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80 THE HOLY IIOUN'TAIN OF
guarded my mwri, and during which I never
lost him out of sight, I never saw either priest
or layman come near him or speak to him.
Little Melanie went several times to guard
cows in her master's field, whilst Maximin
was with me. I saw her always alone, and if
Lny one had come and spoken to her, I certainly
should have seen it, for my field and
Baptist Pra's are one beside the other, on the
eame side of the ulountain, and they have
both a plain surface, and it is enougb to stand
up to see over and into every part of both of
them. I ought to add, that on one of the
days of the week Maximin guarded my cows
in the field called Babou; he was not alone
that day, but was watched, as on other days,
either by my wife or myself."
This day appears to have been the Thursby*
I need scarcely remind the reader that there
are no hedges or fences on those mountains.
Baptist Pra deposed, that " Melanie Mathieu
entered my service in the month of
May, 1846, and she remained in the hamlet
of the Ablandins until the commencement of
December of the same year. During the six
days that Maximin Giraud of Corps guarded
the cows of Peter Selme, my neighbour, 1
did not observe that these children were acquainted
with each other. They might have
met, either in my field, which joins that of
Peter Selme, or whilst taking the cowa to
drink on the north of the moantain, at the
Baisses. On Saturday, the 19th Sept., 1846,
they both came and told me what they had