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Behind
us
were
grouped
the
two
swarthy
half-breeds
and
the
little
knot
of
Indians
,
while
in
front
and
above
us
towered
those
huge
,
ruddy
ribs
of
rocks
which
kept
us
from
our
goal
.
"
I
need
not
say
,
"
said
our
leader
,
"
that
on
the
occasion
of
my
last
visit
I
exhausted
every
means
of
climbing
the
cliff
,
and
where
I
failed
I
do
not
think
that
anyone
else
is
likely
to
succeed
,
for
I
am
something
of
a
mountaineer
.
I
had
none
of
the
appliances
of
a
rock-climber
with
me
,
but
I
have
taken
the
precaution
to
bring
them
now
.
With
their
aid
I
am
positive
I
could
climb
that
detached
pinnacle
to
the
summit
;
but
so
long
as
the
main
cliff
overhangs
,
it
is
vain
to
attempt
ascending
that
.
I
was
hurried
upon
my
last
visit
by
the
approach
of
the
rainy
season
and
by
the
exhaustion
of
my
supplies
.
These
considerations
limited
my
time
,
and
I
can
only
claim
that
I
have
surveyed
about
six
miles
of
the
cliff
to
the
east
of
us
,
finding
no
possible
way
up
.
What
,
then
,
shall
we
now
do
?
"
"
There
seems
to
be
only
one
reasonable
course
,
"
said
Professor
Summerlee
.
"
If
you
have
explored
the
east
,
we
should
travel
along
the
base
of
the
cliff
to
the
west
,
and
seek
for
a
practicable
point
for
our
ascent
.
"
"
That
's
it
,
"
said
Lord
John
.
"
The
odds
are
that
this
plateau
is
of
no
great
size
,
and
we
shall
travel
round
it
until
we
either
find
an
easy
way
up
it
,
or
come
back
to
the
point
from
which
we
started
.
"
"
I
have
already
explained
to
our
young
friend
here
,
"
said
Challenger
(
he
has
a
way
of
alluding
to
me
as
if
I
were
a
school
child
ten
years
old
)
,
"
that
it
is
quite
impossible
that
there
should
be
an
easy
way
up
anywhere
,
for
the
simple
reason
that
if
there
were
the
summit
would
not
be
isolated
,
and
those
conditions
would
not
obtain
which
have
effected
so
singular
an
interference
with
the
general
laws
of
survival
.
Yet
I
admit
that
there
may
very
well
be
places
where
an
expert
human
climber
may
reach
the
summit
,
and
yet
a
cumbrous
and
heavy
animal
be
unable
to
descend
.
It
is
certain
that
there
is
a
point
where
an
ascent
is
possible
.
"
"
How
do
you
know
that
,
sir
?
"
asked
Summerlee
,
sharply
.
"
Because
my
predecessor
,
the
American
Maple
White
,
actually
made
such
an
ascent
.
How
otherwise
could
he
have
seen
the
monster
which
he
sketched
in
his
notebook
?
"
"
There
you
reason
somewhat
ahead
of
the
proved
facts
,
"
said
the
stubborn
Summerlee
.
"
I
admit
your
plateau
,
because
I
have
seen
it
;
but
I
have
not
as
yet
satisfied
myself
that
it
contains
any
form
of
life
whatever
.
"
"
What
you
admit
,
sir
,
or
what
you
do
not
admit
,
is
really
of
inconceivably
small
importance
.
I
am
glad
to
perceive
that
the
plateau
itself
has
actually
obtruded
itself
upon
your
intelligence
.
"
He
glanced
up
at
it
,
and
then
,
to
our
amazement
,
he
sprang
from
his
rock
,
and
,
seizing
Summerlee
by
the
neck
,
he
tilted
his
face
into
the
air
.
"
Now
sir
!
"
he
shouted
,
hoarse
with
excitement
.
"
Do
I
help
you
to
realize
that
the
plateau
contains
some
animal
life
?
"
