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Updated: May 13, 2025
Cutting it down with the axe which always hung at his girdle, he returned to camp with it on his shoulder, and cut off the small soft branches, which Nelly spread over the ground to the depth of nearly half a foot. This "pine-brush," as it is called, formed a soft elastic couch. The fire was the next business. Again Roy went into the bush and gathered a large bundle of dry branches.
Having communed with himself thus far, the Indian leaned his gun against a tree, flung down his provision-bag, took off his snow-shoes, cleared away the snow, kindled a fire, spread his bed of pine-brush and his blanket above it and, in short went through the usual process of encamping.
Now," he continued, rising and turning his back to the blaze as he spoke, "I will resume my remarks on gross " "You've no objection to my making our bed while you lecture?" said I, also rising. Lumley had not the least objection, so, while he held forth, I spread a large green blanket over our carpet of pine-brush. A bundle of the same under the blanket formed a pretty good pillow.
At the inner end of the cave a large fireplace and chimney had been rudely built, and in this was roaring the pine-wood fire which had lighted them in, and which caused the whole interior to glow with a vivid glare that seemed to surpass that of noon-day. A number of couches of pine-brush were spread round the walls, and on one of these lay a sleeping figure.
"Now, then, Brooke, lie down there," pointing to a couch of pine-brush in a corner, "and try to sleep if you can." Our hero at once complied, stretched himself at full length with his face to the light, and apparently went to sleep, but with his left arm thrown over his forehead as if to protect his eyes from the glare of the fire. Thus he was in a position to see as well as hear all that went on.
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