We should feel like new men after a wash.

You look awful, and I am sure I am just as bad." The thought of a wash inspirited Percy far more than that of eating, and he sat up and made a great effort to do justice to breakfast.

He succeeded much better than he had done the night before, and Jack, although he pretended to grumble, was satisfied with his companion's progress, and finished off the rest of the food.

Then he set out to search for water.

He had not very far to go; a tiny stream, two feet wide and several inches deep, ran through the wood from the higher ground.