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The Sacred Mountain

           Thevegetablealimentsconsistedofedibleferns,sweetpotatoes,the"convolvulusbatatas,"whichwasindigenous,andthepotatowhichhadbeenimportedlongbeforebytheEuropeans.Largejarscontainedpurewater,andadozenbasketsartisticallyplaitedcontainedtabletsofanunknowngreengum.

           Thefugitiveswerethereforeprovidedforsomedaysagainsthungerandthirst,andtheyneedednopersuasiontobegintheirattackonthedeceasedchief’sstores.GlenarvanbroughtoutthenecessaryquantityandputthemintoOlbinett’shands.Thesteward,whonevercouldforgethisroutineideas,eveninthemostexceptionalcircumstances,thoughtthemealaslenderone.Hedidnotknowhowtopreparetheroots,and,besides,hadnofire.

           ButPaganelsoonsolvedthedifficultybyrecommendinghimtoburyhisfernrootsandsweetpotatoesinthesoil.Thetemperatureofthesurfacestratumwasveryhigh,andathermometerplungedintothesoilwouldhavemarkedfrom160to170degrees;infact,Olbinettnarrowlymissedbeingscalded,forjustashehadscoopedaholefortheroots,ajetofvaporsprangupandwithawhistlingsoundrosesixfeetabovetheground.

           Thestewardfellbackinterror.

           "Shutoffsteam!"criedtheMajor,runningtoclosetheholewiththeloosedrift,whilePaganelponderingonthesingularphenomenonmutteredtohimself:

           "Letmesee!ha!ha!Whynot?"

           "Areyouhurt?"inquiredMcNabbsofOlbinett.

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