Isn't that a valley to the right, Tayoga, and don't you catch the gleam of a little lake among its trees ?" "It is a valley, Great Bear, and there _is_ a small lake in the center.

We will go there.

Perhaps we can catch fish." Hope sprang up in Robert's heart.

Fish?
Why, of course there were fish in all the mountain lakes! and they never failed to carry hooks and lines in their packs.

Bait could be found easily under the rocks.
He did not conceal his eagerness to descend into the valley and the others were not less forward than he.
The valley was about half a square mile in area, of which the lake in the center occupied one-fourth, the rest being in dense forest.
The three soon had their lines in water, and they waited full of anticipation, but they waited in vain until long after night had come.
Not one of the three received a bite.