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"
We
can
take
our
time
,
"
said
the
reporter
,
"
and
we
must
give
up
the
voyage
to
Tabor
Island
for
this
year
.
"
"
Oh
,
my
'
Bonadventure
!
'
my
poor
'
Bonadventure
!
'
"
cried
Pencroft
,
almost
broken-hearted
at
the
destruction
of
the
vessel
of
which
he
was
so
proud
.
The
loss
of
the
"
Bonadventure
"
was
certainly
a
thing
to
be
lamented
by
the
colonists
,
and
it
was
agreed
that
this
loss
should
be
repaired
as
soon
as
possible
.
This
settled
,
they
now
occupied
themselves
with
bringing
their
researches
to
bear
on
the
most
secret
parts
of
the
island
.
The
exploration
was
commenced
at
daybreak
on
the
19th
of
February
,
and
lasted
an
entire
week
.
The
base
of
the
mountain
,
with
its
spurs
and
their
numberless
ramifications
,
formed
a
labyrinth
of
valleys
and
elevations
.
It
was
evident
that
there
,
in
the
depths
of
these
narrow
gorges
,
perhaps
even
in
the
interior
of
Mount
Franklin
itself
,
was
the
proper
place
to
pursue
their
researches
.
No
part
of
the
island
could
have
been
more
suitable
to
conceal
a
dwelling
whose
occupant
wished
to
remain
unknown
.
But
so
irregular
was
the
formation
of
the
valleys
that
Cyrus
Harding
was
obliged
to
conduct
the
exploration
in
a
strictly
methodical
manner
.
The
colonists
first
visited
the
valley
opening
to
the
south
of
the
volcano
,
and
which
first
received
the
waters
of
Falls
River
.
There
Ayrton
showed
them
the
cavern
where
the
convicts
had
taken
refuge
,
and
in
which
he
had
been
imprisoned
until
his
removal
to
the
corral
.
This
cavern
was
just
as
Ayrton
had
left
it
.
They
found
there
a
considerable
quantity
of
ammunition
and
provisions
,
conveyed
thither
by
the
convicts
in
order
to
form
a
reserve
.
The
whole
of
the
valley
bordering
on
the
cave
,
shaded
by
fir
and
other
trees
,
was
thoroughly
explored
,
and
on
turning
the
point
of
the
southwestern
spur
,
the
colonists
entered
a
narrower
gorge
similar
to
the
picturesque
columns
of
basalt
on
the
coast
.
Here
the
trees
were
fewer
.
Stones
took
the
place
of
grass
.
Goats
and
musmons
gambolled
among
the
rocks
.
Here
began
the
barren
part
of
the
island
.
It
could
already
be
seen
that
,
of
the
numerous
valleys
branching
off
at
the
base
of
Mount
Franklin
,
three
only
were
wooded
and
rich
in
pasturage
like
that
of
the
corral
,
which
bordered
on
the
west
on
the
Falls
River
valley
,
and
on
the
east
on
the
Red
Creek
valley
.
These
two
streams
,
which
lower
down
became
rivers
by
the
absorption
of
several
tributaries
,
were
formed
by
all
the
springs
of
the
mountain
and
thus
caused
the
fertility
of
its
southern
part
.
As
to
the
Mercy
,
it
was
more
directly
fed
from
ample
springs
concealed
under
the
cover
of
Jacamar
Wood
,
and
it
was
by
springs
of
this
nature
,
spreading
in
a
thousand
streamlets
,
that
the
soil
of
the
Serpentine
Peninsula
was
watered
.
Now
,
of
these
three
well-watered
valleys
,
either
might
have
served
as
a
retreat
to
some
solitary
who
would
have
found
there
everything
necessary
for
life
.
But
the
settlers
had
already
explored
them
,
and
in
no
part
had
they
discovered
the
presence
of
man
.
Was
it
then
in
the
depths
of
those
barren
gorges
,
in
the
midst
of
the
piles
of
rock
,
in
the
rugged
northern
ravines
,
among
the
streams
of
lava
,
that
this
dwelling
and
its
occupant
would
be
found
?
