As it is, Gentleman Dick and I have been agreeing that as far as we are all concerned it has not turned out so badly.

There would have been a lot of difficulty in finding food if we had all got away, and some of those mealy mouthed fellows would have been sure to go back and peach on us at the first opportunity.

A dozen is better than a hundred for the sort of life we are likely to lead for some time.

We are strong enough to beat off any attack from the black fellows, and also to break into any of these settlers' houses.
"We can, when we have a mind to, take a stray sheep now and then, or even a bullock would scarcely be missed, especially if our pals in the settlement will lend us a helping hand, which you may be sure they will do; in fact, they would know better than to refuse.

Then a large party could be traced by those black trackers at a run, while a small one would not; especially if, as we certainly will do, we break up into twos and threes for a time.