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blyof but a few hours previous. How each box, bag, 

 and trunk found at last its respective owner is a 

 mystery that I will not attempt to explain, yet it 

 was at last accomplished, to the complete satisfac- 

 tion of all parties. 



Our dormitory, though a strange looking affair, 

 was most admirably adopted for the purpose for 

 which it was intended. It was a long, two-storied 

 building, standing, if I remember correctly, northeast 

 by southwest. The upper floor was, as yet, in an 

 unfinished condition, though the carpenters were 

 now busy completing it; the lower room, like the up- 

 per, long and narrow, was divided into two compart- 

 ments, of about equal length, by means of sailcloth 

 suspended from a cord running high up across the 

 room. Of these two apartments that facing the bay 

 was occupied by the ladies, that facing the island, by 

 the gentlemen. The inside arrangements were simi- 

 lar in both. 



The interior of the men's apartment was arranged 

 with a long aisle extending from the door through 

 the centre of the room, upon either side of which 

 were ranged a dozen or more cot beds. At the foot 

 of each bed facing it, with but a narrow passage be- 

 tween, stood a bureau; and a little to one side of its 

 head a small washstand, with its accompanying nec- 

 essary furniture. A chair, and a simple tallow dip 

 and tin candlestick, with a few matches in it, com- 

 pleted each person's outfit. Our trunks were placed 

 behind our bureaus, and our valises anywhere that 

 room could be found for them. 



We were obliged to pass our first night almost in 

 the open air. The window-sashes were without glass, 

 and the cool breeze swept through the long room 

 unrestrained; but it was not uncomfortable, and we 

 did not mind it greatly. It was late in the afternoon 

 before I had unpacked and satisfactorily arranged 

 the books, clothing, shooting and other materials 

 which I had brought with me. When it was at last 

 accomplished,! threw a shawl over my bed, put on my 



