They were eloquent in their distress; but they presently discovered that the fire had eaten so far up under the great log it had been built against (where it curved upward and separated itself from the ground), that a handbreadth or so of it had escaped wetting; so they patiently wrought until, with shreds and bark gathered from the under sides of sheltered logs, they coaxed the fire to burn again.
Al pratende over hun ongeval ontdekten zij, dat het vuur onder het groote blok hout, waartegen het aangelegd was, zoo ver had voortgewoekerd, dat daar waar het blok zich opwaarts kromde en boven den grond verhief, slechts een handje vol hout was blijven smeulen.