14/17 "Fortunately the nights are not cold, and this enormous mango will preserve the soil from all evaporation. We have neither cold nor dampness to fear. I repeat, my young friend, what I told you just now. No more fire than gunshots, if possible." "I believe, indeed," then said Mrs.Weldon, "that we have nothing to fear from the Indians--even from those wanderers of the woods, of whom you have spoken, Mr.Harris.But, are there not other four-footed wanderers, that the sight of a fire would help to keep at a distance ?" "Mrs.Weldon," replied the American, "you do too much honor to the deer of this country. |