SAFE AT FOET BILEY. 



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Wonderful is the feeling of conscious energy, of self- 

 confidence, of personal courage, that results from a com- 

 bination of youth, perfect health, freedom from the petty 

 cares, annoyances, and toils of ordinary civilised existence, 

 and the exhilarating effect of life in the open air! I arn 

 certain that not a single individual of our little party but 

 regarded with feelings nearer akin to pleasing anticipation 

 of excitement than apprehension the chances for either a 

 desperate conflict or a headlong flight; but the occasion 

 for neither arose, and our precipitate retreat soon ended in 

 safety within the stockades of Biley. 



