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 returned to the opposite bank, and continued hunting us up. We immediately retraced our steps, replaced the bridge, and marched back to our "trou," which was rendered as comfortable as before. This little trip, we fancied, did us good, from the exercise it afforded. A heavy fall of rain during two days, prevented the boy from getting to us; and, apprehensions were now entertained, that, from the overflowing of the ditches, and almost inundated state of the woods, we should be compelled, by hunger, to expose ourselves in the day, although, in preference, we had resolved to endure the utmost extremity of privation. Indeed, we already felt the want of food; our fare was seldom more than bread, sometimes potatoes, and occasionally eggs, though a few days previous, we had had a little meat, the bones of which were thrown away; for these, I now searched, and felt delight in finding one, which I ground down with a canine voracity, reproaching myself for my previous extravagance. At length, hunger and wet forced us to quit the camp, and,