...matted woods where birds forget to sing, But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling ; Those pois'nous fields with rank luxuriance crown'd, Where the dark...tigers wait their hapless prey, And savage men more murd'rous still than they ; While oft in whirls the mad tornado flies, Mingling the ravaged landscape...

...from all that charm'd before, The various terrors of that horrid shore ; Those blazing suns that dart a downward ray, And fiercely shed intolerable day...their hapless prey, And savage men, more murderous still than they; While oft in whirls the mad tornado flies, Mingling the ravaged landscape with the...

...ofthat horrid shore; Those blazing suns that dart a downward ray And fiercely shed intolerable day i Those matted woods where birds forget to sing, But...to wake The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake ; W here crouching tigers wait their hapless prey, And savage men more murderous still than they ;...

...sing But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling ; Those pois'nous fields with rank luxuriance crown' d, Where the dark scorpion gathers death around ; Where...tigers wait their hapless prey, And savage men, more murd'rous still than they; While oft in whirls the mad tornado flies, Mingling the ravag'd landscape...

...PIONEERS. ' THOSE matted woods where birds forget to ting, But silent bats lit drowsy clusters clinp j Where at each step the stranger fears to wake The...their hapless prey, And savage men, more murderous still than they : Far different these from eveiy former scene, The cooling brook, the grassy veiled...

...from all that charm'd before, The various terrors of that horrid shore; Those blazing suns that dart a downward ray, And fiercely shed intolerable day;...their hapless prey, And savage men more murderous still than they ; While oft in whirls the mad tornado flies , Mingling the ravag'd landscape with the...

...from all that charm'd before, The various terrors of that horrid shore : Those blazing suns that dart a downward ray, And fiercely shed intolerable day;...cling; Those poisonous fields, with rank luxuriance crown' d, Where the dark scorpion gathers death around ; Where at each step the stranger fears to wake...

...the jungle like a hunted deer, scarcely touching the ground with her delicate feet. CHAPTER III. " Those poisonous fields with rank luxuriance crown'd,...wake The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake/' 10th January. The servants all leave the house as soon as I go to bed, which is generally about nine...

...horrid shore ; Those blazing suns that dart a downward ray, And fiercely shed intolerable day — 348 Those matted woods where birds forget to sing But...their hapless prey, And savage men more murderous still than they — 356 While oft in whirls the mad tornado flies, Mingling the ravag'd landscape with...

...from all that charmed before, The various terrors of thut horrid shore ; Those blazing suns that dart a downward ray And fiercely shed intolerable day ;...dark scorpion gathers death around ; Where at each stop the stranger fears to wake The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake ; W here crouching tigers...