Evidently they had passed an uneasy night.

Slone found lion tracks at the spring and in sandy places.

Presently he was on his way up to the notch between the great wall and the plateau.

A growth of thick scrub-oak made travel difficult.

It had not appeared far up to that saddle, but it was far.
There were straggling pine-trees and huge rocks that obstructed his gaze.