Accordingly, on the 18th at five o'clock in the morning, it was slaughtered and cut into thin slices; which, before night, were nearly dried by the powerful heat of an almost vertical sun.

We enjoyed ourselves very much on this occasion, and feasted luxuriously on fried liver at breakfast, on stuffed heart for luncheon, and on a fine steak and the kidneys for supper.

Those who may have lived for so long a time as we had upon a reduced fare, will readily understand with what epicurean delight these meals were discussed.
Dec.

19 .-- We completed our job, by melting down the fat, with which our saddles, bridles, and all our leather gear, were well greased.

In the afternoon Mr.Calvert and Charley, who had been sent after the bullock we had left behind, returned with him.