“Which, sir?” said the captain, smiling; “the Amazons seem to be all main streams, winding over thousands of miles of country, as far as we can make out; but if we go back it’s a chance if we get up so far as we here.”
Sir Humphrey merely nodded in reply to the captain’s remarks, and then they all rose and walked away in different directions, each of them evidently trying to think of a means of getting over the difficulty which confronted them.
Chapter Nineteen.
Discussing Plans.
The next time the party were assembled was over the midday meal, when the conversation naturally turned to the question of continuing their voyage or going back.
Brace broke out with the exclamation: “We must not be beaten by a little difficulty such as this!” but his brother checked him by laying a hand upon his arm and turning to Briscoe.
“What were you going to say?” he asked the American.
“Firstly, gentlemen, that I don’t want to interfere. Go where you like and how you like: it’s all interesting to me; but you won’t mind hearing my opinion?”