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The
distance
,
increased
by
detours
and
obstacles
which
could
not
be
surmounted
directly
,
was
long
.
Sometimes
,
too
,
the
ground
suddenly
fell
,
and
they
found
themselves
on
the
edge
of
a
deep
chasm
which
they
had
to
go
round
.
Thus
,
in
retracing
their
steps
so
as
to
find
some
practicable
path
,
much
time
was
employed
and
fatigue
undergone
for
nothing
.
At
twelve
o'clock
,
when
the
small
band
of
adventurers
halted
for
breakfast
at
the
foot
of
a
large
group
of
firs
,
near
a
little
stream
which
fell
in
cascades
,
they
found
themselves
still
half
way
from
the
first
plateau
,
which
most
probably
they
would
not
reach
till
nightfall
.
From
this
point
the
view
of
the
sea
was
much
extended
,
but
on
the
right
the
high
promontory
prevented
their
seeing
whether
there
was
land
beyond
it
.
On
the
left
,
the
sight
extended
several
miles
to
the
north
;
but
,
on
the
northwest
,
at
the
point
occupied
by
the
explorers
,
it
was
cut
short
by
the
ridge
of
a
fantastically-shaped
spur
,
which
formed
a
powerful
support
of
the
central
cone
.
At
one
o'clock
the
ascent
was
continued
.
They
slanted
more
towards
the
southwest
and
again
entered
among
thick
bushes
.
There
under
the
shade
of
the
trees
fluttered
several
couples
of
gallinaceae
belonging
to
the
pheasant
species
.
They
were
tragopans
,
ornamented
by
a
pendant
skin
which
hangs
over
their
throats
,
and
by
two
small
,
round
horns
,
planted
behind
the
eyes
.
Among
these
birds
,
which
were
about
the
size
of
a
fowl
,
the
female
was
uniformly
brown
,
while
the
male
was
gorgeous
in
his
red
plumage
,
decorated
with
white
spots
.
Gideon
Spilett
,
with
a
stone
cleverly
and
vigorously
thrown
,
killed
one
of
these
tragopans
,
on
which
Pencroft
,
made
hungry
by
the
fresh
air
,
had
cast
greedy
eyes
.
After
leaving
the
region
of
bushes
,
the
party
,
assisted
by
resting
on
each
other
's
shoulders
,
climbed
for
about
a
hundred
feet
up
a
steep
acclivity
and
reached
a
level
place
,
with
very
few
trees
,
where
the
soil
appeared
volcanic
.
It
was
necessary
to
ascend
by
zigzags
to
make
the
slope
more
easy
,
for
it
was
very
steep
,
and
the
footing
being
exceedingly
precarious
required
the
greatest
caution
.
Neb
and
Herbert
took
the
lead
,
Pencroft
the
rear
,
the
captain
and
the
reporter
between
them
.
The
animals
which
frequented
these
heights
--
and
there
were
numerous
traces
of
them
--
must
necessarily
belong
to
those
races
of
sure
foot
and
supple
spine
,
chamois
or
goat
.
Several
were
seen
,
but
this
was
not
the
name
Pencroft
gave
them
,
for
all
of
a
sudden
--
"
Sheep
!
"
he
shouted
.
All
stopped
about
fifty
feet
from
half-a-dozen
animals
of
a
large
size
,
with
strong
horns
bent
back
and
flattened
towards
the
point
,
with
a
woolly
fleece
,
hidden
under
long
silky
hair
of
a
tawny
color
.
They
were
not
ordinary
sheep
,
but
a
species
usually
found
in
the
mountainous
regions
of
the
temperate
zone
,
to
which
Herbert
gave
the
name
of
the
musmon
.
"
Have
they
legs
and
chops
?
"
asked
the
sailor
.
"
Yes
,
"
replied
Herbert
.
"
Well
,
then
,
they
are
sheep
!
"
said
Pencroft
.
The
animals
,
motionless
among
the
blocks
of
basalt
,
gazed
with
an
astonished
eye
,
as
if
they
saw
human
bipeds
for
the
first
time
.
Then
their
fears
suddenly
aroused
,
they
disappeared
,
bounding
over
the
rocks
.
