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Chapter XIII

           IntoLop-Ear’seyescametheplaintivelookthatalwaysaccompaniedincomprehension,andIknowthatinmyeyesmusthavebeenthesamelook.Wehuddled,withourarmsaroundeachother,untiltheheatbegantoreachusandtheodorofburninghairwasinournostrils.Thenwemadeadashofit,andfledawaywestwardthroughtheforest,lookingbackandlaughingasweran.

           Bythemiddleofthedaywecametoaneckofland,made,asweafterwarddiscovered,byagreatcurveoftheriverthatalmostcompletedacircle.Rightacrossthenecklaybunchedseverallowandpartlywoodedhills.Overtheseweclimbed,lookingbackwardattheforestwhichhadbecomeaseaofflamethatswepteastwardbeforearisingwind.Wecontinuedtothewest,followingtheriverbank,andbeforeweknewitwewereinthemidstoftheabiding-placeoftheFirePeople.

           Thisabiding-placewasasplendidstrategicselection.Itwasapeninsula,protectedonthreesidesbythecurvingriver.Ononlyonesidewasitaccessiblebyland.Thiswasthenarrowneckofthepeninsula,andheretheseverallowhillswereanaturalobstacle.Practicallyisolatedfromtherestoftheworld,theFirePeoplemusthaveherelivedandprosperedforalongtime.Infact,IthinkitwastheirprosperitythatwasresponsibleforthesubsequentmigrationthatworkedsuchcalamityupontheFolk.TheFirePeoplemusthaveincreasedinnumbersuntiltheypresseduncomfortablyagainsttheboundsoftheirhabitat.

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