The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island

hrough several dense forests. George, who was in the lead at this time, emerged from the thickest wood into a rather open plain. He saw the riv

e shot. This alarmed Harry, who was out of the wagon without waiting for any word from the Professor. Immediately after George's shot was heard, they plainly heard another from the direction of the river

mean? Did you h

head, and f

rned. "George says he did not

as plain as

it. The Professor moved forward.

and the Professor saw the steep bluffs beyon

re the shots

s reassuring, althou

,000 feet from here. We had bette

feet; and so

here, but that the noise of t

k it was sim

n't you hear Baby

w that the hills ar

our seconds for Baby's cries to come back from the hills. In that case the sound had to go to the h

hat is perf

oken by ravines; and sometimes they had difficulty in get

here, made by the remains of uprooted trees, which had long ago

ame was found on every side. Several good shots by

cried Harry in

did not seem to be greatly frightened, and when Harry, who was ahead, stopped and aimed his gun for a shot, he was less than a hundred feet away. The shots from

the other to the left. This did not seem to disconcert him in the least, as he went right on. He had see

avoiding them, turned again, because they now app

boys; let hi

rrific growl and again shambled forward, this time making a beeline for the wagon. This was too much for th

3 Th

onger. They followed and rushed past the

ry; your guns a

hed the former location of the wagon the animal ran into a tree, which threw him bac

but the vitality of the animal was such that he

not done. Aside from the displacement of their bedding, and the dit

should have guarded our supplies; but I was as much to

re apparent, and it was becoming more and more diffi

lem. I think we should turn to the right and move in the direction of home, or d

red enough on this trip,

most broken and tortuous paths, crossing innumerable small streams and rivulets on their course. During this troublesome part of their journey the weathe

iagram of

level and less broken, the sun appeared, and the

uld without instruments, and that evening the chart was again consulted, as usu

to get the exact direction of the falling shadow. A distant object was then selected, a prominent tree, as far off as possible. The Profes

. Beve

throws a shadow to the southwest. Supposing now, we direct the first leg of our journey to that large tree (C), to the west of us. If, now, we put one leg (D) of our rule along the shadow line, and the other leg (E) along the sight of the line (F), which goes to the tree, we

y, on account of cloudy weather, or by going throu

ghting the

on, without being more than a few miles out of our course, north

angles at different times of the day,

ations from the angles at all times. A chart could then be made fro

interests me as much is, to know how far we ha

ontent to make our calculations exactly at midday, when the shadow points due south. Or, in the northern hemisphere, when the shadow points due n