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A Singular Abode

           Onthearrivalofthefugitivesamyriadofthefeatheredtribesfledawayintothetopmostbranches,protestingbytheiroutcriesagainstthisflagrantusurpationoftheirdomicile.Thesebirds,whothemselveshadtakenrefugeinthesolitaryOMBU,wereinhundreds,comprisingblackbirds,starlings,isacas,HILGUEROS,andespeciallythepica-flor,humming-birdsofmostresplendentcolors.Whentheyflewawayitseemedasthoughagustofwindhadblownalltheflowersoffthetree.

           SuchwastheasylumofferedtothelittlebandofGlenarvan.YoungGrantandtheagileWilsonwerescarcelyperchedonthetreebeforetheyhadclimbedtotheupperbranchesandputtheirheadsthroughtheleafydometogetaviewofthevasthorizon.Theoceanmadebytheinundationsurroundedthemonallsides,and,farastheeyecouldreach,seemedtohavenolimits.Notasingletreewasvisibleontheliquidplain;theOMBUstoodaloneamidtherollingwaters,andtrembledbeforethem.Inthedistance,driftingfromsouthtonorth,carriedalongbytheimpetuoustorrent,theysawtreestornupbytheroots,twistedbranches,roofstornoff,destroyedRANCHOS,planksofshedsstolenbythedelugefromESTANCIAS,carcassesofdrownedanimals,blood-stainedskins,andonashakytreeacompletefamilyofjaguars,howlingandclutchingholdoftheirfrailraft.Stillfartheraway,ablackspotalmostinvisible,alreadycaughtWilson’seye.ItwasThalcaveandhisfaithfulThaouka.

           "Thalcave,Thalcave!"shoutedRobert,stretchingouthishandstowardthecourageousPatagonian.

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