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on the other side of it we found ourselves in a dense 

 cedar swamp, wandering here and there and perspir- 

 ing at every pore with the labor of climbing over and 

 under logs and jumping windfalls. Then came the 

 pleasant conviction : " We are lost ! " 



The weather had turned cold and suggested that 

 we lose no time in getting some wood together and 

 starting a fire. We were certainly in an unpleasant 

 predicament ; without coat or vest, or blanket, or tent, 

 with nothing to eat and nothing to drink. Could we 

 have found water our remaining two bouillon capsules 

 would have made us a good supper ; but there was no 

 water and consequently no supper. The best and only 

 thing to do now, I did. I pulled off my hip rubber 

 boots, intending to use them for a pillow, dried my few 

 clothes, wet from perspiration, and kept close to the fire 

 to avoid catching cold from the bare ground and freez- 

 ing air. My purpose was not to sleep, but keep awake. 

 " Tired Nature," however, would not be denied her 

 " sweet restorer," and soon I was in a slumber that 

 lasted till eleven o'clock. Then I awoke to find the 

 cold intense. Piling more wood on the fire, I threw 

 myself again on Mother Earth's bosom and slept till 

 two, when the frost, settling on rrn T face like sharp 

 needles, aroused me. Again I replenished the fire 

 and again slept till five. Then I awoke and just in 

 time to catch Aurora at her morning task of decorat- 

 ing the eastern sky. And I watched her w r ith the 



