This arrangement met with the approval of all, and Sam took the first turn on guard.
The others lay down with the promptness of soldiers when the word of command was given, and they were soon sleeping soundly.
Sam had an excellent watch, the gift of his dead mother and valued accordingly, and this enabled them to measure the time with military exactness.
The flood rose about a foot during the night, but beyond this, nothing of a startling nature occurred.
They breakfasted the following morning before it was quite light, and when the glow of the rising sun could be seen on the crest of the peaks that towered for many hundreds of feet above the bed of the stream, Sam and Ulna started off to see if they could find a way to the upper world, leaving Ike and Wah Shin in charge of the camp.
These two worthies were the best of friends, and when together they talked in a way that would have been very amusing to any one who could have overheard it.
"Dis am a mighty queah place," said Ike, glancing about him after Sam and Ulna had got out of hearing.
"A belly funny hole, way, way down flom wo'ld," said Wah Shin as he imitated Ike's movements.
"Wah Shin."
"Go on chin, me heal you," said Wah Shin.