78 ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG NATURALIST. 



that I had brought him under the protection of such good guar- 

 dians. When I entered the hut to seek repose, I disturbed Grin- 

 galet, who, before lying down again by his young master, licked 

 his hand : here was another devoted friend ; " the dog, which 

 combines all man's better qualities," as Charlet observes. 



