THEY GET READY FOR DIXKEU. 
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it made in him was tliat he became more rousfh iu his 
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manner toward those under him and slightly unsteady 
in his gaih I tried to imagine how it was that they 
could drink so much without being made intoxicated, 
and could only attribute it to the greasy nature of their 
food and to the excessive cold of their winters, which 
call for a vast amount of animal heat. 
Soon after the entrance of the “remnant of the popu- 
lation,” and immediately following tlic destruction of the 
bottle of punch, the lieadman made signs that he was 
about to cook us some dinner; and, as we were both 
hungry and curious to see their mode of cooking, we ex- 
pressed ourselves highly delighted at his hospitality. I 
don’t suppose, however, that any of us thought for a mo- 
ment of eating any thing he might get up, though we were 
quite hungry; for every thing around us looked so greasy 
and dirty that it was liard to imagine any thing about the 
premises capable of being cleaned. 
There was a fine fire under way by this time; and the 
first thing they did was to plant a tripod-like structure 
over it, from the vertex of which hung a long iron pot- 
hook, from which, in turn, was evidently to be suspended 
some as yet unseen vessel. One of the small boys next 
rummaged this unseen vessel out of the same mysterious 
corner into which the empty bottle had disappeared, 
when, to our surpi'ise, it proved to be a very civilized- 
looking iron pot, which the young explorer at once 
commenced to clean with great energy. This cleaning 
he accomplished through the instrumentality of quantities 
of fresh water, several handfuls of sand, and three or four 
bunches of clean, dry grass; and when he gave it its last 
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