for a man must be good-natured, and not a carping critic. But you will

easily perceive that when a man once knows the rights of the journey

to Amack, as I know them, it's quite natural that on the New Year's

night one should look out to see the wild chase go by. If in the New

Year I miss certain persons who used to be there, I am sure to

notice others who are new arrivals; but this year I omitted taking

my look at the guests, I bowled away on the boulders, rolled back

through millions of years, and saw the stones break loose high up in