By running the boat beneath the dense branches and among the heavy vegetation the keenest-eyed Asiatics might pass up or down stream almost within arm's length without suspecting its presence.

But the tributary had perceptibly narrowed and its current was swifter than at the mouth.

All this pointed to the truth of what Dr.Marlowe suspected--the stream could not serve them much further.
The night was now so far advanced that the women took the advice of their friends and withdrew to the cabin for slumber.

Their quarters were cramped, but they made themselves fairly comfortable.

The night was cooler than the day, but only sufficiently so to be pleasant.