Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 234
silence in the darkened forest.Many of the guardian herd had laid down,wallowing in the soft mold and fallen leaves,while others, although they stared redly upinto the tree-tops, no longer moved aroundand around in a circle of which the trappedhunters were the center. Suddenly, fromthe depths of a… … THE HYACINTHINE MACAW, WITH A MONKEY-POT OFBRAZIL-NUTS a slow melody began, full of mellow notes,only to be broken off abruptly. After apause, there came a few clicking notes likethose made by a music-box as it runs down,and the performance was over. Althoughthe song came from the dark, glossy…
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