"  I  declare  now  if  it  isn't  a  pity  to  see
innocent,  sweet  creatures  going  about  such
places ;  and  them  as  ignorant  as  the  child
unborn  of  the  impropriety  and  sinfulness
of  them.  Well,  ladies,  you  see  my  nephew
will  follow  his  own  opinion,  because  he  is  a
great  genius,  and  you  know  they  can  per-
suade any  one  that  black  is  white ;  and  the
young  lady  that's  under  my  care — well,  I
suppose  she's  too  good  to  see  evil  in  any-
thing, or  I'm  sure  she'd  never  come  to  this
desolate  mountain  to  see  the  Devil's  Pulpit
and  the  Witches'  Altar;  and  sit  out  there
listening  to  stories  that  would  make  your
blood  run  cold,  and  your  hair  stand  on  an


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end,  if  you  were  to  hear  them  :  how  Satan
flew  over  this  mountain  with  a  German
doctor  ;  and  of  the  horrid  witches'  feast ;  and
how  on  May-day  eve  he  is  here,  with  a
great  congregation  round  his  pulpit ;  and
how  any  one  who  calls  for  his  own  ghost
can  see  it,  or  any  other ;  and  how  the  ghost
will  appear  with  its  name  pinned  on  its  back.
