He felt relieved down in the gullies, where he could not see far.

He climbed out of one, presently, from which there extended a narrow ledge with a slant too perilous for any horse.

He stepped out upon that with far less confidence than Nagger.

To the right was a bulge of low wall, and a few feet to the left a dark precipice.

The trail here was faintly outlined, and it was six inches wide and slanting as well.