138 WOLF-HUNTING. 



So I followed this timely advice ; and putting on a warm pair 

 of slippers, and rolling myself in a blanket, the mosquito-net being 

 superadded, I slept soundly and sweetly for four hours, when the 

 blast of Shafto's horn, ringing out " Le point du Jour," told the 

 " coming of the morn," and roused me from further slumber. 

 Let me add, the occupier of my bedstead, instead of provoking 

 me to a deadly encounter, made an ample apology for the wrong 

 he had done me ; and many a day afterwards he and I hunted 

 together on the best of terms. 



