Without speaking, Mukoki pointed suggestively to the clearer channel of the river beyond the cedars.

Evidently he thought the shots had come from there.

Wabi shook his head.
"There was no trail," he whispered.

"Nobody has crossed the river." "I thought they were there!" breathed Rod.

He pointed into the forest.
"But Mukoki said no." For a long time the three stood and listened.