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The
engineer
's
plan
was
this
:
--
To
minutely
survey
the
valley
forming
the
bed
of
the
river
,
and
to
cautiously
approach
the
neighborhood
of
the
corral
;
if
the
corral
was
occupied
,
to
seize
it
by
force
;
if
it
was
not
,
to
entrench
themselves
there
and
make
it
the
center
of
the
operations
which
had
for
their
object
the
exploration
of
Mount
Franklin
.
This
plan
was
unanimously
approved
by
the
colonists
,
for
they
were
impatient
to
regain
entire
possession
of
their
island
.
They
made
their
way
then
along
the
narrow
valley
separating
two
of
the
largest
spurs
of
Mount
Franklin
.
The
trees
,
crowded
on
the
river
's
bank
,
became
rare
on
the
upper
slopes
of
the
mountain
.
The
ground
was
hilly
and
rough
,
very
suitable
for
ambushes
,
and
over
which
they
did
not
venture
without
extreme
precaution
.
Top
and
Jup
skirmished
on
the
flanks
,
springing
right
and
left
through
the
thick
brushwood
,
and
emulating
each
other
in
intelligence
and
activity
.
But
nothing
showed
that
the
banks
of
the
stream
had
been
recently
frequented
--
nothing
announced
either
the
presence
or
the
proximity
of
the
convicts
.
Towards
five
in
the
evening
the
cart
stopped
nearly
600
feet
from
the
palisade
.
A
semicircular
screen
of
trees
still
hid
it
.
It
was
necessary
to
reconnoiter
the
corral
,
in
order
to
ascertain
if
it
was
occupied
.
To
go
there
openly
,
in
broad
daylight
,
when
the
convicts
were
probably
in
ambush
,
would
be
to
expose
themselves
,
as
poor
Herbert
had
done
,
to
the
firearms
of
the
ruffians
.
It
was
better
,
then
,
to
wait
until
night
came
on
.
However
,
Gideon
Spilett
wished
without
further
delay
to
reconnoiter
the
approaches
to
the
corral
,
and
Pencroft
,
who
was
quite
out
of
patience
,
volunteered
to
accompany
him
.
"
No
,
my
friends
,
"
said
the
engineer
,
"
wait
till
night
.
I
will
not
allow
one
of
you
to
expose
himself
in
open
day
.
"
"
But
,
captain
--
"
answered
the
sailor
,
little
disposed
to
obey
.
"
I
beg
of
you
,
Pencroft
,
"
said
the
engineer
.
"
Very
well
!
"
replied
the
sailor
,
who
vented
his
anger
in
another
way
,
by
bestowing
on
the
convicts
the
worst
names
in
his
maritime
vocabulary
.
