12/16 "The vein runs out on the face of a cliff, 'bout forty paces from the first rampike pine; there's three or four rampikes, but the fire hadn't gone far into the bush." "Not much of a clue! There are patches of burned forest all over the country," Stormont remarked. "It's pretty hard to remember. I wanter get it right." Stormont filled his glass and he resumed in an unsteady voice: "Cliff rises from the creek in a little round hollow. There's a big rock near the top of the divide opposite--" "Go on. |