CHAPTER III.
When it came down to the practical side of our venture, the doctor didn’t know a single fact regarding Guatemala that could be of the slightest assistance to me. I sometimes doubt if he had any very exact knowledge as to its location. All that he knew about it was that it was some place where there were jungles, and that it had numerous ruins. He could tell a lot about those. Wardrop knew exactly where it was, and how to get there, but didn’t care to be bored with investigations as to its climate or what sort of equipment we should carry. He knew all about big-game shooting and had made some most extraordinary trips; but always he had left it to some one else to get the outfits together. It’s a fact that, sitting one night in a London club, he got interested in Lhassa, which
