As no provision had been made for carrying the honey home, the boys remembered the first attempt at conveying it, and after the skin had been removed, it was taken to the hive, and it was a pleasure to all to remove the comb and every part of the coveted treasure. A luncheon was prepared, and for the first time in two months the use of their sugar was dispensed with.
"As we are so near the falls, why not go there, and possibly the sight of it may recall something to John?"
George and Harry looked at the Professor for an inkling of his reason for the remark, but he appeared not to notice them.
As the distance was not great, the course was directed along the very trail that the runaway yaks had taken from the river some months before. The moment the river was reached, John sprang from the wagon and made his way to the shore and stood there gazing, and as his eyes turned to the right and he saw the falls, he slowly turned to the Professor, as though he was about to say something, but there the quest of his eyes ended, and all recollection seemed to leave him.
George could not restrain himself any longer. "Why did you make the remark that it would be well to bring John here to see whether or not he would be able to remember anything?"
"I was anxious to see if he would recognize the stream, and possibly recall the boat."
"What boat?"
"The boat we left here."
"And do you think John took the boat?"
"It is my opinion he took the boat, and then forgot it. During that lapse it was washed down to the sea by the flood."