t two of us, and we have hatchets and knives and other things they
value. If we wanted anything I should say let us land, but as we don't
it would be better to go on."

"You are right, Luka. I don't suppose there would be any risk of being
robbed; still it is just as well not to run even the smallest chance of
trouble when everything is going on so well."

On passing the point on which the encampment was situated they saw a
wide opening. "The Kara!" Godfrey exclaimed joyously. "We will cross to
the other side, and coast up on that shore till the water becomes
fresh."

It required four hours' sailing and paddling before they got beyond the
influence of the sea, then they landed, shot and hunted for a couple of
days, took in a fresh supply of water, and started again.

"We have passed the line of the Ural Mountains now," Godfrey said. "The
Kara rises in that range. We may almost consider ourselves in Russia."

One morning Luka woke Godfrey soon after he had lain down for his turn
of sleep.

"Fog coming," he said.

Godfrey sat up and looked round. "That it is, Luka. We must head for
shore directly." He seized his paddle, but the fog cloud had drifted
rapidly down upon them, and before they were half-way to shore drifts of
white cloud floated past them on the water, and five minutes later they
were surrounded by a dense white wall, so thick that even the canoe
towing behind was invisible. They ceased paddling.

"There is nothing to do but to wait," Godfrey said. "Get your fur coat
on; it is bitterly cold. There is one comfort, what wind there is is
towards the shore, and we shall drift that way."

"I can't feel any wind at all," Luka said.

"No, it is very slight; but there must have been some to bring this fog
down from the north. We were not more than half a mile from the shore
when it closed in upon us. If we only drift fifty yards an hour we shall
be there in time. Let us have a cup of tea and then we will rig up the
cover and turn in. We have a lot of sleep to make up for. There is one
comfort, there is no chance of our being run down."

Godfrey saw by his watch when he woke that he had been asleep for four
hours, and he sat up and looked round. The fog was as thick as before.
The movement woke Luka, and he too sat up.

"Listen, Luka!" Godfrey exclaimed as he was about to speak. "I heard a
bird chirp." The sound was repeated. "It is over there," Godfrey said.
"Hurrah! we shall soon be ashore," and they se