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rhods, (ravines) of the mountains, is an 

 "eye opener." Smith had shot very 

 fairly, among other things, knocking over 

 a jungle sheep which we found delicious 

 eating, and it was very tender. As Smith 

 had been so successful with his gun, he 

 was in wonderful spirits, and we sat up far 

 into the night talking, and smoking, and 

 rehearsing every good shot that we had 

 made during the day ; and as we had had 

 very hard work, Smith as usual undressed 

 when half asleep and had not energy to 

 snore. I really thought that this hard 

 work had broken him of that vile habit, 

 and I threatened to patent the idea on my 

 return to England. I was too tired to 

 sleep, and then the responsible position in 

 which we had placed ourselves, began to 

 dawn upon me for the first time. Though 

 we had not agreed to feed the followers, 



