Word: caving
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...brook turned from east to south-east; and where the valley curved, on the north bank, a pretty moss-covered grotto opened toward the sun. Behind this a cliff suddenly rose a score of feet; while before it a large flat stone formed a convenient floor, reaching from the cave quite to the edge of the brook...
Before Yung reached the cave, his passion for Loe was almost quite transferred to the stranger; and when, after a vigorous sprinkling with cold water from the brook, she opened her eyes, his enthralment was complete...
...brought in fresh branches, and made a bed on the floor of the cave. With two broad leafy boughs, he made, as it were, curtains for the door, which should screen Tue from the fire, but not cut her off from its heat. Tue watched him, as he made all these arrangements for her comfort, with a feeling in which alarm was tempered by a strange complacency...
...necessary that you go out into the world to seek your fortune. You cannot expect to live in this forest all your days, you know. But before you go let me give you this magic scrap of paper, which will carry you safely even to the very cave of the giant Bowsir, whom you will remember to treat with great respect, for he loves polite little boys. If you conciliate him, your fortune is made. God bless you, my little grandson...
When he regained consciousness he found himself before a cave, which he immediately recognized as the cave of the Bowsir, described to him by his kind grandmamma. He could make out the inscription over the door - Bowsir's Offers, 9 to 1. Thinking that this was heavy odds, and finding it was now half-past three, Henry did not attempt to enter the cave, but was about to pass on when he was grabbed violently by the arm. "???" cried a voice; and he saw a person little older than himself with a note-book and pencil. "Two dollars a year...