. Adventures of a young naturalist. Natural history. 2 44 THE ADVENTURES OF our halt by filling our gourds and killing an armadillo, we hurried to get away from a spot where the air seemed poisoned with pes- tilential miasma. Having again ascended the slope, I advanced through a grove of firs, encouraging my friend with the load, who was archly challenged to a race by Lucien. " That's not at all generous," said I to him ; " if Sumichrast did not carry the basket sometimes, what would become of us ?" " I 'm only sorry that I am not strong enough to help you," repli
. Adventures of a young naturalist. Natural history. 2 44 THE ADVENTURES OF our halt by filling our gourds and killing an armadillo, we hurried to get away from a spot where the air seemed poisoned with pes- tilential miasma. Having again ascended the slope, I advanced through a grove of firs, encouraging my friend with the load, who was archly challenged to a race by Lucien. " That's not at all generous," said I to him ; " if Sumichrast did not carry the basket sometimes, what would become of us ?" " I 'm only sorry that I am not strong enough to help you," replied the boy. " I only tease M. Sumichrast because I know it amuses him, and makes him forget his burden, when he walks more ; " You never were more correct i" responded my friend. " I. certainly fancied you were indulging your own humour, without thinking about me.'' A fresh ascent quite exhausted us, and Sumichrast vowed that he must relinquish the basket until the next day. I then took it; but in a very little time, I was compelled to take the same resolution as my friend, so we settled down to bivouac. "Whilst my companions were engaged in the cooking, I walked. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Biart, Lucien, 1828-1897; Gillmore, Parker, ed. London. S. Low, Son, & Marston
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