not only concealed the light of my fire, but sheltered me from the

wind, which was cold as well as high.

The life I was leading made me both hardy and frugal. I never

drank but water, and rarely ate anything more costly than oatmeal;

and I required so little sleep, that, although I rose with the peep

of day, I would often lie long awake in the dark or starry watches

of the night. Thus in Graden Sea-Wood, although I fell thankfully

asleep by eight in the evening I was awake again before eleven with