the depot, half a mile off
across the fields. A lane led towards it, and this they followed until
it reached the railway.

from
Ferriby to Main Road
* Fields * * * * *
* *
* *_*|
* * [_]Ackroyd & Holt's
* cottage[] |
* Lane * | |
Railway * * * * * * * * * * * * * | | to Hull

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from Ferriby [ ]Syndicate's Depot ()signal box

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~to the sea~~~

River Humber

There it turned in the direction of Hull and ran parallel to the line
for a short distance, doubling back, as they learned afterwards, until
it reached the main road half-way to Hassle. The railway tracks were on
a low bank, and the men could just see across them to the syndicate's
headquarters.

The view was not very good, but so far as they could make out, the depot
was a replica of that in the Landes clearing. A timber wharf jutted out
into the stream, apparently of the same size and construction as that on
the River Lesque. Behind it was the same kind of galvanized iron shed,
but this one, besides having windows in the gables, seemed the smaller
of the two. Its back was only about a hundred feet from the railway, and
the space between was taken up by a yard surrounded by a high galvanized
iron fence, above which appeared the tops of many stacks of pit-props.
Into the yard ran a siding from the railway. From a door in the fence
a path led across the line to a wicket in the hedge of the lane, beside
which stood a "Beware of the Trains" notice. There was no sign of
activity about the place, and the gates through which the siding entered
the enclosure were shut.

Hilliard stopped and stood looking over.

"How the mischief are we to get near that place without being seen?"
he questioned. "It's like a German pill-box. There's no cover anywhere
about."

It was true. The country immediately surrounding the depot was
singularly bare.