and
sat down there. It looked very pleasant in the garden, and I went in
there. I walked through the garden, and out at the back gate into the
woods, and so up the glen. I rambled along different glens and valleys
for half an hour, until at last I came to a most beautiful place among
groves and thickets where there was a large spring boiling out from
under some mossy rocks. This spring was in a deep shady place, and was
overhung with beautiful trees. In front of the spring was a large basin
of water, half as large as this room. The water was very clear, and as
the moonlight shone upon it through the interstices of the trees, I
could see that the bottom was covered with yellow sands, while beautiful
shells and pebbles lined the shore.

'The water fell down into the basin from the spring in a beautiful
cascade. All around there were a great many tall wild flowers growing.
It seemed to me the most beautiful place I ever saw. I sat down upon a
large round stone which projected out from a grassy bank just below this
little dell, where I could see the basin of water and the spring, and
the flowers upon its banks, and could hear the sound of the water
falling over the cascade.

'There was a very large oak-tree growing near the basin on the one side.
I could only see the lower part of the stem of it. The top was high in
the air, and was concealed from view by the foliage of the thickets. The
stem of the tree was very large indeed, and it had a very ancient and
venerable appearance. There was a hollow place in this tree very near
the ground, which had in some degree the appearance of a door, arched
above. The sides of this opening were fringed with beautiful green
moss, which hung down within like a curtain, and there were a great many
beautiful flowers growing upon each side of it. Another thing which
attracted my attention and excited my curiosity very strongly, was that
there seemed to be a little path leading from this door down to the
margin of the water.

'While I was wondering what this could mean, I suddenly observed that
there was a waving motion in the long moss which hung down within the
opening in the trunk of the tree, and presently I saw a beautiful little
face peeping out. I was, of course, very much astonished, but I
determined to sit perfectly still, and see what would happen.

'I was in such a place that the person to whom the face belonged could
not see me, though I could see her perfectly. After looking a