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A Warning

           Hencethesenarrowleaves,whichseektodefendthemselvesagainstthelight,andpreventtoogreatevaporation.Thisiswhytheypresenttheprofileandnotthefacetothesun’srays.Thereisnothingmoreintelligentthanaleaf."

           "Andnothingmoreselfish,"addedtheMajor."Theseonlythoughtofthemselves,andnotatalloftravelers."

           EveryoneinclinedtotheopinionofMcNabbsexceptPaganel,whocongratulatedhimselfonwalkingundershadelesstrees,thoughallthetimehewaswipingtheperspirationfromhisforehead.However,thisdispositionoffoliagewascertainlytoberegretted,forthejourneythroughtheforestwasoftenlongandpainful,asthetravelerhadnoprotectionwhateveragainstthesun’sfiercerays.

           Thewholeofthisdaythewagoncontinuedtorollalongthroughinterminablerowsofeucalyptus,withoutmeetingeitherquadrupedornative.Afewcockatooslivedinthetopsofthetrees,butatsuchaheighttheycouldscarcelybedistinguished,andtheirnoisychatterwaschangedintoanimperceptiblemurmur.Occasionallyaswarmofpar-roquetsflewalongadistantpath,andlighteditupforaninstantwithgaycolors;butotherwise,solemnsilencereignedinthisvastgreentemple,andthetrampofthehorses,afewwordsexchangedwitheachotherbytheriders,thegrindingnoiseofthewheels,andfromtimetotimeacryfromAyrtontostiruphislazyteam,weretheonlysoundswhichdisturbedthisimmensesolitude.

           Whennightcametheycampedatthefootofsomeeucalyptus,whichboremarksofacomparativelyrecentfire.

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