wafted seaward, and made to pass over the heads
of the hungry mariners. When people's appe-
tites are keen, they have a very quick scent for
any thing savory in the wind.

"That smoke comes from the kitchen!" cried
one of them, turning up his nose as high as he
could, and snuffing eagerly. "And, as sure as
I'm a half-starved vagabond. I smell roast meat
in it."

"Pig, roast pig!" said another. "Ah, the
dainty little porker! My mouth waters for
him."

"Let us make haste," cried the others, "or we
shall be too late for the good cheer!"

But scarcely had they made half a dozen steps
irom the edge of the cliff, when a bird came flut-
tering to meet them. It was the same pretty
little bird, with the purple wings and body, the
yellow legs, the golden collar round its neck, and
the crown-like tuft upon its head, whose behavior
had so much surprised Ulysses. It hovered
about Eurylochus, and almost brushed his face
with its wings.

"Peep, peep, pe weep! "-chirped the bird.

So plaintively intelligent was the sound, that

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