popular tale belongs to the Bavarian Alps, in which most of the artist's mountain studies were made. A chamois hunter has been led by the ardor of the chase to the very snow line of the loftiest peak of the range. Here the last scanty vegetation that clothes the mountain-side ceases. Wearied by his exeretions, the hunter lies down to sleep upon the narrow and dangerous ledge, and the fairy of the mountains discovers the intruder on her domain. His young and beauty charm

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Chapter 8 Text

Nathaniel Sichel