14 THE SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE. 



abandoned us, and then we realized that we were sorely 

 fatigued: every step was painful, the walking was miser- 

 able drudgery ; we walked a few rods and then halted ; 

 started on again ; our progress was slow, but we could 

 not remain where we were, we must go forward. The 

 desired haven was at last reached. We immediately 

 walked up to the office, each carrying a double-barrelled 

 shot-gun, followed by three hunting-dogs, registered our 

 names and that of the gunner who accompanied us, asked 

 for our rooms, to which we were promptly conducted, 

 threw off some portions of our wardrobe which had been 

 burdensome during the greater part of the day, indulged 

 momentarily in a brevet-bath, dropped without further 

 delay on the beds with which our rooms were provided, 

 and within ten minutes each man in the party was sleeping 

 soundly, and continued to sleep for about two hours, when 

 we were called to the evening meal, arose from our beds 

 greatly refreshed, made our toilets, after which we partook 

 of a hearty meal and again returned to our rooms, where 

 we recounted some of the events of the day, then retired 

 in good order to our couches, where we all slept soundly 

 during the entire night, my legal friend forgetting for the 

 time being that he had ever suffered from insomnia or 

 anything else. 



We were aroused in the morning by the loud ringing 

 of a bell, which, in this hotel, was used to announce the 

 time for rising and also the proper moment for entering 

 the dining-room for meals. We responded in due time 

 to the demand which had been made upon us by this 

 ringing, and consequently we were prepared to obey the 



