in the event of any unusual happening; and
furthermore, we should make an early start in the morning."

George was the first watch, and, by agreement, Harry was to be the next,
in two hours, for the second period. Before that time passed Baby was
very restless, and George tried to soothe him; but before long he began
crying. A lusty orang, however small, in a still night, makes an awfully
loud noise. The boys never heard anything as loud and as frightful as
that cry appeared to them.

All were awake, of course, but the Baby refused to be quieted for fully
a quarter of an hour.

"Don't you think Baby's cries will direct the savages to us?"

"It is not at all likely. The savages have no doubt heard the cries many
times. It is your imagination which is playing you tricks. Do you
suppose the savages know we are here and have a captive orang?"

During the rest of the night they took sleep in snatches, and morning
was long in coming. Harry had busied himself in getting a hasty
breakfast while the others slept, and Baby was up leaping around
nervously, and springing from branch to branch on the adjacent trees.

Having finished breakfast, the yaks were yoked, and before the sun was
visible they were on their way to the north, as fast as the yaks could
travel.

The whole camp partook of watchfulness now. Every hour and every mile
they scanned the landscape, and, for further precaution, kept away from
close proximity to the river bed. That was not a safe route, as enemies
on the other side of the river would have an unobstructed view, whereas
by traveling inland, but within sight of the river, they could still
view the banks of the stream.

"The scout who leads the way must go a certain distance, then make
observations in all quarters. He must take particular note of objects
which afford places of concealment, and the eye must be alert enough to
observe every undue movement in limb or leaf. Sound is one of the things
he must cultivate. A noise of any kind should be analyzed. A scout once
told me that on one occasion during the war, his life was saved because
he saw one limb of a tree move more than an adjoining one. At another
time, in trailing through a forest, he saw a leaf on the ground,
differing in color from those around it. In walking along he had noticed
that some of the leaves he overturned had the same color, and inferred
that as no wind had been blowing, and all the trees were bare, something
must have turned