ſide of the Mountain, he felt Longings, perhaps, more poignant than are ſometimes thoſe of pregnant Women; and being overcome, at once, with Curioſity to know whence it proceeded, and a vehement Deſire of being Partaker of this good Cheer, he clambered up the ſteep Aſcent as well as he was able, on all ſour, for he was too weak to ſtand upon his Legs. Being come to the Top, ſome looſe Pebbles and Pieces of Flint, which happened to lie there, rolled down, which, with the Noiſe they made, it being rocky on the other ſide, ſo much alarmed the young Men, that they preſently thought ſome of the Demons, or Ghoſts, which are ſaid to inhabit thoſe barren Places, were come to take them away, or puniſh them in ſome manner for the Thefts they had been guilty of, and every one of them immediately betaking himſelf to his Heels, made what Speed he could into the next Town, which the ſuppoſed Spirit from the Top of the Mountain perceiving, was not a little rejoyced at, and gathering Strength from his new Hope, was not long getting down. He found the Gooſe was very near enough broiled, and taking what
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