But not enough could be loaded aboard the Explorer to make it an object.
So the dream of wealth was dissipated.
Some time was spent pleasantly, however, in examining the quartz vein.
There was certainly a vast treasure there, and had the spot been accessible to civilization a gold fever would have followed at once.
But it was not.
After a while our adventurers turned away to new scenes.
All were now hugely hungry and it was decided to make a little camp.
Fagots were procured and a small fire started.
Then Barney caught some fine fish in a stream near, and Roger shot a species of caribou.
The juicy steak and the fish were fried over the coals, and made a good meal for all.