They had wandered around, and around, in the blinding snow-storm, hopelessly lost, in a space only a hundred yards square; and when cold and fatigue vanquished them at last, they
scooped their cave and lay down there to die by inches, UNAWARE THAT FIVE STEPS MORE WOULD HAVE BROUGHT THEM INTO THE TRUTH PATH.
The vegetation in these valleys is much more abundant than near the coast; in fact, it is these fertile intervals, locked up between rocky sierras, or
scooped out from barren wastes, that population must extend itself, as it were, in veins and ramifications, if ever the regions beyond the mountains should become civilized.
A primitive oven is
scooped in the ground, and its bottom being loosely covered with stones, a large fire is kindled within it.
At an unusually urgent prod, Tiha dropped a stone and was duly goaded while she sank to her knees and with one arm
scooped it in against her side, regained her feet, and waddled on.
