“Not so far as it was to wade when we landed.”
“That’s a fact.”
“And I move that we try, it.”
“Ah, that’s all very well!” said Phil. “But who will try it?”
“Well, then, I will,” said Bart.
“O, then, if it comes to that, I’ll go too,” said Bruce.
“So will I,” said Arthur.
“And I,” said Phil.
“And I’ll be with you, boys,” said Tom.
“Of course you will,” said Bart.-“But what’s the use of all of us going. Two of us will be enough. Bruce and I can take our poles and do it. It’s not much any way.”