The sides are so broken and rough that he could use them for stairs in going down or coming up." "Whew!" exclaimed Jack, with a shudder; "the thought scares me.

I wouldn't undertake it for the world! Suppose, when you had picked your steps half-way down, you couldn't find a place to rest your hands or feet; or, in climbing up, you should be stopped within a yard or two of the top ?" "It would be the end of the chapter for us; but Hank knows the country so well that he is in no danger of making such a mistake; but none for us." In the hope of attracting the notice of their friend the boys shouted to him, but the roar of the waters was in the ears of the hunter, who would not have heard the boom of a cannon fired on the cliffs above.

He did not look up or give any heed to their hail.

Fred thought of throwing down a piece of rock, but it was too dangerous.

It was liable to be so deflected from its course as to kill the unsuspicious hunter, who had assumed great risk as it was.
"Do you see that ?" asked Jack.
The question was caused by the action of Hank, who made a leap that carried him to the top of the boulder nearest him.