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The "wallering" peculiarities1 of buffalo3 bulls--The first buffalohunt and its consequences--Crusoe comes to the rescue--Pawneesdiscovered--A monster buffalo hunt--Joe acts the part of ambassador.
Fortunately the day that succeeded the drearynight described in the last chapter was warmand magnificent. The sun rose in a blaze of splendour,and filled the atmosphere with steam from the moistearth.
The unfortunates in the wet camp were not slow toavail themselves of his cheering rays. They hung upeverything on the bushes to dry, and by dint4 of extremepatience and cutting out the comparatively dry heartsof several pieces of wood, they lighted a fire and boiledsome rain-water, which was soon converted into soup.
This, and the exercise necessary for the performance ofthese several duties, warmed and partially5 dried them;so that when they once more mounted their steeds androde away, they were in a state of comparative comfortand in excellent spirits. The only annoyance6 was theclouds of mosquitoes and large flies that assailed7 menand horses whenever they checked their speed.
"I tell ye wot it is," said Joe Blunt, one fine morningabout a week after they had begun to cross the prairie,"it's my 'pinion8 that we'll come on buffaloes9 soon. Themtracks are fresh, an' yonder's one o' their wallers that'sbin used not long agone.""I'll go have a look at it," cried Dick, trotting11 awayas he spoke12.
Everything in these vast prairies was new to DickVarley, and he was kept in a constant state of excitementduring the first week or two of his journey. Itis true he was quite familiar with the names and habitsof all the animals that dwelt there; for many a time andoft had he listened to the "
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