The  soldiers  kindled  huge  fires,  and  by  running  and  walking,
and  constant  thrashing  of  the  hands,  passed  the  long,  weary
night.  There  were  numerous  herds  of  swine  in  the  woods,
and  firesh  pork  was  abundant.  There  was  roasting,  frying,
and  broiling  by  every  bivouac  fire,  and  a  savory  fragrance  of
sparerib  and  steak.
The  dwellings  of  the  farmers  in  this  section  of  Kentucky  arc
of  the  Southern  style  of  architecture,  —  log-houses  containing
two  rooms,  with  chimneys  built  against  the  ends.  Entering
one  to  obtain  a  drink  of  water  we  found  two  tall,  cadaverous
young  men,  both  of  them  shaking  with  ague.  There  was  a
large  old-fashioned  fireplace,  with  a  great  roaring  fire,  before
which  they  were  sitting  with  the  door  wide  open  at  their  backs,
and  the  cold  air  rushing  upon  them  in  torrents.  Probably  it
did  not  occur  to  either  of  them  that  it  would  be  better  to  shut
the  door.
A  Connecticut  wooden  clock  ticked  on  a  rude  shelf,  a  bed
stood  in  one  comer.  The  walls  were  hung  with  old  clothes
and  dried  herbs,  —  catnip  and  tansy  and  thoroughwort.  The
clay  had  dropped  out  in  many  places,  and  we  could  look
through   the  chinks   and  see  the  landscape  without.     The


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foundations  of  the  chimney  had  settled,  and  the  structure  was
leaning  away  from  the  house.  There  were  great  cracks  be
tween  the  brickwork  and  the  wood.
They  claimed  to  be  good  Union  men,  but  said  that  all  the
rest  of  the  people  round  them  were  disloyal.
