We took the carcass on board and floated on again.
Thus far we had a very pleasant time, each taking his turn in working the boat while the others rested or slept.

About the fifth day when we were floating along in very gently running water, I had lay down to take a rest and a little sleep.

The mountains here on both sides of the river were not very steep, but ran gradually for a mile or so.

While I was sleeping the boat came around a small angle in the stream, and all at once there seemed to be a higher, steeper range of mountains right across the valley.

The boys thought the river was coming to a rather sudden end and hastily awoke me, and for the life of me I could not say they were not right, for there was no way in sight for it to go to.