410 THE FOREST AND THE FIELD. 



I now always gave in quietly, without a figlit. 

 Gentle reader, consider the fix I was in with la 

 helle camiibale, and imagine what you would have 

 done under the circumstances, for I don't intend to 

 enlighten you any further on that matter. I 

 believe with old Scotia's bard, that — 



" Gin a body meet a body ganging to the well, 

 Gin a body kiss a body — a body sbould na tell." 



On arrival at our bivouac, I made the king and 

 his people sit down, whilst I and Tom Dick went 

 to the boat to fetch his dash, which consisted of an 

 old regulation Brown Bess with flint lock, a bright 

 yellow shirt, a looking-glass, a couple of pieces of 

 satin stripe, about twenty heads of tobacco, and 

 several strings of different coloured beads. 



The old boy's eyes glistened at what he con- 

 sidered great wealth, and he seemed very grateful, 

 for he several times placed my hand on his head, 

 and told the Bekelai to tell me that " his heart 

 was very glad." He then harangued his people in 

 a speech which I was led to understand was some- 

 what to this effect, " that he was even a greater 



