270 A Sportsman at Large 



and our nerve. Then, taking the now thoroughly terrified chil- 

 dren pick-a-back again, we made another start ; but the worst 

 was over, and although the rest of the climb was anything 

 but pleasant, the danger was not anything like so imminent 

 as it had been. You can imagine our relief when, at last, we 

 gained the brow of the cliff and saw a straight and easy walk 

 to our temporary home, which, at one time, I feared none of us 

 would ever set eyes on again. Not many words passed between 

 Bizzy and myself during that trying ordeal ; but, in after 

 times, he has often told me of the horror which he experienced 

 whilst we were making that nightmare ascent ! 



