Most persons must have observed how quietly a train sometimes steals up--so quietly as to be inaudible: a fact that has undoubtedly been the death of many unfortunates.

Now, just at this spot there was a sharp curve, and if the driver shut off steam as he ran round it the train very likely came up without a sound.

The sides of the cutting being very steep, the hares, when at last they perceived their danger, would naturally rush straight away along the metals.

Coming at great speed, the engine would overtake and destroy them: a miserable end for the poor creatures in the midst of their moonlight frolic.

But what Aaron laid stress on was the fact that he could not even sell the skins, they were so cut to pieces.
The rooks' nests in the Chace were very numerous, and were chiefly built in elm trees, but some in tall spruce firs.