MILITARY AD VENTURES. 103 



form any idea how slow and heart- 

 breaking it is to makes one's way through 

 an unknown and dense jungle at night. 

 This is the reason our Creator has fur- 

 nished nocturnal animals with long 

 whiskers, in order that they may feel their 

 way; but, not having any myself, my 

 readers can fancy how I floundered in the 

 darkness, hurting my shins at almost 

 every step. 



We were dreadfully tired and exhausted 

 when we decided to encamp, having first 

 pulled a quantity of long Indian grass to 

 make our bed under a thick bush, and we 

 had hardly lain down when we were fast 

 asleep. It seemed to me that I had 

 scarcely closed my eyes when I was awoke 

 by having my shoulder painfully and con- 

 tinuously pressed. I looked at my com- 

 panion, who was green with terror ; and, 



