"Now, Mother, let us talk over our plans," Dick said as, after dinner, they seated themselves in two chairs in the veranda, at some little distance from the other guests at the hotel.

"How are we going to begin ?" "In the first place, Dick, we shall tomorrow send out a messenger to Tripataly, to tell my brother of our arrival here." "How far is it, Mother ?" "It is about a hundred and twenty miles, in a straight line, I think; but a good bit farther than that, by the way we shall go." "How shall we travel, Mother ?" "I will make some inquiries tomorrow, but I think that the pleasantest way will be to drive from here to Conjeveram.

I think that is about forty miles.

There we can take a native boat, and go up the river Palar, past Arcot and Vellore, to Vaniambaddy.

From there it is only about fifteen miles to Tripataly.
"I shall tell my brother the way I propose going.