Soon after the old man's arrival, he had asked Reuben and me to make a journey to the place where he had left his other packs of skins hidden away; and he described the spot so exactly, that we believed we should have no difficulty in finding it.  My uncle said I might go with Mike Laffan.  Reuben, too, got leave from his father; and Sandy volunteered to accompany us.  Without him we should, I believe, have lost our way, for he knew the country much better than we did.