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private means and earning his living by manual 

 labour declares that the ordinary man or woman 

 in the environment of modern artificial civilization 

 cannot possibly know the keen pleasure that can 

 be got out of eating and drinking. We eat when 

 we are not hungry, we drink when we are not thirsty, 

 merely because our meal time is come round. But 

 if we throw off conventionality, live on sixpenny- 

 worth of bread and cheese a day, and earn it by 

 our physical labour, we shall gain a perfectly new 

 experience. 



Probably our experience was similar that night. 



After prayers we managed to coil ourselves up 

 near the fire in our warm rabbit-skin blankets and 

 were soon fast asleep. 



We fancy by this time the imaginary companions 

 have had enough of this trip, and so we will allow 

 Mr. Peck and his faithful friend to pursue their 

 course unimpeded. 



The next morning in spite of a strong wind and 

 heavy drift they determined to face the road and 

 try to reach some Indians who were about ten miles 

 away. 



" After about three hours' battling with the 

 blinding drift," Mr. Peck writes, " we were more 

 than glad to meet an Indian who kindly guided us 

 to the people we were in search of." 



On March 17, Cape Jones was passed, and again 

 we might find our sympathies awakened as we read : 



