The children were wild to have this plan carried out, and finally Captain May and Uncle Christopher consented that it should be tried.
All night long the schooner moved slowly up the solemn river through the dense shadows of the overhanging forests.

The boats' crews were relieved every hour, and shortly before sunrise the children, who had been forced by sleepiness to take naps in their state-rooms, were wakened by Uncle Christopher, who said, "Come, children, hurry up on deck.

The schooner has just been made fast to the 'Go Bang' pier, and we're going to fire a gun to wake up the folks--a sort of a 'Go Bang' good-morning, you know.".