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To
attack
this
mass
of
granite
,
even
by
a
mine
,
was
Herculean
work
,
and
it
was
really
vexing
that
nature
could
not
help
them
at
their
need
.
But
the
engineer
did
not
reply
to
the
sailor
except
by
proposing
to
examine
the
cliff
more
attentively
,
from
the
mouth
of
the
river
to
the
angle
which
terminated
it
on
the
north
.
They
went
out
,
therefore
,
and
the
exploration
was
made
with
extreme
care
,
over
an
extent
of
nearly
two
miles
.
But
in
no
place
in
the
bare
,
straight
cliff
,
could
any
cavity
be
found
.
The
nests
of
the
rock
pigeons
which
fluttered
at
its
summit
were
only
,
in
reality
,
holes
bored
at
the
very
top
,
and
on
the
irregular
edge
of
the
granite
.
It
was
a
provoking
circumstance
,
and
as
to
attacking
this
cliff
,
either
with
pickaxe
or
with
powder
,
so
as
to
effect
a
sufficient
excavation
,
it
was
not
to
be
thought
of
.
It
so
happened
that
,
on
all
this
part
of
the
shore
,
Pencroft
had
discovered
the
only
habitable
shelter
,
that
is
to
say
,
the
Chimneys
,
which
now
had
to
be
abandoned
.
The
exploration
ended
,
the
colonists
found
themselves
at
the
north
angle
of
the
cliff
,
where
it
terminated
in
long
slopes
which
died
away
on
the
shore
.
From
this
place
,
to
its
extreme
limit
in
the
west
,
it
only
formed
a
sort
of
declivity
,
a
thick
mass
of
stones
,
earth
,
and
sand
,
bound
together
by
plants
,
bushes
,
and
grass
inclined
at
an
angle
of
only
forty-five
degrees
.
Clumps
of
trees
grew
on
these
slopes
,
which
were
also
carpeted
with
thick
grass
.
But
the
vegetation
did
not
extend
far
,
and
a
long
,
sandy
plain
,
which
began
at
the
foot
of
these
slopes
,
reached
to
the
beach
.
Cyrus
Harding
thought
,
not
without
reason
,
that
the
overplus
of
the
lake
must
overflow
on
this
side
.
The
excess
of
water
furnished
by
the
Red
Creek
must
also
escape
by
some
channel
or
other
.
Now
the
engineer
had
not
yet
found
this
channel
on
any
part
of
the
shore
already
explored
,
that
is
to
say
,
from
the
mouth
of
the
stream
on
the
west
of
Prospect
Heights
.
The
engineer
now
proposed
to
his
companions
to
climb
the
slope
,
and
to
return
to
the
Chimneys
by
the
heights
,
while
exploring
the
northern
and
eastern
shores
of
the
lake
.
The
proposal
was
accepted
,
and
in
a
few
minutes
Herbert
and
Neb
were
on
the
upper
plateau
.
Cyrus
Harding
,
Gideon
Spilett
,
and
Pencroft
followed
with
more
sedate
steps
.
The
beautiful
sheet
of
water
glittered
through
the
trees
under
the
rays
of
the
sun
.
In
this
direction
the
country
was
charming
.
The
eye
feasted
on
the
groups
of
trees
.
Some
old
trunks
,
bent
with
age
,
showed
black
against
the
verdant
grass
which
covered
the
ground
.
Crowds
of
brilliant
cockatoos
screamed
among
the
branches
,
moving
prisms
,
hopping
from
one
bough
to
another
.
The
settlers
instead
of
going
directly
to
the
north
bank
of
the
lake
,
made
a
circuit
round
the
edge
of
the
plateau
,
so
as
to
join
the
mouth
of
the
creek
on
its
left
bank
.
It
was
a
detour
of
more
than
a
mile
and
a
half
.
Walking
was
easy
,
for
the
trees
widely
spread
,
left
a
considerable
space
between
them
.
The
fertile
zone
evidently
stopped
at
this
point
,
and
vegetation
would
be
less
vigorous
in
the
part
between
the
course
of
the
Creek
and
the
Mercy
.
Cyrus
Harding
and
his
companions
walked
over
this
new
ground
with
great
care
.
Bows
,
arrows
,
and
sticks
with
sharp
iron
points
were
their
only
weapons
.
However
,
no
wild
beast
showed
itself
,
and
it
was
probable
that
these
animals
frequented
rather
the
thick
forests
in
the
south
;
but
the
settlers
had
the
disagreeable
surprise
of
seeing
Top
stop
before
a
snake
of
great
size
,
measuring
from
fourteen
to
fifteen
feet
in
length
.
Neb
killed
it
by
a
blow
from
his
stick
.
Cyrus
Harding
examined
the
reptile
,
and
declared
it
not
venomous
,
for
it
belonged
to
that
species
of
diamond
serpents
which
the
natives
of
New
South
Wales
rear
.
But
it
was
possible
that
others
existed
whose
bite
was
mortal
such
as
the
deaf
vipers
with
forked
tails
,
which
rise
up
under
the
feet
,
or
those
winged
snakes
,
furnished
with
two
ears
,
which
enable
them
to
proceed
with
great
rapidity
.
Top
,
the
first
moment
of
surprise
over
,
began
a
reptile
chase
with
such
eagerness
,
that
they
feared
for
his
safety
.
His
master
called
him
back
directly
.
The
mouth
of
the
Red
Creek
,
at
the
place
where
it
entered
into
the
lake
,
was
soon
reached
.
The
explorers
recognized
on
the
opposite
shore
the
point
which
they
had
visited
on
their
descent
from
Mount
Franklin
.
Cyrus
Harding
ascertained
that
the
flow
of
water
into
it
from
the
creek
was
considerable
.
Nature
must
therefore
have
provided
some
place
for
the
escape
of
the
overplus
.
This
doubtless
formed
a
fall
,
which
,
if
it
could
be
discovered
,
would
be
of
great
use
.
