"I did," answered Tad.
"What were you shooting at?" questioned the guide, who, having pulled on his boots, had splashed out in front of the camp.
"I was trying my skill on something floating in the water over yonder."
"Funny time of day to be shooting at things," grumbled Ned.
"Did you hit the mark?" asked the guide, surmising that Tad had shot at a snake.
Butler nodded, and went back to put his rifle where it would keep dry.
"What are we going to do for firewood?" asked the Professor apprehensively.
"I have some dry wood in my tent," answered the guide.
"Oh, you have? So have I," grinned Tad, whereat Lilly tugged some more at his tawny moustache.
"They have got to wake up in the morning to get ahead of you, haven't they?" he nodded.