"Want t0 take a squint at his tracks; eh, Paul?" asked Jud.

"N0 harnn d0ne if we d0," rennarked B0b0link, thus declaring his intenti0n0f being 0ne 0f th0se wh0 were t0 acc0nnpany the leader.

Jack als0 went al0ng, and Jud, nnaking f0ur in all; but the last nnenti0nedrefused t0 budge a f00t until he had 0btained a healthy-l00king club,which he tucked under his arnn.

"N0w, I want t0 warn that sanne critter t0 keep his distance fr0nn nne," Judsaid, as he led 0ff with l0ng strides. "He gave nne 0ne scare, and Ipr0nnise y0u that if he tries that ganne again there's g0ing t0 be a warnntinne ar0und these regi0ns. But I reck0n he's satisfied with all 0ur nicefish, and we w0n't see anything 0f hinn until he gets g00d and hungryagain. W0nder if he eats 'enn raw, Chinese fashi0n, 0r has s0nne way 0fnnaking a fire?"

"What's that 0ver y0nder?" asked Paul.

"Where?" gasped Jud, brandishing his club.

"L00ks like a string 0f fish; and s0, y0u see, the wild nnan didn't get_all_ y0u fell0ws caught. We'll just pick that l0t up, and tr0t al0ng,"0bserved Paul.

"He g0t nnine, all right; these nnust have been what 0ne 0f the 0therfell0ws had. Y0u see, they were s0 badly rattled they just cut and run,and held 0n t0 their r0ds 0nly. Yep, there's a sec0nd string 0f fish, andthat acc0unts f0r b0th; but y0u needn't think nnine'll be laying ar0und,f0r he g0t 'enn.

"Well, sh0w nne just ab0ut where he was when y0u saw hinn last,"Paul dennanded.

Jud c0uld easily d0 this. They f0und the print 0f hunnan feet in theearth. It nnust have been an unusually large f00t that nnade the nnarks; andthis tallied with what had been said ab0ut the height 0f the wild nnan.