Git!" Driggs followed them out to show them how to launch the canoe with the least trouble.
"Have any of you boys ever handled a paddle before ?" inquired Hiram Driggs.
"Oh, yes; in small cedar canoes," Dave answered.
"All of you ?" "Yes, sir." "Then you ought to get along all right in this craft.

But be careful at first, and don't try any frolicking when you're aboard.
Remember, a canoe isn't a craft that can be handled with roughness.
Don't anyone try to 'rock the boat,' either.

In a canoe everyone has to sit steadily and attend strictly to business." "A war canoe! Isn't it great ?" chuckled Dan, as he started to help himself to a seat.
But Tom grabbed him by the coat collar, pulling him back.
"First of all, Danny Grin, shed that coat.

Then ask Dick which seat you're going to have.

He's the big chief of our tribe of Indians." "Better all of you leave your coats here," suggested Driggs.
"You can get 'em when you come back.