xamined him, and found that, as far as I could judge, there
was not a bone broken, and when I put my mouth down to his, I felt sure
that he still breathed.

"What he wants is warmth," said I, just then recollecting that the body
of the bear would still afford it. No sooner thought of than done. It
was a desperate, and not altogether a pleasant remedy. We cut a huge
slit in the body of the bear, and stripping off Obed's outer garments,
we clapped him in, keeping only his head outside, while all of us stood
round to assist in giving him warmth. We watched anxiously for the
result. First one eye opened, then another; then he sighed heavily; and
at last he sang out, and asked where he was. In a little time he
laughed quietly.

"Don't call me a cub," said he, "that's all; I think that I am
wonderfully better. I am much obliged to you and the bear, but now I
would just as soon come out into the world again."

After this we had no longer any anxiety about him, and certainly our
remedy had a very wonderful effect in restoring him to animation. Now
came our difficulty as to how to get out of the gully into which we had
fallen. There was an outlet, but the way to it was evidently almost
impracticable, and where it might lead we could not tell. Besides this,
there was Sam Short, perched like an eagle above our heads; only Sam,
not having wings like an eagle, could not get down to us, nor, as far as
we could see, could we get up to the top of the cliff above him. We
shouted, but we could not make each other hear.

"If the big bear was up at the top, we should not be long before we
would be up to him," observed Obed; "Sam would soon cut her hide up into
strips and haul us up."

We looked about; as to climbing up, that was out of the question. For
fifty feet above our heads there was a perpendicular wall of rock.
Above that there were numerous ledges or platforms, and the cliff seemed
comparatively easy to climb. While we were looking about and discussing
the matter, we saw Sam attempting to climb up the cliff. After many
attempts he succeeded in reaching the top, and disappeared from our
sight. He was absent for some time, and when he was again seen, he had
a coil of something or other, we could not exactly make out what, round
his neck. We now saw him, after carefully examining the cliff below
him, begin to descend. We watched him anxiously, for our very existence
depended on his success. He reached at last t