My wife hastened to cover the stings with moist earth, which rather relieved them; but it was some hours before they could open their eyes.

They begged me to get them the honey from their foes, and I prepared a hive, which I had long thought of--a large gourd, which I placed on a board nailed upon a branch of our tree, and covered with straw to shelter it from the sun and wind.

But it was now bedtime, and we deferred our attack on the fortress till next day.
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