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(a native bread). This we spread out on 

 the grass, and both set to work without a 

 word being spoken ; indeed, I could not 

 induce him to answer a single question, 

 and to all my anxious enquiries, he only 

 put his finger to his mouth, as much as to 

 say, "Shut up for the present." After 

 we had taken the edge off our appetites 

 I found him disposed to be a little more 

 communicative, but he was dreadfully 

 cautious, and always peeping out to recon- 

 noitre, when he would remain away for an 

 hour at a time ; he evidently expected a 

 sharp pursuit, and, as the sequel will show, 

 he was not far wrong in his surmises. 



We had rested probably for four 

 or five hours, when we heard the gallop- 

 ing of horses which took my guide 

 immediately to his post of observation, 

 and I had the curiosity to follow him, 



