two soft iron beads with rust-holes at the edges
(they must have been magic, because they look very
common); and last is a very very old African bead,
like glass--blue, red, white, black, and yellow.
Then comes the loop to slip over the big silver
button at the other end, and that is all.

I have copied the necklace very carefully. It
weighs one pound seven and a half ounces. The black
squiggle behind is only put in to make the beads
and things look better.

[Illustration]

OF all the Tribe of Tegumai
Who cut that figure, none remain,--
On Merrow Down the cuckoos cry--
The silence and the sun remain.

But as the faithful years return
And hearts unwounded sing again,
Comes Taffy dancing through the fern
To lead the Surrey spring again.

Her brows are bound with bracken-fronds,
And golden elf-locks fly above;
Her eyes are bright as diamonds
And bluer than the skies above.

In mocassins and deer-skin cloak,
Unfearing, free and fair she flits,
And lights her little damp-wood smoke
To show her Daddy where she flits.

For far--oh, very far behind,
So far she cannot call to him,
Comes Tegumai alone to find
The daughter that was all to him.

[Illustration: The Crab that Played With the Sea]

THE CRAB THAT PLAYED WITH THE SEA

BEFORE the High and Far-Off Times, O my Best Beloved, came
the Time of the Very Beginnings; and that was in the days when
the Eldest Magician was getting Things ready. First he got the
Earth ready; then he got the Sea ready; and then he told all the
Animals that they could come out and play. And the Animals said,
'O Eldest Magician, what shall we play at?' and he said, 'I will
show you.' He took the Elephant--All-the-Elephant-there-was--and
said, 'Play at being an Elephant,' and All-the-Elephant-there-was
played. He took the Beaver--All-the-Beaver-there-was--and said,
'Play at being a Beaver,' and All-the-Beaver-there-was played.
He took the Cow--All-the-Cow-there-was--and said, 'Play at
being a Cow,' and All-the-Cow-there-was played. He took the
Turtle--All-the-Turtle-there-was--and said, 'Play at being a
Turtle,' and All-the-Turtle-there-was played. One by one he took
all t