and, with Crusoe gambolling before, and the two pack-horses

trotting by their side, turned their faces eastward,

and bade adieu to the Indian camp.

Crusoe was in great spirits. He was perfectly well

aware that he and his companions were on their way

home, and testified his satisfaction by bursts of scampering

over the hills and valleys. Doubtless he thought of

Dick Varley's cottage, and of Dick's mild, kind-hearted

mother. Undoubtedly, too, he thought of his own

mother, Fan, and felt a glow of filial affection as he did