Of course they will come up very near to this place;--and they will come shouting out, every few minutes, as loud as they can, and so we shall hear them." "Yes," said Marco, "I see; that is a pretty good chance." "The third chance for us," said Forester, "is to go down into the first glen or valley that we can find, and then we shall probably come to a stream.

Then we can follow the stream down to the river." "How do you know that it goes to the river ?" asked Marco.
"All mountain streams do, of course," said Forester.

"They go down wherever they can find a valley or a hollow,--joining together and taking in branches as they proceed,--until they get down into the level country, and then they flow to the nearest river, and so to the sea.

Now I know that the river takes a bend around this mountainous tract, and almost surrounds it, and all the streams from it must flow into the river without going very far.

We could follow one down, though we should probably find the way very rough and difficult." "Let us try it," said Marco.
This plan was decided upon, and so, when the snow squall was entirely over and the sun had come out Marco and Forester, taking their departure from the great tree and guiding their course by the sun, the travelers set out, proceeding as nearly in a straight line as possible, intending to go on in that manner until they should come to some stream, and then to follow the stream down to the river.