he water, and placed the firewood in her, with the stock of
flour, frozen meat, and the bears' flesh; then with the kettle and
frying-pan they baled eight or ten buckets of water into her, for
Godfrey did not know how soon the river would become brackish. They
spread the bear-skin over all, then having carefully repacked the canoe,
they put her also into the water, stepped the mast, took their places in
her, hoisted the sail, and with the boat in tow started north again.

The wind was from the south, and with the assistance of the current they
went along rapidly; but, nevertheless, the paddles were got to work, as,
now that they were fairly on their way again, every mile gained was of
importance. They kept about a mile from shore so as to take advantage of
the current. In twenty minutes the native encampment was passed. They
saw no one moving about there, and supposed that they must all be
asleep, for the sun was low down on the horizon. Godfrey's watch was
still going, but as he had had no opportunity of comparing it with any
other timepiece for just a year, he could only consider it to be an
approximate guide. Once a month or so he had made a point of setting it.
This he did by sticking up a pole and measuring the shadow it cast,
knowing that this would be at its shortest at twelve o'clock. By this
means he calculated that he was never more than half an hour wrong.

The shore continued very flat, and once or twice they saw sand-banks
stretching out a considerable distance. Sometimes both paddled,
sometimes Godfrey steered only and Luka laid in his paddle. Three times
in the course of the day the big canoe was pulled up, and Luka went on
board and cooked a meal, the flat slab on which they lit their fire
having been raised three or four inches above the bottom to keep it out
of the water. Hitherto Godfrey had done all the steering when the boat
was under sail, but he now instructed Luka. Little teaching was, indeed,
needed, as the steering was done with the paddle, and Luka was
accustomed to keeping the boat straight when paddling. He was, however,
nervous with the sail, which was boomed straight out with a light spar
Godfrey had cut for the purpose. However as the wind was dead aft there
was no fear of this jibing so long as the boat's course was kept true;
this was rendered all the more easy by the steady drag of the boat
astern.

Twelve hours after starting Godfrey told Luka to lie down and sleep, as
he intended t