As soon as it did so, he climbed up.
He found that the position was an exceedingly unpleasant one.

The bamboos were all so cut that each of them terminated in three spikes, and so impossible was it to cross this that he had to slip down the rope again.

On telling Meinik what was the matter, the latter at once took off his garment and folded it up into a roll, two feet long.
"If you lay that on the top, master, you will be able to cross." This time Stanley had little difficulty.

On reaching the top, he laid the roll on the bamboo spikes; and was able to raise himself on to it and sit there, while he pulled up the rope and dropped it on the inside.

Descending, he at once began to crawl towards the hut.