140 ADVENTURES IN THE WILDERNESS. 



dark they stood, their dense and sombre foliage 

 unlighted by a ray. The shadows deepened. The 

 ripple left the lake, and its unruffled surface 

 stretched from shore to shore like a sea of glass. 

 One by one the stars came out in quick succes- 

 sion. The waters contended in rivalry with the 

 skies, and every star which shone in the heaven 

 above shone in the depths below. Thus we sat 

 and saw dark-featured but brilhant Night succeed 

 to the throne of blond and gentle Day. Suddenly, 

 breaking the profound silence, the solemn hoot of 

 an owl echoed through the forest. It was an- 

 swered in a moment by the prolonged howl of a 

 wolf, hunting amid the hiUs far to the north. 

 Throwing some huge logs on the fire, and wTap- 

 ping our blankets around us, we stretched our- 

 selves beside the blaze, and, with malice in our 

 hearts toward none, sank peacefully to our night's 

 repose. 



