The captain handed it to one of the men, with instructions for its delivery.

The messenger started at once.

The others, after remaining a short time in the hut, set out through the forest.
After an hour's walking, Charlie was unable to go further.

The captain, seeing this, ordered four of the men to stop with him, and to follow the next morning.

As soon as he had gone on with the rest of the band, the men set about collecting sticks and making a fire.
Charlie, who was utterly exhausted, threw himself on the ground, and was not long before he fell sound asleep.
When he awoke, the shades of evening were already falling, and the men were sitting over the fire, roasting a portion of a goat, one of a flock they had fallen in with in the wood, where large numbers roamed about in a semi-wild state.
The man who could speak Swedish was one of those who had remained with him, and, from him, he learnt that the present headquarters of the band were some six miles farther away.