The men slept and watched by turns.

On the afternoon of the second day, a native was seen moving cautiously from tree to tree along the edge of the forest.

As soon as it was dark, Dick, whose watch it was, crawled cautiously from hut to hut.
"That fellow we saw today may come at any moment," he said.

"If one of you see him coming, the other must place himself close to the door, and if he enters, throw himself upon him and hold his arms tightly till the others come up to help.

Keep your rope handy to twist round him, and remember these fellows are as slippery as eels." Having made the round, he returned to the hut in the center of the others that he and Harry occupied.