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What does it prove, except indeed
it may be said to prove that the garden He made was not after the
miserable fashions of our times, thereby directly giving the lie to
what the world calls its civilising? No, no, the garden of the Lord
was the forest then, and is the forest now, where the fruits do grow,
and the birds do sing, according to his own wise ordering. Now, lady,
you may see the mystery of the vultures! There come the buffaloes
themselves, and a noble herd it is! I warrant me, that Pawnee has a
troop of his people in some of the hollows, nigh by; and as he has
gone scampering after them, you are about to see a glorious chase. It
will serve to keep the squatter and his brood under cover, and for
ourselves there is little reason to fear. A Pawnee is not apt to be a
malicious savage."
Every eye was now drawn to the striking spectacle that succeeded. Even
the timid Inez hastened to the side of Middleton to gaze at the sight,
and Paul summoned Ellen from her culinary labours, to become a witness
of the lively scene.


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