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cooking. As there was no water where we camped, 

 Shelley and I went back to a spring in a grove. It 

 was just beneath three graceful sago-palms, and the 

 water was clear and cool. The evening was fine, the 

 full moon rose over the hills; and we were in such 



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good spirits, that we had a camp-fire song, and a chat 

 over the prospects of the trip. We cut a lot of the 

 long grass, with our knives, for a bed ; and had a 

 refreshing night's sleep. 



Early the next morning we started out, and kept 

 on steadily until noon ; when we took a bath in a clear 

 stream, and lay down for a short nap under the trees. 

 We were awakened by some one shouting, and found 

 that the natives had discovered us. Shelley went to 

 meet them ; but they ran away at first, and it was not 



