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_ monkey would have to pass through it to go to the other 
side, and in doing so would start a spring, when the ring 
would fly up before the monkey could get through it, 
and thus the animal would be hung by the neck and 
choked to death. 
We made two of these traps. 
Then we went and looked for wild honey, but could 
not at first see any bee-hive in the hollows of trees. I 
had just made up my mind that I should like to have 
some honey. Besides, I wanted to get some wax in order 
to make some candles. 
Just as we were returning to the camp we discover- 
ed two bee-hives; we smoked the bees, and then took 
the honey-combs. : 
The next morning I went right to work to make wax 
with the honey-comb we had collected. After having 
boiled it and made the wax, there was a new difficulty— 
I had no wick. I had never thought of it before; of 
course [ had nota bit of cotton with me, and I finally 
concluded that I would tear off the lower part of one of 
the two only shirts I possessed to make wick. Acting 
with the thought, I tore the shirt. I had a good deal 
of trouble to make these candles. First I dipped the 
whole length of the wick in the hot wax, holding each 
extremity by my hands; then I let the wax which had 
adhered to the wick get cold, and dipped again and again 
by the same process until I had obtained the size of a can- 
dle. I succeeded in making eight candles. 
My clothes were getting very much worn; my panta- 
loons had been mended over and over again, and were 
getting so old and rotten that I did not know what to do. 
I wanted to save a pair for the sea-shore. So I resolved 
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