CHAPTER VI. 



COFFEE. TURPENTINE. COUROUCOUS. PINE-NEEDLES. 



THREE VOLCANOES IN SIGHT AT ONCE. THE CAEABUS 



FAMILY. SCORPIONS. SALAMANDERS. A MIDNIGHT DIS- 

 TURBANCE.. 



fT^HE first thing I saw on opening my eyes was 1'Encue- 

 -* rado, who was getting ready our coffee, and Lucien 

 crouching close to the fire, piling up a quantity of dry 

 branches round the kettle, at some risk, however, of upset- 

 ting it. 



" "Why, Lucien," I cried, " it is not light yet, and you are 

 up already ! Didn't you sleep well ?" 



" Oh yes, papa," he answered, kissing me ; " but 1'Encuera- 

 do disturbed Gringalet, so he thought proper to come and 

 lie down on me, and that woke me, for Gringalet is very. 



