9/42 It will evaporate fast there, and leave its salt on the bottom of the hollow. We can move the fire along a little nearer to make the rocks hotter. I'm not sure that we could not make the water boil in there." The place was brushed, and a dozen bumperfuls turned into the hollow, where it soon began to steam. "Never mind: we shall have salt by to-morrow!" After eating the eggs, one of the geese, which Donovan and Raed had dressed, was cut up raw, and fried on the spider. We had sharpened appetites; and, had the morsels been flavored with salt, it would not have tasted bad. |