But presently he collected a sufficient number of small stones to form a pedestal a foot and a half high.
Upon the top of this he levelled his compass, and turned it until the needle, swinging freely, rested upon the north point on the dial.
Then, as before, he placed a match upon the face of the compass to form a line from the "E" to the "W" on the dial.

Crouching down upon the ground Jamie sighted, as before, to a distant tree, but as he did so be became suddenly aware that the light was fading.

He had been much longer than he had realized, consuming a great deal of time in examining the signs around the big rock and in taking his distances from the rock.
"This line is sure right the first time," he said.

"'Twill not take me much longer, and I finds the round rock now.

If I finds un I'll be sure I'm goin' the right way, and I'll be right handy to the cache." Thirty-nine of Jamie's paces brought him to the tree upon which he had taken sight, and looking a little way beyond he saw, to his great joy, a round rock.
Jamie was trembling with excitement as he ran eagerly to the rock.
This was the second direction laid down upon the paper! There could be no doubt that he was right! Everything answered the description! He would surely find the cache now! What a surprise it would be to Doctor Joe and the boys if he came walking into camp triumphantly bearing Lem Horn's silver fox skin.
"Sixty paces south," he next read from his directions.
He placed his compass upon the top of the round rock, which rose perhaps three feet above the ground, and repeated his former method, again sighting to a convenient tree.