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The boys did not start for Lowper's Creek and the alligators as soon as they expected. They found that a good deal of talk, and a good many preparations were necessary before they could get off.
The colonel did not altogether approve of the plan, but when he was assured that the boys could all swim, he said he reckoned no harm would come to them, and that they might as well be off on a trip of this kind as lounging around the hotel.