When three men start on an enterprise together, one man must be 'boss.' Let the republic be as few as it may one man must be president.
And as Mick knew what he was about, he assumed the situation easily.

The fact that he was to receive wages from the others had no bearing on the subject at all.

Before they got to Ahalala, Caldigate had begun to appreciate all this, and to understand in part what they would have to do during this month, and how they would have to live.

It was proposed that they should at once fix on a spot,--'peg out a claim,' on some unoccupied piece of ground, buy for themselves a small tent,--of which they were assured that they would find many for sale,--and then begin to sink a hole.

When they entered Ahalala, Caldigate was surprised to find that Mick was the most tired of the three.