CHAPTER VII. 



THE CATS'-EYES POMADE. - AEMADILLO. - LUCIEN AND THE 

 CRUEL FERN. - THE FALLEN MOUNTAIN. - THE AVOOD- 

 PECKEK. - THE BASILISK. - L'ENCUEEADO's FKESH IDEA. 



RIXGALET, who had been the first to give the alarm, 

 was also the first to go to sleep again. I could not 

 help waiting with some degree of anxiety for 1'Encuerado's 

 return. In a quarter of an hour, as the Indian did not ar- 

 rive, I began to think that, confused by the darkness, he 

 had missed finding our bivouac. After having called him 

 two or three times, without receiving any answer, I was 

 just going to fire off my gun, so that the noise of the re- 

 port might serve as a guide to him, when I heard the sound 

 of his guttural cry. 



