Then he discovered larger rocks.

Such ammunition increased his range.

One fragment, fully five pounds in weight, crashed on the log alongside of me, and such was its impact that it drove a score of splinters, like fiery needles, into my leg.

Had it struck me it would have killed me.
And then the river current caught us.

So wildly were we paddling that Red-Eye was the first to notice it, and our first warning was his yell of triumph.