You can go with me while the rest stay here." "What shall we do in the meantime ?" asked Sam.
"Better try your hand at fishin', lad, and see if you can knock some birds over with sticks and stones.

If ye get anything, let the girls cook us somethin', for we'll be powerful hungry by the time we get back." Half an hour later Captain Jerry and Dick set out.

Each carried a few ship's biscuits and also a heavy stick which had been cut in the thickets.

Each wished he had a gun or a pistol, but those articles were not to be had.
The climb up the hill was by no means an easy one.

The rocks were rough and in many spots the jungle of brush and vines was so thick that to get through was next to impossible.