ated. I gave a shudder, and dropped baok ^u i ^Sy /
)5y watch had run ·-down. during *theninight, and^- we
pot tell the time of day. Nevertheless, Vassilly crawled  > ' lid endeavored to make a fire, but, utterly failing in this, ledback into the polog with a dried fish, which we diamong us.            .
e could not tell how long we had slept, nor could we of moving under the circumstances. There were no of the poorga abating for hours. Macrae and I amused lves smoking and chatting as long as we could, for, in eof our night's sleep, we both experienced strong feelof drowsiness, and it was with the greatest difficulty we Idkeep our eyes open. But we knew that if we gave way it we would pass a sleepless night; and, by mutual con,whenever one of us showed signs of napping, the other hed him, and tried to enter into conversation with him. continued this for several hours, when, much to our gration, the wind lulled, and one of our drivers came and reted that the storm had subsided. We had eaten nothing et the small piece of dried fish since the previous night, immediately built a fire to have' supper before retiring. sun was just setting, though it must have been nearly 9 eck at night, the days were so long. After supper we started back for the polog, when one of drivers asked us if we did not wish to start on. To this replied that "we would not go until morning." After g at us curiously for a moment, he said, "But'it is
iing." We thought him crazy; but the others siding him, we referred to the compass, and, from the bearing te sun, found that it was rising instead of setting. We been keeping ourselves awake all night long. The days so long at this time that the twilight continued all gh the night. We had perceived that it was quite
rebut attributed it to the storm.
viling ourselves of the lull, we immediately renewed our
taking a northerly course by thy compass  Though  ignorant of the country, and without'giides, we it "e ' l t, sooner or later, of striking either the Myan or one
tributaries.. Shortly after starting the storm revived,
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