He was quite willing to give them the benefit of his professional services on somewhat similar terms to those the storekeeper had made.
The result of this was that early one morning they set out once more on the gold trail.

When they made their first camp at sunset in a grove of towering pines they held a council.

It was almost dark amidst the serried rows of tremendous trunks, but the light of the snapping fire fell upon their faces, which were all a trifle grave.

In the case of two of the party, at least, their faces were stamped with a certain quiet resolution and a hint of the forcefulness which comes of rigid and continuous self-denial.

Men discover in the bush that abstention from most of the little comforts and amenities of life not infrequently tends to vigor of body and clarity of mind.