t of the unhappy wretches whose
bodies I had seen strewing the ground. We were all, I trust, thankful
for our preservation.

We did not allow our scarcity of ammunition to be generally known; but
so small was our supply, that unless we had been able to keep out the
enemy with our swords and spears, we might otherwise by this time have
been numbered with the dead.

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Note. A house attacked by Aqualonga was defended by a party of the
patriots much in the way described in the text.

CHAPTER SIX.

THE NIGHT AFTER THE BATTLE--ON THE WATCH--KANIMAPO APPEARS--WARNS US
THAT AQUALONGA IS ABOUT TO RETURN--WE RESOLVE TO RETREAT--KANIMAPO
OFFERS TO GUIDE US TO A PLACE OF SAFETY--THE DOCTOR ACCOMPANIES THE
WOUNDED--OUR JOURNEY--ADVENTURES--MY MOTHER UNABLE TO PROCEED--ENCAMP--
FIND CANDELA FISHING--VISIT THE PADRE IN HIS NEST--HE COMES WITH ME TO
OUR CAMP--HE AGREES TO ACCOMPANY US UP THE MOUNTAINS--AGAIN PROCEED--
ENCOUNTER THE DOCTOR--HE JOINS US--KILL TWO PUMAS AND OBTAIN SOME
VENISON.

Notwithstanding our success, we were perfectly sensible that danger was
not over, as the enemy might return, and, in the hope of taking us by
surprise, renew the attack. Of course, trustworthy men were placed on
the battlements to keep a look-out.

We were all naturally somewhat tired, and were very glad to lie down on
mats in the corners of the room. My father and uncles were, however,
too anxious to go to sleep; and I desired to be aroused in three hours,
that I might take my share of watching.

When Tim called me, I got up, feeling quite refreshed, and at once went
to the top of the house to have a look-out. The buildings which the
enemy had set on fire were still smouldering, but I was able to look
beyond them into the darkness, and to distinguish objects at a
considerable distance. The fire which we supposed to be our own house
had now gone out, showing that it must long since have been burned to
the ground. We hoped, however, that the village had escaped.

A passage ran completely round the roof, and by its means I could watch
each side in succession. I was looking towards the south-west, where
the ground was mostly open, when I observed a single figure advancing at
a quick pace across it. The person stopped for a few seconds, and then
came on directly towards the house. Whoever he was, I could not suppose
that he was an enemy. As he got near en