It was a little hollow among the rocks, with a willow grove by the creek, and in the middle there were two or three burned pines.

If you drew a line through them it pointed nearly north, and where it touched the cliff you turned east about twenty yards." "Aren't you rash to tell me this ?" Thirlwell asked.
Agatha smiled.

"On the whole, I think not; but nothing I could tell would be of much use to you.

My father, although he had been there, could not find the spot again." She paused a moment and then went on: "When they reached the factory he showed the specimens to the agent, who said they were worthless and laughed at him.

But it was perhaps significant that he was not sent that way again.