"I have said enough. I think my object serious."
"Well, if you have no more to say, stop at home."
"Will you tell me why?" asked Joshua.
"Because your voyage is utterly useless. All the information you can desire to obtain I can give you in ten minutes."
"You!" cried Joshua, wildly.
"Certainly!" said Samuel, modestly; "I can, and will do so, if you will be good enough to listen to me."
"I shall only be too happy. Still I don't understand!"
"That is unnecessary. You must know that I have obtained my information from hunters and redskins."
"Hunters! Redskins!" cried Joshua.
"Don't you know they swarm about here? I never go out without meeting some of them. So I say stop at home."