right direction or not.

Game was abundant, and there was no lack of wood

now, so that his night bivouac was not so cold or dreary

as might have been expected.

Travelling, however, had become difficult, and even

dangerous, owing to the rugged nature of the ground

over which he proceeded. The scenery had completely

changed in its character. Dick no longer coursed over

the free, open plains, but he passed through beautiful

valleys filled with luxuriant trees, and hemmed in by