In this manner , it was decided that Ulysses and his twenty-two men were to remain at the seaside until the other party should have found out what sort of treatment they might expect at the mysterious palace . As there was no help for it , Eurylochus immediately set forth at the head of his twenty-two followers , who went off in a very melancholy state of mind , leaving their friends in hardly better spirits than themselves . No sooner had they clambered up the cliff , than they discerned the tall marble towers of the palace , ascending , as white as snow , out of the lovely green shadow of the trees which surrounded it . A gush of smoke came from a chimney in the rear of the edifice . This vapor rose high in the air , and , meeting with a breeze , was wafted seaward , and made to pass over the heads of the hungry mariners . When people 's appetites are keen , they have a very quick scent for anything savory in the wind . `` That smoke comes from the kitchen ! '' cried one of them , turning up his nose as high as he could , and snuffing eagerly . `` And , as sure as I 'm a half-starved vagabond , I smell roast meat in it . '' `` Pig , roast pig ! '' said another . `` Ah , the dainty little porker . My mouth waters for him . '' `` Let us make haste , '' cried the others , `` or we shall be too late for the good cheer ! '' But scarcely had they made half a dozen steps from the edge of the cliff , when a bird came fluttering to meet them . It was the same pretty little bird , with the purple wings and body , the yellow legs , the golden collar round its neck , and the crown-like tuft upon its head , whose behavior had so much surprised Ulysses . It hovered about Eurylochus , and almost brushed his face with its wings . `` Peep , peep , pe -- weep ! '' chirped the bird . So plaintively intelligent was the sound , that it seemed as if the little creature were going to break its heart with some mighty secret that it had to tell , and only this one poor note to tell it with .
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