At any rate, as we saw the light above us, only some thirty feet up, there ought not to be above twenty feet of closely-packed stuff to get through.
"No doubt the work will be dangerous, as well as hard but, as we know that if we do not succeed all our lives are forfeited, we can face the danger.

Everyone of us will take his share in turn; I shall do so, myself, and shall direct the work in general.

What do you think of the plan ?" "I think that it is possible, master," Meinik said.

"At any rate, we must try it; since it is the only way that offers us any chance of life." The Burmese all agreed, and they at once set to work.

The bamboos were first cut into lengths; and then, by means of the axe and wedges, were jammed so firmly, from side to side, that it would have required great force to dislodge them.