"That is surely a hut of some kind. See the door at the side of the one to the left?"
"You may be right, Harry, but this seems to be an out-of-the-way place for a village or habitation. You know the Professor stated on one occasion, that even savages were smart enough to plan their homes near running water, and why they should select this place, when they could easily find plenty of water not far away, is something I can't understand."
"Dead sure there is nobody here now. Look at the vines growing across the door opening. Isn't this a find? I wish the Professor could see this."
"Better wait wishing until we see it. We might find something that will surprise us."
"All right, George; let us get up, closer; I am anxious to see the door of the big hut. Let us go around to the other side."
Without approaching the clearing which extended out a considerable distance from the huts, the boys made a circle, until the open door of the large one was in sight, and they were, therefore, directly behind the smaller hut.
"Now let us go up behind this one. If there is anybody in the large one we can easily see him," quietly remarked Harry.
The weeds all about indicated that no one was living there at the time, but they were still too far from the main structure to be able to judge positively.
"What's this?" asked George, kicking at some broad-leaved specimens of vegetables. "See, they are in rows. Some one has had a garden here; that is sure."
"This is certainly getting to be interesting. No; I don't believe there is any one about. Still I don't like the idea of going up to that big hut with the open door."