CHAPTER XXIV. 



A LABOEIOUS TASK — WILD LIME-TEEES — PIGEONS— THE WEST INDIAN 

 CHEERY — THE EAEWIG — SNAKES AND SEEPENTS — FIEST GLANCE 

 AT THE TEBEE-CHAUDE. 



liOW is your arm now, I'Encuerado 1 " I asked, finding 



^ (S K *^® Indian up when I awoke. 



'=eA3=» " Pretty well, Tatita ; but I find I mustn't move it 

 much. If I do, it feels as if the blackguard water-dog was still 

 holding me." 



I again dressed the wound, the Indian continuing to hurl fresh 

 abuse at the otter. I made him keep quiet, and prepared the 

 cofiee. Sumichrast and Lucien then rose, and we decided to 

 start — the rainy season, which was approaching, rendering haste 

 necessary. 



L'Encuerado, in spite of our remonstrances, insisted on shoulder- 



