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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 THE WIDGEON BEGAN TO GO UP THE RIVER IN GREAT COMPANIES ALL WHISTLING AND THEN WOULD SUDDENLY WHEEL AND ALL GO DOWN AGAIN
st had appeared over the river, and was softly rising higher. It clutched at the trees with long impalpable arms, it rose higher and higher, chilling the air; and white shapes moved away into the jungle as though the ghosts of shipwrecked mariners were searching stealthily in the darkness for the spirits of evil that long ago had wrecked them on the Yann. As the sun sank behind the field of orchids that grew on the matted summit of the jungle, the river monsters came wallowing out of the slime in which they had reclined during the heat of the day, and the great beasts of the jungle came 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.  THICK WHITE MIST HAD APPEARED OVER THE RIVER AND WAS SOFTLY RISING HIGHER IT CLUTCHED AT THE TREES WITH LONG IMPALPABLE ARMS IT ROSE HIGHER AND HIGHER CHILLING THE AIR AND WHITE SHAPES MOVED AWAY INTO THE JUNGLE AS THOUGH THE GHOSTS OF SHIPWRECKED MARINERS WERE SEARCHING STEALTHILY IN THE DARKNESS FOR THE SPIRITS OF EVIL THAT LONG AGO HAD WRECKED THEM ON THE YACHT AS THE SUN SANK BEHIND THE FIELD OF ORCHIDS THAT GREW ON THE MATTED SUMMIT OF THE JUNGLE THE RIVER MONSTERS CAME WALLOWING OUT OF THE SLIME IN WHICH THEY HAD RECLINED DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY AND THE GREAT BEASTS 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
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