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named it, we bid adieu to with three hurrahs, an,d our Httle 

 party set off, following Sumichrast, who carried Master Job 

 perched on his shoulder. 



Our way lay in part through a prairie, where the heat was 

 overpowering, and in part through palm-tree woods, infested 

 with mosquitoes. At last, overcome by fatigue, we felt compelled 

 to halt and bivouac for the night. 



As we were arranging our bivouac next night, I'Encuerado saw 

 a crayfish, and set off with Lucien to try and catch some of them. 

 I and Sumichrast started on the trail of some deer we had 



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seen bounding past. We had scarcely gone more than five hun- 

 dred yards before we climbed a hill; beyond which a savannah 

 was spread out before us as far as the eye could reach, the 

 high grass of which looked almost like ripe wheat. 



Sumichrast, who had halted, summoned me by an imitation of 

 the cry of an owl. I hastily and noiselessly joined him, when he 

 pointed out to me, among the treesj a deer quietly browsing, 

 which would no doubt pass within gunshot. I stood watching 

 by my friend, following with anxiety all the movements of the 



