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           CyrusHardingthought,notwithoutreason,thattheoverplusofthelakemustoverflowonthisside.TheexcessofwaterfurnishedbytheRedCreekmustalsoescapebysomechannelorother.Nowtheengineerhadnotyetfoundthischannelonanypartoftheshorealreadyexplored,thatistosay,fromthemouthofthestreamonthewestofProspectHeights.

           Theengineernowproposedtohiscompanionstoclimbtheslope,andtoreturntotheChimneysbytheheights,whileexploringthenorthernandeasternshoresofthelake.Theproposalwasaccepted,andinafewminutesHerbertandNebwereontheupperplateau.CyrusHarding,GideonSpilett,andPencroftfollowedwithmoresedatesteps.

           Thebeautifulsheetofwaterglitteredthroughthetreesundertheraysofthesun.Inthisdirectionthecountrywascharming.Theeyefeastedonthegroupsoftrees.Someoldtrunks,bentwithage,showedblackagainsttheverdantgrasswhichcoveredtheground.Crowdsofbrilliantcockatoosscreamedamongthebranches,movingprisms,hoppingfromoneboughtoanother.

           Thesettlersinsteadofgoingdirectlytothenorthbankofthelake,madeacircuitroundtheedgeoftheplateau,soastojointhemouthofthecreekonitsleftbank.Itwasadetourofmorethanamileandahalf.Walkingwaseasy,forthetreeswidelyspread,leftaconsiderablespacebetweenthem.Thefertilezoneevidentlystoppedatthispoint,andvegetationwouldbelessvigorousinthepartbetweenthecourseoftheCreekandtheMercy.

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