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Chapter 42

           Hemightnotbegoingintherightdirection?Nothingbutthedreadofdeathcouldhaveinducedhimtokeepon.

           Hehadmadeaboutaquarterofamilefromthepointofstarting,whenitoccurredtohimthatabetterplanoflocomotionmightbeadopted—onethatwould,atallevents,varythemonotonyofhismarch.

           "Perhaps,"saidhe,"Imightmanagetohobbleabit,ifIonlyhadacrutch?Ho!myknifeisstillhere.Thankfortuneforthat!Andthere’sasaplingoftherightsize—abitofblackjack.Itwilldo."

           Drawingtheknife—a"bowie"—fromhisbelt,hecutdownthedwarf-oak;andsoonreducedittoarudekindofcrutch;aforkinthetreeservingforthehead.

           Thenrisingerect,andfittingtheforkintohisarmpit,heproceededwithhisexploration.

           Heknewthenecessityofkeepingtoonecourse;and,ashehadchosenthesouth-east,hecontinuedinthisdirection.

           Itwasnotsoeasy.Thesunwashisonlycompass;butthishadnowreachedthemeridian,and,inthelatitudeofSouthernTexas,atthatseasonoftheyear,themiddaysunisalmostinthezenith.Moreover,hehadthechapparaltocontendwith,requiringconstantdétourstotakeadvantageofitsopenings.Hehadasortofguideintheslopingoftheground:forheknewthatdownwardhewasmorelikelytofindthestream.

           Afterproceedingaboutamile—notinonecontinuedmarch,butbyshortstages,withintervalsofrestbetween—hecameuponatrackmadebythewildanimalsthatfrequentthechapparal.

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