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A Serious Necessity

           "AtLakeSalinas,"repliedtheIndian.

           "Andwhenshallwegetthere?"

           "To-morrowevening."

           WhentheArgentinestravelinthePampastheygenerallydigwells,andfindwaterafewfeetbelowthesurface.Butthetravelerscouldnotfallbackonthisresource,nothavingthenecessaryimplements.Theywerethereforeobligedtohusbandthesmallprovisionofwatertheyhadstillleft,anddealitoutinrations,sothatifnoonehadenoughtosatisfyhisthirstnoonefeltittoopainful.

           Theyhaltedateveningafteracourseofthirtymilesandeagerlylookedforwardtoagoodnight’sresttocompensateforthefatigueofday.Buttheirslumberswereinvadedbyaswarmofmosquitoes,whichallowedthemnopeace.Theirpresenceindicatedachangeofwindwhichshiftedtothenorth.Asouthorsouthwestwindgenerallyputstoflighttheselittlepests.

           EventhesepettyillsoflifecouldnotruffletheMajor’sequanimity;butPaganel,onthecontrary,wasperfectlyexasperatedbysuchtriflingannoyances.Heabusedthepoormosquitoesdesperately,anddeploredthelackofsomeacidlotionwhichwouldhaveeasedthepainoftheirstings.TheMajordidhisbesttoconsolehimbyremindinghimofthefactthattheyhadonlytodowithonespeciesofinsect,amongthe300,000naturalistsreckon.Hewouldlistentonothing,andgotupinaverybadtemper.

           Hewasquitewillingtostartatdaybreak,however,fortheyhadtogettoLakeSalinasbeforesundown.

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