"As soon as possible."
"We can't get to the camp very well from here. We'll have to go
back to Firefly Lake first."
"Do you suppose this Barrock went that way?"
"Maybe he did, or else he knows of some trail over the mountain."
"Well, we can go back to the lake, and then start for Lake Cameron
without delay," said Snap, and so it was settled.
CHAPTER XXVIII
THE BOY HUNTERS AND A BEAR
The boys stopped to get dinner and then hurried back to the cabin
with all possible speed.
"This has been a long tramp for nothing," was Giant's comment,
as they trudged along.
"Oh, I don't think so!" answered Whopper. "I think we have learned
a good deal."
On the way back they could not resist the temptation to shoot
what game came in their way and thus brought down several rabbits,
a squirrel, four quail, and two wild ducks that chanced to show
themselves near the end of the lake.
As they neared the cabin they had to pass the bear trap that had
been set so many days. They heard a peculiar grunting.
"Listen!" cried Snap, coming to a halt.
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