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CHAPTER X. 



THE EABBIT— WILB POTATOES — A DIFFICULT PATH — AN EXTINCT CEA- 

 TEE — HOAE FEOST — THE TOEEENT — THE FAWN — THE TETTIGONES 

 — DEAGON-FLIES. 



JjHE next day, when I opened my eyes, the sun was shining 

 W^ brightly in a blue sky. I made up the fire, and walked 

 off, with my gun on my shoulder, to try and obtain 

 some kind of game, so as to surprise my companions when they 

 got up. For about a quarter of an hour I traversed tracts of 

 heath, which reminded me of my native country, when a too 

 confiding rabbit came frisking along within gunshot, which I 

 knocked over and placed in my game-bag. 



On my return all were up, standing round the fire, and they 

 hailed me as a conqueror. The terrible trials of the day before 

 seemed to be entirely forgotten ; even Lucien had recovered all 



