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see me eat my dinner the " lion " of the 

 camp for the time being and then, when 

 the novelty was over, fellows would have 

 got disgusted, and probably christened me 

 the boa constrictor not a pleasant appel- 

 lation to stick to one, perhaps, for life ! 

 So, altogether, my appetite set me thinking ; 

 and, as it seemed to me that hard work 

 only served to increase it, I determined to 

 take things very easily, and march slowly 

 instead of doing twenty miles in the day, 

 to do only ten, halting every Sunday. 



This suddenly reminded me that I did 

 not know the day of the week, much less 

 the day of the month and, in fact, I had 

 no idea what month it was. I am sure 

 the fearful blow I got on the head had 

 impaired my recollection, for I was fre- 

 quently forgetting things which occurred 

 onlv the day before, and I had not nearly 



