We were now commencing to climb the mountain, and, raising my eyes aloft, I was glad to see our two companions already seated by the fire.
CHAPTER XV.
OUR SUBSTITUTES FOR LAMPS.—FIRST GLANCE INTO THE CAVE.—THE ELATERIDES.—THE GOTHIC HALL.—STALAGMITES AND STALACTITES.—A CHICHIQUIMEC CEMETERY.—THE "TREE OF ST. IGNATIUS."—THE OPOSSUM AND ITS LITTLE ONES.
Lucien had run on in front with the two partridges; when I arrived at the bivouac, I found an enormous mole roasting on the fire, and Sumichrast catching with the utmost care the fat which ran from it.
"How did you kill this animal?" I asked, addressing my companions; "I did not hear you fire."
"L'Encuerado knocked it down with the butt-end of his gun, and just at the same moment your two shots brought us back to the cave."