OVER THE LOSPASIAN RANGES EVERY YEAR THEY COME BY THE SAME WAY CLOSE BY THE PEAK OF LUNA LEAVING IT TO THE LEFT AND THE MOUNTAIN EAGLES KNOW THE WAY THEY COME AND MEN SAY THE VERY HOUR AND EVERY YEAR THEY EXPECT THEM BY THE SAME WAY AS SOON AS THE SNOWS HAVE FALLEN UPON THE NORTHERN PLAINS
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