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owl.  It is said to produce very singular and even alarming noises, and as this which we hear is certainly not the voice of a fox or any other animal that I know, I have little doubt but that it is some such bird among the cedars here."  Burton seemed incredulous and evidently desirous of solving the mystery, proposed that in place of further conjecture we should go out and reconnoiter the grove in the direction from which the sound proceded.

I followed him, while Arnheim remained on guard.  We lost ourselves and each other and began to whistle and shout, [[strikethrough]] at [[/strikethrough]] whereupon the howl suddenly ceased but was renewed in a moment — louder than before.  At this instant, supposing Morton to be on my left, I was startled by seeing the top of a tall cedar in the oposite part of the grove shaken as if by the passage of some large animal.