He was a keen sportsman and a first-rate shot, and nothing pleased him better than being left behind at Mendoon, the real name of my “El Dorado.”
CHAPTER XIII.
CLOUDY WEATHER.
“Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are relieved,
Or not at all.”
“Angry looks can do no good,
And blows are dealt in blindness;
Words are better understood
If spoken but in kindness.”
Thus far, the tide of prosperity had been flowing without a check; we had visited many scenes, encountered dangers and surmounted difficulties, when a sudden and unexpected ebb set in.