not present an arduous aspect, the scientist 

 above referred to came manfully forward and 

 offered his services in this domain. Instruct 

 tions were issued to the effect that explorations 

 should not be conducted far from camp, and the 

 route proposed to be taken should be clearly- 

 defined before setting out. The investigator 

 had been absent on his quest for over two 

 hours, and the commander, becoming anxious, 

 set out in search of the wanderer. The search 

 party had gone hardly a couple* of hundred 

 yards into the jungle when they stumbled 

 upon the prone body of the missing man. A 

 giant tick was investigating the carcase, and 

 apparently Just about to commence operations 

 on its prize. The obnoxious creature was 

 forthwith despatched, and the body of the 

 martyr reverently taken back to camp. He 

 still breathed heavily, but no wounds could be 

 found on the body. A dread feeling seized us, 

 for, though living things had no terror for us, 

 yet the intangible found us weak. For long 

 the doctor diligently attended, in the uncertainty 

 of the stroke, administering small doses of 

 alcohol from our limited medical store. At 

 last, after twelve hours, success crowned his 

 efforts and the patient regained consciousness. 

 Even now his senses seemed to have lapsed, 

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