"Oh, we're not to have breakfast until it is shot," he added laughingly.

"It makes no difference what they find, for there are twenty fat fish roasting in the coals, and you may eat at any time."

"Is there a chance of meeting with an alligator or a crocodile in this stream?"

"Not here."

"Then I'm going to have a bath," and Neal began to undress, Teddy and Jake quickly following his example.

During half an hour they had most glorious sport swimming, and then the return of the hunters literally laden down with game warned them that it was time to prepare for the morning meal.


CHAPTER XXXI.

THE SEA.

After breakfast the voyage was resumed.