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at last he emerged from a clump of shrubs, with his tail 

 and muzzle wet. Sumichrast rushed in search of the wa- 

 ter, and soon cried out to us in a joyous voice — 

 " A spring ! a spring !" 



We all tried who could get to it first. Under the foliage 

 of sarsaparilla our companion was kneeling down and catch- 

 ing in his hands a little streamlet of limpid water, which 

 was trickling from between two rocks. With keen enjoy- 

 ment, he was sprinkling it over his face and arms, an exam- 



ple each of us soon imitated. At last I hurried our party 

 away, for the horrible roaring of the hurricane still seemed 

 to din in my ears, and as yet we had no shelter within our 

 reach. After having filled our gourds, we recommenced 

 our climbing, enlivened by PEncuerado, who kept on con- 

 gratulating Gringalet upon his discovery, and promising 

 him, as his reward, a whole series of good dinners. 



The hour was now approaching at which w r e feared that 



