Come on; let's be jogging," said Wally.
The new ascent, which consisted chiefly in clambering from stone to stone up the rocky ravine, was less exhausting than the tramp up the bog, and as Wally was no better at this sort of climbing than any of the rest, he did not dishearten them by getting hopelessly ahead, but kept with the party.

Occasionally they had to help one another up a specially stiff ledge, and this mutual accommodation was an additional source of comfort to the weak goers.

Progress was very slow.

Cash, having hauled himself up on to a little platform of moss, looked at his watch and was alarmed to find it was past one.

The huge ravine, at the far head of which they could see the open sky, seemed a tremendous distance yet.