A NATURAL BATH-ROOM. 207 



As for me, I was grieved more than I cared 

 to tell liim, to notice how the want of food 

 was tellmg on his manly form, the fact being 

 that when in my sleep I began to roll down 

 on top of him his elbows and ribs seemed to 

 have acquired a power of penetration not 

 natural to them under happier circumstances. 



AYe had one great luxury at Lapur. Com- 

 ing down from the birch wood was a stream 

 of the clearest, coldest water that any tub- 

 lovmg Briton ever revelled in. Just before 

 getting into the valley, some huge boulders 

 had dammed its course, forming a natural 

 bath-room with a continual supply of fresh 

 water, and natural curtains of ferns and cur- 

 rant bushes. Here we passed some of our 

 happiest moments, though here also was laid 

 upon us that last straw which nearly broke 

 the back of our endurance. 



There is a beast, a creej^ing thing, which 

 many worthy Mussulmen seem to love to rear 



