"Oh, the river, by all means," said Carl. "It will be such fun; they say it is perfect skating all the way, but it's much farther."
Jacob Poot instantly became interested.
"I vote for the canal!" he cried.
"Well, the canal it shall be," responded the captain, "if all are agreed."
"Agreed!" they echoed, in rather a disappointed tone—and Captain Peter led the way.
"All right—come on—we can reach Haarlem in an hour!"