The Boy Soldier; Or, Garibaldi's Young Captain — page 274: what you’re looking at

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THE BOY, SOLDIER}, OR, GARIBALDI'S, YOUNG CAPTAIN. I met with, dail mat peldopn phot at any save ducks and snipes, ., e “T think the most curious, AR the aquanis, hirds I saw was a large diver, witha, nek almost; as,long as a swan, and short Jegs, which,sat i in.grass, by the) waterside, and, when frightened wn to the: wate in, ig, bird —whiehy L think, is ‘galled. the: ‘black bellied me <r always,chose ahigh and quite naked. tree, and, “bef ore Starting, ;mowed; his; neck eaten wards and forwards ina very curionsatyle, jarsoi! ‘I ofenctried ‘to procure specimen) but: ‘Nettie tually, asathey-weteovery wary and théin feathers: too-close set toadmit ofta long “A very-pretty little bird, ccalledoMadrugador/ors | early;riser, of:a*brilliantyellow, was veryo¢com mon, | as. weré alsoskingefishers of all sizestandieolonrs.s°19~¢ “The ‘land; birdsiatrezasd vations cas sthe water}! andl yas puzzled :to find names! forimdst ‘of! thd an.2 _ The commonesh anid most domestictiss ai handsome ! black fellow, with a magnificent tail,and’ considers! ' ably || larger: othan dani oBeplist mblavke bina,” ai¢alled | Sanati, oiiefrequents all. howses; and iscevehotitere: lope detnt oand oselésuffidiento (than. paeecomhiing ose ion “T used to pibeita that these cor ai inthe samhé spo (and oFebiveae to” Pest time,tillsat last? when out With ny a zi aay tle starlings coming, I never re watelicto kivow Haft Was also" tine’ fot" pie jogging homiéwards Wot B _ of These wees eee shotitaking effect.” ae Starlings exist'in inini | ase witli opiate | Bid agg you ty bes ? ds heard ‘Of 't quired to fone pe? ier hat. some ends of zt a ee oats ka eee wets Ht nt ow re sh fis says exh and occupie tne ¢ eee ae _ ti ant, 8 aaa 2 be a. eo tes in passin®. me, von Eg he Ba BPR Ns) <¥e made. a » shar] she panied aie that, Bs | ! elt OT BUTAC BETS os) ould vin nost, heantifplof.iallithe birds, is, Ib-think), the a nal; which iis .met, apith,eveny where’ ;. itis, gk enmason, and beautifully, crested, 2g, | PBF aeunaaee, among) the; mouns good, luckata fall nb BNR iW ate lode Igisi ocft ; frandsaare} very: common,, and tL, | eagl ihe but carelys Gaspar one: liane killed, th me, | violse So189 Te \/pegulian birds,,.of; the. hawk. e- erushers, ” large and power-) eautiful xed, crests and, eYOs 91) lonless (pen, istongs jand jtraes,| Peet the, caxease,;of any animal, till the] es have done, with it, when, they, proceed, to, remnAys whatever flesh, still adheres, to the. OBE: 3 £ th th e FASTEN ont of the bones, themselves. , ve aleo seen, them,attack. Small birds); any, of the, hawk, tribe are most, useful, £rom struction, of snakes, and other reptiles. 5), 9, tate often: seen one soaring away wath, aisrnakes| a or long wriggling in hia claws, “One of these. bi onsite otett hawk was dae but is Be o pace in oy hae anait iste shea “ine done? “i 2 ae il as the tall Ruler oak art 1d file American, with a a broad Wuae I do so as I can. y sarvice to. sth fara? the. Sey OES i ie wat gr Ars not af wit tale co a a a Rr prin, i ri ‘don’t Be Lae ca ed dae tat he fe as si ‘ewpaen agree that he aoe the one, to se aq was particularly anxious; jount; ont of the handsof the enemy, for, from in- ormation that I could get, i rds once. dropped fife prey, at ‘ST therefore mount the fleetest horses Le “T found, on inspection, ‘that the snake was not SL , eveniin Mexico. | «« nss and idevess of all kinds | abound, fand yducks and«snipes failed meéy T;hadcapital | anes among'the former, in ae anes by: whe madeyot | the. tamunid. bas oleq ,yI1U W7-91K9 3B of’ Therevisia amit] chia maiatoiatins jodaintitulthnd very: tame; nobiggérthan a thrush; of »whiehnum- bers) used. to -bwild: ims SHB orang “ie | gardeng i! lasq Dos si J of Theyvappeared to poe hibstla Oni ‘Hine cuaiaeal ‘and ran very nimbly ; half a dozen of: ‘these: little binds made! as much ndive us fear as adarge: covey of parttides. ic | d#SNoww det: imestidrnoto! isotdiaring ‘andl tell you'all | thatchas happened: since! last oD saw you; for believe. me, Caspar, Hugh Tracy, Buttons, Matty, cand: all | |the rest .bave;hade plenty of stitring adventures in ‘this atrange;: ‘but! pegsar ie: aud far-off country, © , déat TO, ‘when our’ walaint & of the brave’ old count, Jeti ‘he° received in’ the en- ‘counter between *'the” renegade” Mexicans” | Prétich; we all felt de | |ininteatately y°artanged a réexewe hitn from ree ‘Gat of’ captivity, ! ( AS Among ol my teamsters and ‘gaides) I ei ection for “any one as ‘the Ammer dro; thé half-bred? ; Without cétisulting any of the Buy sétajanae I called the trapper to my tent, and’ had” ‘a long chat with ‘him ‘for T made tip my “mind, cost what it would*'to! ‘leave “0° stone’ antirned udtil oT ‘had seciited Hee cae ‘Of the brave old counts) 2!’ ereabouts) the. gant is, is, the ut, a enmiilievrT jes bos, ISPRIIC Att sae . ‘trapper SANE dead, but, nearly so, his skull being luid entirely | open with a severe peck, é‘ The Count told, me one day, that, the day before that, he had seen a,hawk attack,,a,enake too large for him, and; that,.whilst, he was ¢arrying him off in, mid, air, the; snake, wreathed himself-round the wings of the bawk,,or;eaglei(as my friend. called him), and both,cametoe the.ground together. . UAlthough thisisybothian’ old and ‘poetical ncaa ‘I will answer for it that my friend, the Count, was ‘never inthe wayof hearing it, and hang) mm doubt whatever thati)he saw what he: described, : _ of Phereare plenty of:owls, butrone ‘does: aot a / meet vith them in dayli TY DLE y cttits ia and SOFTY at the mishap; and “expedition in’ order to om Xe L690 47 nd we me ‘ 0 BH ial f, if i “at last POSiycant ad f to get, the good old was )wery, likely .we jbo, fight a ‘hard. battle in. less than a | Site and, the, old count’s.adyice,.and assistance was of great help to us onal occasions, ed the tall, trapper on one of ver rode, gave him a purse of and made him change his dress for boo (©