OR THE DESERT ISLAND. Lil

CHAPTER XV.

Delirium of Fever —The Grape — Lethargy — First Words of Re- _
conciliation, j

Puitie felt pained when the burning hand of his enemy
touched his own, and his head fell languishingly on his
shoulders. Arrived with his burthen at the stream, he
bathed his body .and hands with the pure water, which.
seemed to revive him a little. Philip next placed a shell
full of water at the parched lips of the count, and he drank
abundantly of it. The heat of the sun was. so scorching
to both, that Philip was overjoyed at reaching his cabin,
and placing the count safely on his own mattrass. But
the exertion attendant on his removal had so completely
exhausted Charles, that for several hours he lay without -
exhibiting any signs of life.-

Philip prepared a decoction of linden flowers, and with
it bathed the hands and temples of the count, watching
with inexpressible anxiety for his return to life. The
following morning the count had revived, though he was