* Over the P au n g -L au n g H ills
My way wound across rice-fields and embankments ;
the dew lay heavy on the stubble and the grass,
chanticleèr crowed lustily from the edge of the jungle ;
and the sunlight
streamed in great
wàves -across the
v a lle y through
which I was passing.
But in a very
little while I broke
away from human
sèttlements, andbe:
came immersed in
the cloistral gloom
and silence of thé
forest. U nder my
feet the dead leaves
la y , moist arid
clammy from the
recent rain ; overhead
the bamboos
met, leaving but
faint glimpses of
the sky. Junglefowl
dashed away t h r o u g h t h e f o r e s t
with astonishing
agility on my approach ; great pied hornbills flew
with whirring pinions across the upper world of the
forest ; turtle-doves murmured from the leafy recesses ;
monkeys swept along their overhead pathways, a
