I think, Mr.
Ferguson, we should have to carry them." "I doubt if we could carry a twenty-four pounder, sir; but we might carry an eighteen.

They have bamboos of almost any length here, and if we were to lash an eighteen pounder between two of them, I should say that ten men each side ought to able to carry them, while as many more might take the gun carriage." "We will get some bamboos today, Mr.Ferguson, and try the experiment of how many men will be required to carry a gun; but now I think of it, I fancy that it will be still easier to lay the guns down on a sledge shaped piece of timber--these paths are smooth enough where the natives tread, and the men could haul the guns along with ropes." "That would be better and easier, sir.

The difficulty with the carriages will be greatest, but they might be taken to pieces as far as possible and slung on bamboos." "I think that we shall be able to manage all that," the captain said cheerfully.

"The first thing is to find the path.

There is almost sure to be one from the village the Malay spoke of as close to the mouth of the creek, and the pool, and if we send the boats up as soon as we arrive at the creek, to row with muffled oars until they get near the pool, and then land and find the path, it would diminish very much the distance they would have to go and the work to be done." "It would be a great thing to find that out beforehand, sir.