Even if a dip in snow water is, to those unaccustomed to it, somewhat sharp, it is better than having to struggle against sleep for hours." "Well, possibly I may try the experiment some day when I feel that I must either lie down by the roadside and sleep or take a dip, but until I feel like breaking down altogether I shall postpone the experiment." Turenne several times spoke approvingly to Hector.

On one occasion, when the lad presented himself on being told that an aide-de-camp was required to carry a message, Turenne said to him: "But it is not your turn, Campbell; de Lisle and Chavigny both returned some hours ago, while it is not an hour since you came in." "They are both asleep, general," Campbell said; "they have been thirty-six hours in the saddle." "But you have been more than that, Campbell ?" "But I do not feel it, sir," he said.

"I am perfectly fresh and ready to go on.

I was a little tired when I came in, but I have taken a swim in the river, and am now at your service." Turenne hesitated.

"You see, sir," Hector went on, "being of light weight the horse does not feel it as he does that of a heavier man, his pace continues light and elastic, and his spirit good, and that makes all the difference to the fatigue of his rider.