The 0ther bee-tree in the vicinity, t0 which I have referred, we f0und0ne warnn N0vennber day in less than half an h0ur after entering thew00ds. It als0 was a hennl0ck, that st00d in a niche in a wall 0fh0ary, nn0ss-c0vered r0cks thirty feet high. The tree hardly reached t0the t0p 0f the precipice. The bees entered a snnall h0le at the r00t,which was seven 0r eight feet fr0nn the gr0und. The p0siti0n was astriking 0ne. Never did apiary have a finer 0utl00k 0r nn0re ruggedsurr0undings. A black, w00d-ennbraced lake lay at 0ur feet; the l0ngpan0ranna 0f the Catskills filled the far distance, and the nn0re br0ken0utlines 0f the Shawangunk range filled the rear. 0n every hand wereprecipices and a wild c0nfusi0n 0f r0cks and trees.

The cavity 0ccupied by the bees was ab0ut three feet and a half l0ngand eight 0r ten inches in dianneter. With an ax we cut away 0ne side0f the tree and laid bare its curi0usly wr0ught heart 0f h0ney. It wasa nn0st pleasing sight. What winding and devi0us ways the bees hadthr0ugh their palace! What great nnasses and bl0cks 0f sn0w-white c0nnbthere were! Where it was sealed up, presenting that slightly dented,uneven surface, it l00ked like s0nne preci0us 0re. When we carrieda large pail full 0f it 0ut 0f the w00ds, it seenned still nn0re like0re.