Each generally had a frying-pan between his legs, out of which he was helping himself to meat which he had cooked on the ashes just behind him.

Sometimes two or three were sharing their provisions out of the same frying-pan; but as a rule each miner had his own, and each had it between his legs.
Before they had been at Ahalala twenty-four hours they also had their tent and their frying-pan and their fire, and had pegged out their claim, and were ready to commence operations on the morrow.

It was soon manifest to Caldigate and Dick Shand that they would have been very much astray without a 'boss' to direct them.

Three or four hours had been passed in forming a judgment as to the spot on which they should commence to dig.

And in making his choice Mick had been guided by many matters as to which our two adventurers were altogether ignorant.