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exceedingly cold and stagnant, my hands clammy, and 

 my throat parched. Moreover, all the stories I had eyer 

 read of the sanguinary propensities of these scourges 

 of the distant settlements, from " Little Eed Riding- 

 Hood " to " Robinson Crusoe," recurred vividly to my 

 recollection. 



However, quiet came with the sun, and, after a few 

 ineffectual efforts, we succeeded in attracting the atten- 

 tion of a worthy redskin, who, for a trifling remunera- 

 tion, landed us in the precincts of his island domicile. 

 Our business was soon made known, and a hunting party 

 was organised in an inexpressibly short time. The 

 inner man was still to be satisfied, and, on making our 

 wants known, we were borne off willing captives to the 

 grandest and most capacious log-cabin, no less a worthy 

 than a chief assuming the responsibility of providing 

 us with breakfast. I cannot help here mentioning a 

 little episode which, although it had not the appetising 

 effect of Worcester sauce, chutney, a squeeze of lemon, 

 or other familiar auxiliaries, still had its influence on 

 our then pleading stomachs. Sun-fish were destined for 

 the standing dish, and as the good old squaw had a 

 very small frying-pan and a large stock of the above 

 finny treasures to operate upon, it behoved her to 

 make several cookings ; and, to prevent the results of 

 her first efforts getting cold while the second lot were 



