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ing hot coffee, devilled kidneys, grilled 

 chicken, and last, but not least, a par- 

 tridge curry. I made a splendid break- 

 fast, for, the fact is, I had not yet got 

 over the dreadful starvation I had under- 

 gone while making my escape. Honey 

 and jungle fowl's eggs are very good 

 things occasionally, but, for a hearty man 

 to make his daily meal of them is another 

 thing particularly when they form the 

 only ingredients of the meal. I often 

 now think of the starvation and misery of 

 those dreadful days, but I do not in the 

 least regret that I passed through such an 

 ordeal, for it makes me accept with grati- 

 tude the blessings and the luxuries which 

 I now enjoy. I affirm that there is no- 

 thing so good for a young man as 

 " roughing it," and the more he has of it 

 the better ; in my case, however, I confess 



