capered merrily to the music. Yes, a ad at some
of his more moving tunes, the rocks bestirred
their moss-grown bulk out of the ground, and a
grove of forest trees uprooted themselves, and,
nodding their tops to one another, performed a
country dance.

One of the rowers was a beautiful young
woman, named Atalanta, who had been nursed
among the mountains by a bear. So light of
foot was this fair damsel, that she could step
from one foamy crest of a wave to the foamy
crest of another, without wetting more than
the sole of her sandal. She had grown up
in a very wild way, and talked much about
the rights of women, and loved hunting and
war far better than her needle. But, in my
opinion, the most remarkable of this famous
company were two sons of the North Wind
(airy youngsters, and of rather a blustering dis-
position,) who had wings on their shoulders,
and, in case of a calm, could puff out their
cheeks, and blow almost as fresh a breeze as
their father. I ought not to forget the propheta
and conjurers, of whom there were several in
(he crew, and who could foretell what would

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