That should last us some time." Utterly exhausted, they both lay down just inside the bush.

Many villagers were moving about and, twice, native runners came in.

The afternoon passed very slowly; but at length the sun set, and darkness fell quickly.

They waited a couple of hours, to allow the village to get comparatively quiet; then they crept forward, and cut two great bunches of bananas from the first tree they came to and, returning to the forest, sat down and ate a hearty meal.
"I feel very much better," Hallett said, when he had finished.
"Now, let us talk over what we had better do next." "I should say we had better keep along by the edge of the bush, and see if we can strike some other path.

It would be useless to go back by this one, as it would simply take us to the place we started from." Hallett readily agreed to this suggestion, and the two officers started and gradually worked round the village.