"If you look at the river in that fashion you will be likely to bathe in it soon," cried Rozier. "Some fire, my dear friend, some fire!".

Pardon me," I answered, as I placed a bundle of straw upon the fire and slightly stirred it. Then I turned quickly but already we had passed out of s….

I was surprised at the silence and the absence of movement which our departure caused among the spectators, and believed them to be astonished and pe….