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Description of the shore. The boys in the boat.

 

 

little way, and then we are going off into the woods
again.”

The road led along the bank of what seemed to be a
river. Caroline said, however, that it was not a river, but
a mill-pond. The water was very smooth and still, and
appeared to be very deep. The shores on the opposite
side of the pond were formed. of precipices of rock and of
wild and solitary forests, and there were one or two small
islands in view, which appeared like thick masses of
tangled trees and shrubbery growing out of the water.

«What a pretty mill-pond,” said Malleville.

“Yes,” said Caroline, “and after we go on by this
road a little farther, we shall find a path that leads along
the shore in a very pleasant place indeed.”

The road which the children were walking in, passed
at this point very near the water. There was only a
small bank and a narrow beach between.

The dog ran along before the children in the road a
short distance, and then went down the bank to the
beach, and there looked off upon the water, in a very
earnest manner. Presently he began to whine, and then
he barked. A moment afterward the children heard the
sound of a shrill whistle coming from behind the nearest
island. Next they heard voices in that direction, and
soon afterward a boat appeared with three boys in it.
One of the boys began to call to the dog.

The dog ran this way and that, stopping occasionally
to look earnestly out upon the water, and whining all the
time, as if very anxious to get to the boat.

*““T suppose that is Rodolphus in that boat,” said Malle-
ville.