human
We shall get off in the next few days, he said.
gpt
I want you to send these supplies up to the mine, where we'll call for them.
human
What about the rest of your truck?
gpt
Carnally has sent it off already.
human
Is there anything else?
gpt
Yes, said Andrew.
human
As we can't transport stores enough for the whole march, provisions will have to be cached for use on our return. Do you know where Whitefish Creek is?
gpt
It's a very long way up and said not to be indicated very correctly on the map. Two forks, aren't there?
human
A lake lies about two days' march up the east branch, and there's an island in it with a sandy tongue at one end. Take this list of provisions and have a cache made there. Get them up in a month from now. You can do that?
gpt
Oh, yes; I've some smart packers.
human
Then here's another list. To get to the Whitefish you cross the height of land and there's a low neck in the middle of the long ridge. I want another cache made at the bottom of the gap. You understand that? It's important.
gpt
I'll make a careful note of it, Mappin promised.
human
Your idea is to travel with light loads, and replenish your stores at the caches as you come back?
gpt
Precisely. Carnally and Graham have been calculating our supplies closely and we shall not have much left when we reach the first cache. You had better put a barked fir-pole on the top of it; there are trees about.
human
The boys I'll send up will see to it,