It is very high land and the climate is not mild.

Also, there are abundant savage tribes with a particularly effective crooked kind of knife.

And, finally, our Government discourages British enterprise there, and Russia would do the same as soon as she found out." "But what a chance for an adventurer!" said Alice, with a face aglow.
Lewis looked up at the slim figure in the chair above him, and caught the gleam of dark eyes.
"Well, some day, Miss Wishart--who knows ?" he said slowly and carelessly.
But three people looked at him, Bertha, his aunt, and Mr.Stocks, and three people saw the same thing.

His face had closed up like a steel trap.

It was no longer the kindly, humorous face of the sportsman and good fellow, but the keen, resolute face of the fighter, the schemer, the man of daring.