250 SLUMBER AND SMOKE. 



made many fruitless attempts to get hold of the brandy 

 bottle. But fortunately he had to do with persons as 

 astute as himself; we resisted all his supplications, and 

 eventually he condescended to leave us at peace. 



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"TRANSPORTED INTO THE LAND OF DREAMS." 



The wind rose during the night, and as it beat dow^n 

 upon us the smoke of the green trees, we soon experienced 

 a smarting of the eyes which by the morning became 

 intolerable. We suffered from this inconvenience much 

 more than we had suffered from the cold two nights before. 

 The Indians did not complain of the smoke. It is true 

 that the orgy in which they had taken part had trans- 

 ported them into the land of dreams, and rendered them 

 insensible to the miseries of this commonplace world. 



As soon as day reappeared, Jack and his comrades 

 pressed us to continue the chase; but Maclean and 

 myself had experienced that the trouble exceeded the 



