Fortune is with us." They no longer felt it necessary to keep submerged to the mouth, but drew themselves up, resting their elbows on the trunk, floating easily in the buoyant water.

They had carefully avoided turning the tree in any manner, and their arms, ammunition and packs were dry and safe.
But they had been submerged so long that they were growing cold, and now that the immediate danger seemed to have been passed they realized it.
"I like Lake George," said Robert.

"It's a glorious lake, a beautiful lake, a majestic lake, the finest lake I know; but that is no reason why I should want to live in its waters." "Dagaeoga is never satisfied," said Tayoga.

"He might have been sunk in some shallow, muddy lake in a flat country, but instead he is put in this noble one with its beautiful cool waters, and the grand mountains are all about him." "But this is the second time I've been immersed in a very short space, Tayoga, and just now I crave dry land.

I can't recall a single hour or a single moment when I ever wanted it more than I do this instant." "I'm of a mind with you in that matter, Robert," said the hunter, "and if all continues to go as well as it's now going, we'll set foot on it in fifteen minutes.