"I have thought out a way of trying it," he answered.
"How?"
"On a raft."
"But we have no raft."
"Then we must make one."
"Where is the timber?"
"There is some here in the form of slabs and firewood, and there is plenty whirling down with the flood. You can handle a lariat, Ulna?"
"I think I can," was the response.
"Then get a rope, we have a lot here in the cave; make a noose and secure all the long pieces of timber you can. The water is nearly up to the plateau, and Ike will help you pull them out."
"An' watee can me do?" asked Wah Shin.