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"Hares! I declare. That's jolly!" said Altamont, loading his gun. [Illustration: ] "Stop!" cried the Doctor; "stop, you furious hunter. Let the poor little things alone; they are not thinking of running away. Look, they are actually coming to us, I do believe!" HARES I DECLARE THAT'S JOLLY SAID ALTAMONT LOADING HIS GUN STOP CRIED THE DOCTOR STOP YOU FURIOUS HUNTER LET THE POOR LITTLE THINGS ALONE THEY'RE NOT THINKING OF RUNNING AWAY LOOK THEY'RE ACTUALLY COMING TO US I DO BELIEVE
 not a living thing had crossed their path, and the hunt threatened to turn out a mere excursion. However, they went on in hope, after a good breakfast and half-an-hour's rest. The ground was getting gradually lower, and presented a peculiar appearance from the snow, which lay here and there in ridges unmelted. At a distance it looked like the sea when a strong wind is lashing up the waves, and cresting them with a white foam. [Illustration: ] Before long they reached a sort of glen, at the bottom of which was a winding river. It was almost completely thawed, and already the banks were clothed with a species of vegetation, as if the sun had done his best to fertilise the soil. "I tell you what," said the Doctor, "a few enterprising colonists might make a fine settlement here. With a little industry and perseverance wonders might be done in this country. Ah! if I am not much mistaken, it has some four-footed inhabitants already. Those frisky little fellows know the best spots to choose. 'CLOCK THEY HAD GONE TWELVE MILES BUT NOT A LIVING THING HAD CROSSED THEIR PATH AND THE HUNT THREATENED TO TURN OUT TO BE A MERE EXCURSION HOWEVER THEY WENT ON IN HOPE AFTER A GOOD BREAKFAST AND HALF AN HOUR'S REST THE GROUND WAS GETTING GRADUALLY LOWER AND PRESENTLY A PECULIAR APPEARANCE FROM THE SNOW WHICH LAY HERE AND THERE IN BRIDGES UNMELTED AT A DISTANCE IT LOOKED LIKE THE SEA WHEN A STRONG WIND IS LASHING UP THE WAVES AND CRESTING THEM WITH A WHITE FOAM BEFORE LONG THEY REACHED A SORT OF GLEN AT THE BOTTOM OF WHICH WAS A WINDING RIVER IT WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY THAWED AND ALREADY THE BANKS WERE CLOTHED WITH A SPECIES OF VEGETATION AS IF THE SUN HAD DONE HIS BEST TO FERTILIZE THE SOIL I TELL YOU WHAT SAID THE DOCTOR A FEW ENTERPRISING COLONISTS MIGHT MAKE A FINE SETTLEMENT HERE WITH A LITTLE INDUSTRY AND PERSEVERANCE WONDERS MIGHT BE DONE IN THIS COUNTRY AH IF I'M NOT MUCH MISTAKEN IT HAS SOME FOUR FOOTED INHABITANTS ALREADY THOSE FRISKY LITTLE FELLOWS KNOW THE BEST SPOTS TO CHOOSE
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