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Those frisky little fellows know the best spots to choose." "Hares! I declare. That's jolly!" said Altamont, loading his gun. THOSE FRISKY LITTLE FELLOWS KNOW THE BEST SPOTS TO CHOOSE HARES I DECLARE THAT'S JOLLY SAID ALTAMONT LOADING HIS GU
morning, and by ten o'clock they had gone twelve miles; but 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. FOR SEVERAL DAYS IT WAS A FINE BRIGHT MORNING AND BY TEN O'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
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