Paul inquired eagerly if there was any water in the vicinity.

The boys told him there was a place called the "swimming hole" about two miles from the college.

Next day he coaxed some of his companions to show him the way.

He found a pond, little larger than a hole, surrounded by heavy vegetation and inhabited by a colony of frogs.

He was soon swimming in its depths and had induced two or three of the boys to follow his example.