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The
explorers
had
arrived
on
the
western
shore
of
Lake
Grant
.
The
place
was
well
worth
looking
at
.
This
extent
of
water
,
of
a
circumference
of
nearly
seven
miles
and
an
area
of
two
hundred
and
fifty
acres
,
reposed
in
a
border
of
diversified
trees
.
Towards
the
east
,
through
a
curtain
of
verdure
,
picturesquely
raised
in
some
places
,
sparkled
an
horizon
of
sea
.
The
lake
was
curved
at
the
north
,
which
contrasted
with
the
sharp
outline
of
its
lower
part
.
Numerous
aquatic
birds
frequented
the
shores
of
this
little
Ontario
,
in
which
the
thousand
isles
of
its
American
namesake
were
represented
by
a
rock
which
emerged
from
its
surface
,
some
hundred
feet
from
the
southern
shore
.
There
lived
in
harmony
several
couples
of
kingfishers
perched
on
a
stone
,
grave
,
motionless
,
watching
for
fish
,
then
darting
down
,
they
plunged
in
with
a
sharp
cry
,
and
reappeared
with
their
prey
in
their
beaks
.
On
the
shores
and
on
the
islets
,
strutted
wild
ducks
,
pelicans
,
water-hens
,
red-beaks
,
philedons
,
furnished
with
a
tongue
like
a
brush
,
and
one
or
two
specimens
of
the
splendid
menura
,
the
tail
of
which
expands
gracefully
like
a
lyre
.
As
to
the
water
of
the
lake
,
it
was
sweet
,
limpid
,
rather
dark
,
and
from
certain
bubblings
,
and
the
concentric
circles
which
crossed
each
other
on
the
surface
,
it
could
not
be
doubted
that
it
abounded
in
fish
.
"
This
lake
is
really
beautiful
!
"
said
Gideon
Spilett
.
"
We
could
live
on
its
borders
!
"
"
We
will
live
there
!
"
replied
Harding
.
The
settlers
,
wishing
to
return
to
the
Chimneys
by
the
shortest
way
,
descended
towards
the
angle
formed
on
the
south
by
the
junction
of
the
lake
's
bank
.
It
was
not
without
difficulty
that
they
broke
a
path
through
the
thickets
and
brushwood
which
had
never
been
put
aside
by
the
hand
of
mm
,
and
they
thus
went
towards
the
shore
,
so
as
to
arrive
at
the
north
of
Prospect
Heights
.
Two
miles
were
cleared
in
this
direction
,
and
then
,
after
they
had
passed
the
last
curtain
of
trees
,
appeared
the
plateau
,
carpeted
with
thick
turf
,
and
beyond
that
the
infinite
sea
.
To
return
to
the
Chimneys
,
it
was
enough
to
cross
the
plateau
obliquely
for
the
space
of
a
mile
,
and
then
to
descend
to
the
elbow
formed
by
the
first
detour
of
the
Mercy
.
But
the
engineer
desired
to
know
how
and
where
the
overplus
of
the
water
from
the
lake
escaped
,
and
the
exploration
was
prolonged
under
the
trees
for
a
mile
and
a
half
towards
the
north
It
was
most
probable
that
an
overfall
existed
somewhere
,
and
doubtless
through
a
cleft
in
the
granite
.
This
lake
was
only
,
in
short
,
an
immense
center
basin
,
which
was
filled
by
degrees
by
the
creek
,
and
its
waters
must
necessarily
pass
to
the
sea
by
some
fall
.
If
it
was
so
,
the
engineer
thought
that
it
might
perhaps
be
possible
to
utilize
this
fall
and
borrow
its
power
,
actually
lost
without
profit
to
any
one
.
They
continued
then
to
follow
the
shores
of
Lake
Grant
by
climbing
the
plateau
;
but
,
after
having
gone
a
mile
in
this
direction
,
Cyrus
Harding
had
not
been
able
to
discover
the
overfall
,
which
,
however
,
must
exist
somewhere
.
It
was
then
half-past
four
.
In
order
to
prepare
for
dinner
it
was
necessary
that
the
settlers
should
return
to
their
dwelling
.
The
little
band
retraced
their
steps
,
therefore
,
and
by
the
left
bank
of
the
Mercy
,
Cyrus
Harding
and
his
companions
arrived
at
the
Chimneys
.
The
fire
was
lighted
,
and
Neb
and
Pencroft
,
on
whom
the
functions
of
cooks
naturally
devolved
,
to
the
one
in
his
quality
of
Negro
,
to
the
other
in
that
of
sailor
,
quickly
prepared
some
broiled
agouti
,
to
which
they
did
great
justice
.
