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AWAY IN THE WILDERNESS.
CHAPTEE III.
THE ENCAMPMENT.
IAMPING out in the woods at night is truly a
^ delightful thing, and the pleasantest part of
it, perhaps, is the lighting of the fire. Light is
agreeable to human eyes and cheering to the
human heart. Solomon knew and felt that when
he penned the words, “ A pleasant thing it is for
the eyes to Lehold the sun.” And the rising of
the sun is scarcely more grateful to the feelings
than the lighting of a fire on a dark night. So
our friends thought and felt, when the fire blazed
up, but they were too busy and too hungry at
the time to think about the state of their feel¬
ings.
The Indian was hungry. A good fire had
to be made before the venison could be roasted,
so he gave his whole attention to the felling of
dry trees and cutting them up into logs for the
fire. Jasper was also hungry, and a slight shower
had wetted all the moss and withered grass, so
he had enough to do to strike fire with flint and