134 THE ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG NATURALIST. 



was a frightful hurricane, which demolished most of the 

 huts in our village." 



" I think we shall get off with nothing but a south wind 

 like that which worried us the day we set off," said Sumi- 

 chrast. 



Wrongly or rightly, I attributed this phenomenon of 

 light to the position of the clouds. The intensity of the 

 light decreased till it was nothing but a glimmer. Night 

 resumed its empire, and there was naught to guide us back 

 to our bivouac but the flame of our fire. 



