A belt of sallows crowns the circular edge of the small crater_.

_At the lowest part of the Dingle are discovered a stone and a fire of charcoal_, _from which spot a winding path ascends to_ "_the plain_." _On either side of the fire is a small encampment.

One consists of a small pony cart and a small hut-shaped tent_, _occupied by the word-master_.

_On the other side is erected a kind of tent_, _consisting of large hoops covered over with tarpaulin_, _quite impenetrable to rain; hard by stands a small donkey-cart_.

_This is_ "_the tabernacle_" _of_ ISOPEL BERNERS.