And if there were no dried leaves he had his crumpled piece of tissue paper.

And if the stars did not shine, he had a rag for extracting confidential information from the wind.

And if there was no wind, he should worry, he had gum-drops mobilized in every pocket.

Every safety device known to scout science (and many of quite original conception) were upon the martial form of Scout Harris, so that he could not possibly go wrong or starve.
So it was without any fear that he set forth for the untrodden wilds of Frying-pan Island notwithstanding that it was a quarter of a mile wide and nearly a third of a mile long..