Fortunately, we are so far down the hill now, that there is not much risk of their hearing any slight noise we might make.

You stand here, till I find out what's on the other side." James climbed over the breastwork, and cautiously let himself go on the other side.

He fell some five or six feet.
"Come on," he said in a low voice.

"Lower yourself down by your arms.

I can reach your legs then." The gap cut in the path was some ten feet across, and six feet deep.
When, with some difficulty, they clambered up on the other side, they found the path obstructed by a number of felled trees, forming a thick abattis.