CHAPTER VII.
"Now, Mr.Balderson, take Harper and Winthorpe, and make your way through the jungle as noiselessly as possible.

It is probable that the path runs within fifty yards of this point, possibly it is only half a dozen.

When you have found it, send Winthorpe back to me with the news.
Take that long coil of thin rope that is in the bow, and pay it out as you go along.

You might get lost even within two yards of the stream, and it would be dangerous to call or whistle.

It will enable me to join you.