It was then the time for fevers; but, as Livingstone has observed, they can be cured by leaving the place where they have been contracted.

Dick Sand knew this remark of the great traveler, and he hoped that little Jack would not contradict it.

He told it to Mrs.Weldon, after having observed that the periodical access had not returned as they feared, and that the child slept quietly in Hercules' arms.
Thus they went forward carefully and rapidly.

Sometimes they discovered traces where men or animals had recently passed.

The twisted and broken branches of the brushwood and the thickets afforded an opportunity to walk with a more equal step.