CHAPTER IV 



IN THE UNCHABTED SKY 



The presence of Shan at the supper table did 

 much to remove the restraint which had developed 

 between Bull and the federal game official, for the 

 lad was so evidently on fire with delight over his 

 new camera that both men found a link of interest 

 therein. The old pot-hunter had never seen a 

 camera, and Baker, the official, had to explain all 

 its workings. 



Supper over, and the pipes lighted. Bull Adam 

 himself suggested that the egg collection be 

 brought out and the discussions and questions 

 with regard to the eggs of certain species kept up 

 to so late an hour that it became too late for Baker 

 to return to the village. 



''Reckon you-all had better sleep right here," 

 said the old man, when the official 's watch showed 

 that it was almost midnight. *'Yo' can have my 

 bunk." 



"But where will you sleep?" Baker answered. 



''I've got a nest in the trees, like the Crows," 

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