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By a painful effort he rolled over on his side. Below him flowed a wide and sluggish river. BY A PAINFUL EFFORT HE ROLLED OVER ON HIS SIDE BELOW HIM FLOWED A WIDE AND SLUGGISH RIVER
, while his mind was filled with weird visions and delicious dreams. But ever he sucked and chewed on the crushed bones of the caribou calf, the least remnants of which he had gathered up and carried with him. He crossed no more hills or divides, but automatically followed a large stream which flowed through a wide and shallow valley. He did not see this stream nor this valley. He saw nothing save visions. Soul and body walked or crawled side by side, yet apart, so slender was the thread that bound them. He awoke in his right mind, lying on his back on a rocky ledge. The sun was shining bright and warm. Afar off he heard the squawking of caribou calves. He was aware of vague memories of rain and wind and snow, but whether he had been beaten by the storm for two days or two weeks he did not know. For some time he lay without movement, the genial sunshine pouring upon him and saturating his miserable body with its warmth. A fine day, he thought. Perhaps he could manage to locate himself. HAD BECOME BLUNTED NUMB WHILE HIS MIND WAS FILLED WITH WEIRD VISIONS AND DELICIOUS DREAMS BUT EVER HE SUCKED AND CHEWED ON THE CRUSHED BONES OF THE CARIBOO CALF THE LEAST REMAINS OF WHICH HE HAD GATHERED UP AND CARRIED WITH HIM HE CROSSED NO MORE HILLS OR DIVIDES BUT AUTOMATICALLY FOLLOWED A LARGE STREAM WHICH FLOWED THROUGH A WIDE AND SHALLOW VALLEY HE DID NOT SEE THIS STREAM NOR THIS VALLEY HE SAW NOTHING SAVE VISIONS SOUL AND BODY WALKED OR CRAWLED SIDE BY SIDE YET APART SO SLENDER WAS THE THREAD THAT BOUND THEM HE AWOKE IN HIS RIGHT MIND LYING ON HIS BACK ON A ROCKY LEDGE THE SUN WAS SHINING BRIGHT AND WARM AFAR OFF HE HEARD THE SQUAWKING OF CARIBOO CALVES HE WAS AWARE OF VAGUE MEMORIES OF RAIN AND WIND AND SNOW BUT WHETHER HE HAD BEEN BEATEN BY THE STORM FOR TWO DAYS OR TWO WEEKS HE DID NOT KNOW FOR SOME TIME HE LAY WITHOUT MOVEMENT THE GENIAL SUNSHINE POURING UPON HIM AND SATURATING HIS MISERABLE BODY WITH ITS WARMTH A FINE DAY HE THOUGHT PERHAPS HE COULD MANAGE TO LOCATE HIMSELF
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