[17] Big stick, like a shillalah.

[18] Small animal.

[19] Huts.


CHAPTER X

DANDY SAVES THE DAY

It was early in the morning when the two set out and the stars were still shining.

"I never saw so many stars in all my life," said Jean. "It seems to me there are more in Australia than I ever saw in Scotland."

"Think great plenty, maybe eighty-eight,"[20] said Kadok.