skimmii, tlir l;ik.' lik-- sual! Mackl* 



marsh \\ i I -nil fi . ke a ;_'i ^: 88 



tlir sun :,.| the 



i'itterns had ie<Min i fend the ctpak of cm 



ami tin- ills .UP I ducks, all mill;.' 



that illicit IM- heard tlir.-- . ,|- four mil' 



I put tin- e^s int. my handkerchief and turned in the 

 direction of tin- cal.in. 1 \\ a.s snrprix,-,| t) find it was half 



:ii.| still li<dit. 'I'll.' .lays a, Jong on 



It Was ,| U sk at ten ocl'N-k tin- pro- 



prietor .,' tin- cal-in t4. show nn- to my nnmi. \V- cliniln-.l uj 

 a rirk.-ty la<ll.-i t' tin- l-.t't. ami h- iiml my 1..--1 I 



\\inilila.s SIKHI ha\f s|,'j,t mi a l>unlli- <>| straw in hi.s 1 

 Tlif littli- ! mi \\a> \.-ry cl.>s.-. an-l tin- small wimlow was a 

 tixturr ami ruiil mt !> ..|M-n.cl. My PM.MI wa> ilivi.|.-.| h-..m 

 the otluTs 1'V l>arlint. r ti\.' t' -.-t hi^h. anl >n l.M>kin^ I>\T th- 

 top into tin- m-xt nndii. I iM-ln-M an Indian lai-l stn t<-h..l on 

 I was .|issatis|i,.,| with my sir. jtin^ ijiiar- 

 - |. intin^ it mililly. I pi 'uair ami 1>\ against 



thf lMr. which had m> l<K-k ami putting my r.-\ol\-r uml'-r 

 my pillou | str.ti-hr.l mysi-lt' on tin- ^n-y I. lank !-in<; 



mysi-lt' with anothi-r om-. As I lay oiitstn -t<-h.-.| on my hard 



h. I thought of my ronit'ortal.li- l-d at horn.-; I, 

 tlnTi- is s, , nn -tiling fascinating in having to nni^h it. and thusc 

 who cannot stand tlicsr inconv.-ni.-nc-s hail l.-ttT kr.-p a' 

 from tli- North-West. I tried to ^,, to sl-,-j.. l.iit what with 

 the the kiideei-s 1 -lack 1 >i rds and Jnill fn><^ in frm.- 



the window the Indian snoring in the >m and the 



irritation of the mos.|iiito l.ites on in md neck, it t-'k 



me some time i .p. |)iirin^ the ni^ht I dreamt 



that 1 cam- across a hu^'- nest t hat - >inc one had tilled 



with all kinds of p]. marsh hawks ducks and 



-th- 



