The weather was bad; rain fell almost every other day, and at night we suffered from cold, especially on the picket-lines, where no fires were allowed.
Fires were burning on both sides of the road; men and wagons were hurrying westward.
Almost in front of me was a cluster of houses, which I took to be Williamsburg; fires were burning in the streets; a great throng was passing on west between the fires and between the houses.
In the neighbourhood of Buehl and Achern the St. John's fires were kindled on the tops of hills; only the unmarried lads of the village brought the fuel, and only the unmarried young men and women sprang through the flames.
For three days before the festival the people fasted, men did not sleep with their wives, and no fires were lighted in Cuzco, the capital.
In a circle round the great fire lesser fires were kindled; and last of all the lads ran about swinging their lighted torches, till these twinkling points of fire, moving down the mountain-side, went out one by one in the darkness.
In the neighbourhood of Bühl and Achern the St. John's fires were kindled on the tops of hills; only the unmarried lads of the village brought the fuel, and only the unmarried young men and women sprang through the flames.
In spite of the gale, fires were lighted; and Mrs Rumbelow, with the aid of several of the men, set to work to get breakfast ready.
Fires were lighted, and several of the people were busy, under the direction of Mrs Rumbelow, cooking food, while the men were employed in bringing in wood for forming fresh huts.
She regained her good humour when, soon after mid-day, the party halting for dinner, fires were lighted, and steaks frizzling before them.
We seem justified, then, in supposing that after the altar was formed, fires were lit on them, and into this fire were thrown the various articles just enumerated.
All indications point to the fact that here was the location of a numerous people, ready to defend their homes whenever the warning fires were lit.
As the darkness drew on the camp-fires were lighted, and the scene became one of weird, bewitching beauty.
But the special feature that makes that camp linger in my memory was the extraordinary beauty of the scene in the valley below us when the evening camp-fires were lighted.
No fires were allowed, for no one knew how near the enemy might be.
Fires were kindled, around which the weary souls gathered to obtain, if possible, a little sleep.
Fires were built, around which we gathered and patiently waited for daylight.
No fires were allowed, and the utmost vigilance enjoined on all.
Accordingly when the party arrived great fires were blazing, and the outlaws received Aemilia with shouts of welcome.
Fires were at once lighted, and a portion of the meat cooked, for the fugitives were weak with hunger.
The Britons halted half a mile away, fires were lighted, and the men sat down to feast upon the meat that had been brought in wagons from Camalodunum.
No fires were allowed, and it was impossible to keep warm in the chilly night air.
Fires were built on a high hill near the camp, candles were issued to the men, and soon the camp of the Thirty-sixth was all ablaze.
When the evening meal had been eaten, and the camp-fires were lit, Tom sent for his prisoners again and subjected them to a further interrogation.
Tracks of the savages' horses and the remains of their camp-fires were now of frequent occurrence, and the game along the trail was easily frightened, another sign of the late presence of Indians.
Of course, at the new camp nofires were kindled, and the men rested in security from a possible attack by the savages.
The scattered camp-fires were surrounded by wild, strange-looking figures, and by groups that were the wilder and the stranger the more figures there were in them.
Even Ping thought it wonderful, when the straggling camp-fires were kindled, that their light did not stream half-way up those walls, and left the rest in shadow until the moon rose high enough to show them.
More cattle were slaughtered and more fresh beef was prepared for transportation; fires were kindled, and an hour of what might have been precious time if any cavalry were near, was spent in cooking and eating.
As soon as we had seen all we could of the island, fires were banked, and we proceeded under sail alone throughout the evening and night.
Fires were lighted, but before steam was up the wind had risen; so our start was once more postponed to the afternoon.
Fires were lighted, flowers arranged, carpets laid down, and fruit and cakes placed in readiness, with hibatchis to warm each and all of us.
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