Chapter 13 A TRAVELLER'S TALES.

"The mermaid sat upon the rocks

All day long,

Admiring her beauty and combing her locks,

And singing a mermaid song.

"And hear the mermaid's song you may,

As sure as sure can be,

If you will but follow the sun all day,

And souse with him into the sea."

W. S. Landor.

It was perhaps four or five days after the events mentio