The other two remained at his cottage, so as to keep his family as hostages for his good faith, and I went with him to the town, where we bought six sacks of good flour and the two barrels of spirits.

We got a few other things--cooking pots and horns, and a lot of coarse blankets, and a thick sheepskin coat for each man.

They are all in the car.

I see that you have got the hut pretty nearly roofed in, so, in a day or two, we shall be comfortable." They went in a body to the place where the cart had been left, but it required two journeys before its contents were all transported to the hut.

Another three days and this was completed.