Cobos! cobos! the breezes swell,

As nearer floats the cattle-bell.

"He sees them now--beneath yon trees

His motley herd recline at ease;

With lazy pace and sullen stare,

They slowly leave their shady lair.

Cobos! cobos!--far up the dell

Quick jingling comes the cattle-bell!"

CHAPTER XIV
Toronto

"Fiction, however wild and fanciful,