"We sha'n't want the spears, Father. We have a brace of double-barrelled pistols, and two brace of single barrels." "Never mind that, Dick. You will see that they will come in useful." Dick took the spears, and mounted the ladder without further question. His father then came up and placed the long rope, which, with the pieces of wood, was a bulky bundle, on the wall and then descended again. It was another five minutes before Surajah came up. "I was stopped on the way," he said, "and had to talk with one of the officers." He and the captain were soon by Dick's side. The ladder was then pulled up, and lowered on the other side of the wall. They were soon standing at its foot. "Shall I jerk the ladder down, Father?" "I think not, Dick. It would only make a clatter, and it is no matter to us whether they find it in the morning or not. You had better follow me. I know every foot of the ground, and there are some nasty places, I can tell you." They had to make several detours, to avoid ravines running deep into the plateau, and for a time Captain Holland walked very cautiously. When he had passed these, he stepped out briskly, and in less than an hour from starting they were near the edge of the precipice. Their eyes had, by this time, become accustomed to the darkness. "We are just there now," Captain Holland said. "But we must go very cautiously, for the rock falls sheer away, without warning. Ah! There is the edge, a few yards ahead of me. "Now, do you stay where you are, while I feel about for that spear head I put in to mark the place. It had about three feet of the staff on it. If it were not for that, there would be small chance of finding it. I know it is somewhere close here." In a few minutes he returned to them. "I have found it," he said. "Keep close behind me." After walking for fifty yards, he stopped. "Here it is, lads. "Now give me those spears, Dick." He thrust them firmly into the ground, a few inches apart. "Throw your weight on them, too," he said. "That is right. Now they will stand many times the strain we shall put on them. "I have chosen this place, Dick, for two reasons. In the first place, because it is the most perpendicular, and in the second, because the soil and grass project slightly over the edge of the rock. There is a cushion in that bundle, and four spear heads. I will peg it down close to the edge, and the rope will run easily over it.