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Chapter 22
Theywerearrangedwithoutanyorder,andseemedtobeconstructedwithverylittleattentiontoneatnessorbeauty.Indeed,soveryinferiorweretheyinthetwolatterparticularstothevillageDuncanhadjustseen,thathebegantoexpectasecondsurprise,nolessastonishingthantheformer.Thisexpectationwasinnodegreediminished,when,bythedoubtfultwilight,hebeheldtwentyorthirtyformsrisingalternatelyfromthecoverofthetall,coarsegrass,infrontofthelodges,andthensinkingagainfromthesight,asitweretoburrowintheearth.Bythesuddenandhastyglimpsesthathecaughtofthesefigures,theyseemedmorelikedarkglancingspectres,orsomeotherunearthlybeings,thancreaturesfashionedwiththeordinaryandvulgarmaterialsoffleshandblood.Agaunt,nakedformwasseen,forasingleinstant,tossingitsarmswildlyintheair,andthenthespotithadfilledwasvacant;thefigureappearingsuddenlyinsomeotheranddistantplace,orbeingsucceededbyanother,possessingthesamemysteriouscharacter.David,observingthathiscompanionlingered,pursuedthedirectionofhisgaze,andinsomemeasurerecalledtherecollectionofHeyward,byspeaking.
"Thereismuchfruitfulsoiluncultivatedhere,"hesaid;"andImayadd,withoutthesinfulleavenofself-commendation,thatsincemyshortsojournintheseheathenishabodes,muchgoodseedhasbeenscatteredbythewayside"
