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At
short
intervals
he
was
compelled
to
pause
,
and
recruit
his
strength
by
a
little
rest
.
A
man
does
not
travel
far
,
on
his
hands
and
knees
,
without
feeling
fatigued
.
Much
more
,
when
one
of
the
four
members
can
not
be
employed
in
the
effort
.
His
progress
was
slow
and
irksome
.
Besides
,
it
was
being
made
under
the
most
discouraging
circumstances
.
He
might
not
be
going
in
the
right
direction
?
Nothing
but
the
dread
of
death
could
have
induced
him
to
keep
on
.
He
had
made
about
a
quarter
of
a
mile
from
the
point
of
starting
,
when
it
occurred
to
him
that
a
better
plan
of
locomotion
might
be
adopted
--
one
that
would
,
at
all
events
,
vary
the
monotony
of
his
march
.
"
Perhaps
,
"
said
he
,
"
I
might
manage
to
hobble
a
bit
,
if
I
only
had
a
crutch
?
Ho
!
my
knife
is
still
here
.
Thank
fortune
for
that
!
And
there
's
a
sapling
of
the
right
size
--
a
bit
of
blackjack
.
It
will
do
.
"
Drawing
the
knife
--
a
"
bowie
"
--
from
his
belt
,
he
cut
down
the
dwarf-oak
;
and
soon
reduced
it
to
a
rude
kind
of
crutch
;
a
fork
in
the
tree
serving
for
the
head
.
Then
rising
erect
,
and
fitting
the
fork
into
his
armpit
,
he
proceeded
with
his
exploration
.
He
knew
the
necessity
of
keeping
to
one
course
;
and
,
as
he
had
chosen
the
south-east
,
he
continued
in
this
direction
.
It
was
not
so
easy
.
The
sun
was
his
only
compass
;
but
this
had
now
reached
the
meridian
,
and
,
in
the
latitude
of
Southern
Texas
,
at
that
season
of
the
year
,
the
midday
sun
is
almost
in
the
zenith
.
Moreover
,
he
had
the
chapparal
to
contend
with
,
requiring
constant
détours
to
take
advantage
of
its
openings
.
He
had
a
sort
of
guide
in
the
sloping
of
the
ground
:
for
he
knew
that
downward
he
was
more
likely
to
find
the
stream
.
After
proceeding
about
a
mile
--
not
in
one
continued
march
,
but
by
short
stages
,
with
intervals
of
rest
between
--
he
came
upon
a
track
made
by
the
wild
animals
that
frequent
the
chapparal
.
