"Sit here and make a note of the features of the country." It took Blake some time, but he had been taught such work and did it carefully.
"I'll give you a few directions," Clarke went on, "and you had better take them down.

You'll want a canoe and one or two Indians.

I can enable you to get them, but I think the service is worth fifty dollars." "I'd be glad to pay it when we come back," Blake answered cautiously.
"It's possible that we might not find the Indians; and we might leave the water and strike overland." "As you like," Clarke said with a smile.

"I'll give you the directions before you go.

But there's another matter I want to talk about." He fixed his eyes on Blake.