It must be added that, given the actual state of Mrs. Weldon and her little Jack, this mode of traveling would be the most suitable. Arms would not fail to carry the sick child. Lacking Harris's horse, they could even make a litter of branches, on which Mrs. Weldon could be borne. But this would require two men out of five, and d**k Sand wished, with good reason, that all his companions might be free in their movements in case of a sudden attack.
And then, in descending the current of a river, the young novice would find himself in his element!
The question now was, whether a navigable stream of water existed in the neighborhood. d**k Sand thought it probable, and for this reason: The river which emptied into the Atlantic at the place where the "Pilgrim" had stranded could not ascend muc
