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dismounted, unsaddled our tattus, and 

 hobbled them to let them graze ; and, as 

 there was some water near, we felt they 

 would soon help themselves. 



Who can describe the glorious feeling 

 of liberty under such circumstances as I 

 enjoyed it ? To have exchanged the 

 loathsome dungeon, with the certainty of 

 a cruel death in the morning, for the 

 beautiful jungle with which I was now sur- 

 rounded, to hear the soft cooing of the 

 doves, and the gentle rustling of the trees 

 as the morning air floated through them, 

 made me involuntarily send up a prayer 

 of thankfulness to the Giver of all good 

 things. My guide, who appeared to have 

 forgotten nothing, now produced a bundle 

 wrapped up in a clean cloth, which, on 

 his opening it, displayed a fine cold roast 

 fowl, with a good supply of chupatties 



