"We would have fought our way through, perhaps," I suggested.
"Not more than one chance out of a hundred," replied Jim, "and I'm glad, for one, we didn't have to take it."
"We get a pretty good view of the conflagration from here," I commented.
This was true, for in both directions we could see the solitary blazing trees on the mountain slopes like the fires of a great army, and in the canyon below us on the other side the brush was still blazing.
CHAPTER X
THE SEARCH
"Shall we camp here?" I asked, "this seems to be as good a place as any."
Jim shook his head.
"No, we will work our way north till we can get a view of our old camp. Perhaps we will find some trace of Tom and the captain."