“Oh, yes, he can look on, sir. But I could do that, easy.”
“And guide?” said Mark. “But you couldn’t do that, Peter.”
“Well, but I arn’t had no practice, sir.”
“And find water for camping by,” continued Mark.
“Yes, sir, he can do that.”
“And you said yourself the other day that he could track the bucks splendidly.”
“Yes, sir. You see, he’s used to it.”
“And we have never wanted for game since we have come to Africa.”
“That we haven’t, sir,” said Bob Bacon.
“Then he is some use, after all,” cried Mark.