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           Itwasevidentthatthere,inthedepthsofthesenarrowgorges,perhapsevenintheinteriorofMountFranklinitself,wastheproperplacetopursuetheirresearches.Nopartoftheislandcouldhavebeenmoresuitabletoconcealadwellingwhoseoccupantwishedtoremainunknown.ButsoirregularwastheformationofthevalleysthatCyrusHardingwasobligedtoconducttheexplorationinastrictlymethodicalmanner.

           Thecolonistsfirstvisitedthevalleyopeningtothesouthofthevolcano,andwhichfirstreceivedthewatersofFallsRiver.ThereAyrtonshowedthemthecavernwheretheconvictshadtakenrefuge,andinwhichhehadbeenimprisoneduntilhisremovaltothecorral.ThiscavernwasjustasAyrtonhadleftit.Theyfoundthereaconsiderablequantityofammunitionandprovisions,conveyedthitherbytheconvictsinordertoformareserve.

           Thewholeofthevalleyborderingonthecave,shadedbyfirandothertrees,wasthoroughlyexplored,andonturningthepointofthesouthwesternspur,thecolonistsenteredanarrowergorgesimilartothepicturesquecolumnsofbasaltonthecoast.Herethetreeswerefewer.Stonestooktheplaceofgrass.Goatsandmusmonsgambolledamongtherocks.Herebeganthebarrenpartoftheisland.Itcouldalreadybeseenthat,ofthenumerousvalleysbranchingoffatthebaseofMountFranklin,threeonlywerewoodedandrichinpasturagelikethatofthecorral,whichborderedonthewestontheFallsRivervalley,andontheeastontheRedCreekvalley.

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