Pushing their way carefully in the scouts presently discovered that
there was a stream of some kind emptying into the lake at this place;
and that around several bends there was a splendid anchorage for a small
boat such as theirs, though a larger craft might find some difficulty
about getting in, on account of shallow water.

And when they dropped their anchor over at last, all of them were
pleased to feel that they had left that riotous sea behind them.

"This is something like," declared Giraffe, now fully recovered, and of
course sharp set to get supper started; indeed all of them felt as
though they could do ample justice to a good meal.

So the gasoline stove was put into service again, and everyone helped
get the things ready that their menu for that night called for. Giraffe
started a pot of rice cooking, for he was very fond of that dish, and
could "make a meal off it," he often declared; though his chums noticed
that even when he had plenty of the same beside him, he dipped into
every other dish just as usual.

Besides this one of the boys opened a large tin of corned beef that was
emptied into a kettle, together with a can of corn, and another of lima
beans, the whole making what is known as a "canoeist's stew," and is not
only tasty to the hungry voyager, but exceedingly filling as well.

These, with crackers, cheese, some cakes done up in air-proof packages,
and tea constituted the supper that was finally placed before them.

It really seemed to some of those hungry boys as though that was the
finest feast they had ever sat down to. Of course that often came to