semicircular  line  of  spectators  that  enclosed  him,
she  should  be  repulsed,  and  probably  borne  off  the
ground,  she  had  taken  the  desperate  resolution  of
mounting  the  rock  where  only  her  approach  would
be  unperceived.  She  did  not  stop  to  ask  herself  if
it  were  possible ;  but,  impelled  by  a  determined  spirit,
or  rather,  we  would  believe,  by  that  inspiration  that
teaches  the  bird  its  unknown  path,  and  leads  the
goat,  with  its  young,  safely  over  the  mountain  crags,
she  ascended  the  rock.  There  were  crevices  in  it,
but  they  seemed  scarcely  sufficient  to  support  the
eagle  with  his  grappling  talon  ;  and  twigs  issuing
from  the  fissures,  but  so  slender  that  they  waved
like  a  blade  of  grass  under  the  weight  of  the  young
birds  that  made  a  rest  on  them ;  and  yet,  such  is  the
power  of  love,  stronger  than  death,  that  with  these
inadequate  helps  Magawisca  scaled  the  rock  and
achieved  her  generous  purpose.
HOPE    LESLIE.  139


CHAPTER  Vm.
"  Powwow~a  priest.  These  do  begin  and  order  their  service  and
invocation  of  their  gods,  and  all  the  people  follow,  and  join  inter-
changeably in  a  laborious  bodily  service  unto  sweating,  especially
of  the  priest,  who  spends  himself  in  strange  antic  gestures  and  ac-
tions even  unto  fainting.  Being  once  in  their  houses  and  beholding
what  their  worship  was,  I  never  durst  be  an  eyewitness,  spectator,
or  looker-on,  lest  I  should  have  been  a  partaker  of  Satan's  inventions
and  worships."— Roger  Willia.ms.
