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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. 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
Astahahn. The river widened below Astahahn, and we found in greater quantities such birds as prey on fishes. And they were very wonderful in their plumage, and they came not out of the jungle, but flew, with their long necks stretched out before them, and their legs lying on the wind behind, straight up the river over the mid-stream. And now the evening began to gather in. A 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 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. ED ONWARDS AND LEFT OSTAHAN THE RIVER WIDENED BELOW US TO HAN AND WE FOUND IN GREATER QUANTITY SUCH BIRDS AS PREY ON FISHES AND THEY WERE VERY WONDERFUL IN THEIR PLUMAGE AND THEY CAME NOT OUT OF THE JUNGLE BUT FLEW WITH THEIR LONG NECKS STRETCHED OUT BEFORE THEM AND THEIR LEGS LYING ON THE WIND BEHIND STRAIGHT UP THE RIVER OVER THE MID STREAM AND NOW THE EVENING BEGAN TO GATHER IN A 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
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