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and saw that the partially vertical character which 

 the native's sitting form had hitherto given it had 

 disappeared. " The lazy villain ! " 



Rugonauth, now the solitary watcher in the 

 jungle wilderness, looked at the sleeping form 

 beside him, and thought how much the Sahib must 

 be enjoying himself. Then he thought of his 

 hubble-bubble. Yes, there it was, quite safe, stuck 

 through the folds of his waistcloth. How he would 

 like a few puffs at it ! He had got his piece of 

 cotton and flint and steel. Yes, there would be no 

 difficulty in striking a light. A delicious whiff or 

 two would revive him immensely, and keep him 

 well awake, for he felt a little drowsy. But no ! 

 Its effects in both sound and smell alike forbade. 



While thinking of the delight it would afford 

 him, and how he would compensate in the morning 

 for his present forced abstinence, his head dropped 

 forward and was brought back again. He looked at 

 the pool, but there was nothing there. Once more 

 he nodded, and, this time, with a deeper droop ; 

 but from it he also recovered himself. Then after 

 two or three rapid nods in succession his head fell 

 forward with a jerk which almost made his neck 

 crack ; but again his sense of duty and desire for 

 " Inam " brought it once more erect. For awhile his 

 senses of seeing and hearing were alert ; but it was 



