"Listen," he said; "if we should return to that lake and order the men to hew down trees and at night light a gigantic bonfire, perhaps the children might descry it."
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
We give a couple of verses from one of these songs:- As I walked out to yonder green One evening so fair, All where the fair maids may be seen, Playing at the bonfire.
"England in the Days of Old"
William Andrews
Following the supper came stories and songs around the bonfire till late in the evening.
"Entertaining Made Easy"
Emily Rose Burt