"Had we not better light a good large fire?" asked Dick.
"By no means," said Harris; "the nights are not cold, and under this wide-spreading mango the ground is not likely to be damp. Besides, as I have told you before, our best security consists in our taking care to attract no attention whatever from without."
Mrs. Weldon interposed,-
"It may be true enough that we have nothing to dread from the Indians, but is it certain that there are no dangerous quadrupeds against which we are bound to be upon our guard?"
Harris answered,-
"I can positively assure you, madam, that there are no animals here but such as would be infinitely more afraid of you than you would be of them."
"Are there any woods without wild beasts?" asked Jack.
"All woods are not alike, my boy," replied Harris;
"this wood is a great park. As the Indians say, 'Es como el Pariso;' it is like Paradise."
Jack persisted,-