much the faster; and once, when Cadmus tried
to catch her by running, she threw out her heels,
stuck her tail straight on end, and set off at a
gallop, looking as queeiiy as cows generally do,
while putting themselves to their speed.

When Cadmus saw that it was impossible to
come up with her, he walked on moderately, as
before. The cow, too, went leisurely on, without
looking behind. Wherever the grass was green-
est, there she nibbled a mouthful or two. Where
a brook glistened brightly across the path, there
the cow drank, and breathed a comfortable sigh,
and drank again, and trudged onward at the
pace that best suited herself and Cadmus.

"I do believe," thought Cadmus, "that this
may be the cow that was foretold me. If it be
the one, I suppose she will lie down somewhere
hereabouts."

Whether it were the oracular cow or some
other one, it did not seem reasonable that she
should travel a great way farther v So, whenever
they reached a particularly pleasant spot on a
breezy hillside, or in a sheltered vale, or flowery
meadow, on the shore of a calm lake, or along
the bank of a clear stream, Cadrnus looked

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