| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Astoria by Washington Irving: Their chief subsistence was on fish, with an occasional regale of
the flesh of elk and deer, and of wild-fowl from the neighboring
ponds.
The Clatsops resided on both sides of Point Adams; they were the
mere relics of a tribe which had been nearly swept off by the
small-pox, and did not number more than one hundred and eighty
fighting men.
The Wahkiacums, or Waak-i-cums, inhabited the north side of the
Columbia, and numbered sixty-six warriors. They and the Chinooks
were originally the same; but a dispute arising about two
generations previous to the time of the settlement, between the
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Octopus by Frank Norris: "Yes," answered Hilma. "Yes, I will."
There was a pause. There seemed to be nothing more for either of
them to say. Presley held out his hand.
"Good-bye," she said, as she gave him hers.
He carried it to his lips.
"Good-bye," he answered. "Good-bye and may God bless you."
He turned away abruptly and left the room.
But as he was quietly making his way out of the house, hoping to
get to his horse unobserved, he came suddenly upon Mrs. Dyke and
Sidney on the porch of the house. He had forgotten that since
the affair at the ditch, Los Muertos had been a home to the
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