THE SWEET SLEEP. 



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with such a will that unpleasant STmptoms pre- 

 sently declared themselves in camp. 



That day we had covered 10 miles, equal, 

 perhaps, to 30 on a decent road in a temperate 

 clime. The angry blast, the dashing rain, and 

 the groaning trees, formed a concert which, 

 heard from within a warm hut, affected us 

 pleasurably : I would not have exchanged it for 

 the music of Verdi. We slept sweetly, as only 

 travellers can sleep. 



