I could lay here an' sleep forever, the boat rockin' me to sleep like a cradle." They saw nothing of the Spanish force, but they knew that such a flotilla could not evade them.

Having no reason to hide, the Spaniards would not seek to conceal so many boats in the flooded forest.

Hence the five felt perfectly easy on that point.

About noon they ran their own boat among the trees until they reached dry land.

Here they lighted a fire and cooked their ducks, which they found delicious, and then resumed their leisurely journey.
The afternoon was as peaceful as the morning, but it seemed to the sensitive imagination of Paul that the wilderness aspect of everything was deepening.