Is any one blasting rock over there

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herto see that his uncle was quite unmoved and that the guide
was smiling at him.
“Then that was thunder?” he said inquiringly.
“No; a big piece of rock split off and fell” replied the guide.
“Is there no danger?”
“It would have been dangerous if we had been there.”
“But where is `there'?”
“Up yonder” said the guidepointing over the pine?wood toward the top of the wall of rocka
perpendicular precipice fully three thousand feet in height. “The rock split off up the mountain somewhere
rushed downand then fell.”
“Can we see?”
“Oh yes; I could find the place” said the guidelooking at Dale.
“Nono: we will go on” said the latter. “It would take us two or three hours. That sort of thing is often
going on out hereSaxe.”
“But why did it fall? Is any one blasting rock over there?”
“YesNature: blasting with cold and heat.”
Saxe looked at him inquiringly.
“You'll soon understand all thismy lad” said Dale. “The rocks high up the mountains are always
crumbling down.”
“Crumbling? I don't call that crumbling.”
“Call it what you like; but that was a crumb which fell down heremy lad. You see the snow and ice over
yonder?”
“Yes.”
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