The path the little party were travelling was a wood road merely, where country wagons had made a track; or more properly, where the country people had made a track for their wagons.

It was but a rough way; stumps of trees that had been cut down stood right in the middle of it; and rocks and stones were in some places very thickly strewn over it.

After some time of wandering over level ground, the path took a turn and began to get among the hills.

It wound up and down and was bordered now by steep hillsides and sharp-rising rocks.

It was all the wilder and prettier.