Both we and the dogs were at length satisfied, and as it was getting late, I determined to give up for the present the search for the a*s, and to return to our camp.
We again made our way through the bamboos, but before we left the thicket, I cut down one of the smallest of the reeds, the largest of whose joints would form capital little barrels, while those near the tapering top would serve as moulds for our next batch of candles.
The buffalo, with a dog on either side and the rope through his nose, was following us passively, and we presently induced him to submit to a package of our goods laid upon his back. We pushed rapidly forward, Jack eager to display our latest acquisition.
As we repassed the rocky bed of a stream we had crossed in the morning, Juno dashed ahead, and was about
