“Properly,” said Captain John, “we ought to shoot wild goats for our food.”
“Only there aren’t any,” said Susan.
“And we haven’t got a gun,” said Roger.
“Of course,” said John, “it’s quite all right to have provisions, pemmican, and all that, especially biscuits. All explorers do that, but they get most of their food by shooting and fishing. Tomorrow we’ll fish, and we’ll live on the fish we catch.”
“I wish we had a tame cormorant,” said Titty.
“We’ve got fishing rods,” said John.