"I'll cheerfully ____1_____ my defeat if I do not find you by midnight of the third day," said the general. "My boat will ____2____ you on the mainland near a town." He ____3____ his wine, and then with a businesslike ____4____, he went on, "Ivan will supply you with hunting clothes, food, a knife. I suggest you wear moccesins; they leave a poorer trail. I suggest too that you avoid the big swamp in the southeast corner of the island. We call it Death Swamp. There's quicksand there. One foolish fellow tried it. The ____5_____ part of it was that Lazarus followed him. He was the finest hound in my _____6_____. Well, I must beg you to ____7_____ me now. I always take a little ____8____ after lunch. You'll hardly have time for that, I'm afraid. You'll want to start, no ____9____. I shall not follow until ____10_____. Hunting at night is so much more exciting than by day, don't you think? Au revoir,Mr. Rainsford."