When you've had your food, I will make a shift to dress that wound at the back of yer head.

Be jabbers, it's a hard knock you have had, and a mighty lot of blood you must have lost! Yer clothes was just stiff with it; but I washed most of it out.
"And now, lads, off with the pot!" A large pot was hanging over the fire, and, when the lid was taken off, a smell very pleasant to Walter's nostrils arose.

Four flat pieces of wood served the purpose of plates, and, with a large spoon of the same material, the man who had brought Walter to the hut, and who appeared to be the leader of the party, ladled out portions of the contents.

These consisted of rabbit and pieces of beef, boiled up with potatoes and onions.

A large jug filled with water, and a bottle of spirits were placed in the centre, with the horn which Walter had before used beside it.
"We are short of crockery," the man said with a laugh.