Almah was ahead, looking back from time to time, and waving her hand joyously.

So we went on, returning on our course at a speed almost as great as that with which we had come.

By this time the novelty had in part worn away, and the easy motion gave me confidence.

I noticed that we were travelling a wild, uninhabited, and rocky district by the sea-side.

Before me the country spread far away, interspersed with groves, terminating in forests, and bounded in the far distance by mountains.