Chapter 10
"Delight and strength came to me again, and now I explored all
the inland ways, the great lakes of Ireland, and her swift brown
rivers.
"What a joy to lie under an inch of water basking in the sun, or
beneath a shady ledge to watch the small creatures that speed like
lightning on the rippling top. I saw the dragon-flies flash and
dart and turn, with a poise, with a speed that no other winged
thing knows: I saw the hawk hover and stare and swoop: he fell like
a falling stone, but he could not catch the king of the salmon: I
saw the cold-eyed cat stretching along a bough level with the
water, eager to hook and lift the creatures of the river. And I saw
men.
"They saw me also. They came to know me and look for me. They
lay in wait at the waterfalls up which I leaped l
