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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.
The settlers, therefore, went to the plateau, ascending the left bank of the Mercy, and placed themselves on the edge which looked northwest and southeast, that is, above the curiously-shaped rocks which bordered the river.
This part of the plateau commanded the heights of the left bank, which sloped away to the extremity of Claw Cape, and to the southern side of the island.
The proposal was accepted, and in a few minutes Herbert and Neb were on the upper plateau.
The settlers instead of going directly to the north bank of the lake, made a circuit round the edge of the plateau, so as to join the mouth of the creek on its left bank.
It might have been supposed that the discharge of water was at this place, for the extremity of the lake was almost on a level with the edge of the plateau.
The colonists were about to begin to traverse the plateau to return to the Chimneys, when Top gave new signs of agitation.
At this place, the plateau inclined downwards from the waters, which were only restrained by their granite case.
Therefore, if this case was broken, the water would escape by the opening and form a stream, which, flowing over the inclined surface of the plateau, would rush on to the beach.
They rose, climbed the plateau, and ran towards the place where the bank of the lake must have been shattered by the explosion.
A rapid stream of water rushed foaming across the plateau and dashed down a height of three hundred feet on to the beach!
The settlers went to the Chimneys to take some pickaxes, iron-tipped spears, string made of fibers, flint and steel; they then returned to the plateau, Top accompanying them.
The torches were now almost consumed, and as they were obliged to return by the passage to reach the summit of the plateau, it was decided to put off the work necessary for the arrangement of their new dwelling till the next day.
This mode of communication obliged them first to climb Prospect Heights, making a detour by the river's bank, and then to descend two hundred feet through the passage, having to climb as far when they wished to return to the plateau.
It appeared simplest to Harding to make it of brick clay; as creating an outlet for it to the upper plateau was not to be thought of, a hole was pierced in the granite above the window of the kitchen, and the pipe met it like that of an iron stove.
Now the plateau and the shore were transversely divided by a watercourse, which had to be crossed to reach the northern part of the island.
The simplest thing was to establish on the plateau, and on the shore, two bridges from twenty to five and twenty feet in length.
There, on the plateau, they chose a spot, well sheltered from the wind, and exposed to all the heat of the midday sun.
The ice melted, the snow disappeared; the shore, the plateau, the banks of the Mercy, the forest, again became practicable.
At the back of this creek some violent convulsion had torn up the rocky border, and a cutting, by a gentle slope, gave access to an upper plateau, which might be situated at least ten miles from Claw Cape, and consequently four miles in a straight line from Prospect Heights.
The engineer's orders were obeyed, and while the reporter and the lad, the best marksmen in the colony, posted themselves in a good position, but out of the monkeys' sight, Neb, Pencroft, and Cyrus climbed the plateau and entered the forest in order to kill some game, for it was now time for breakfast and they had no provisions remaining.
In this way, Granite House, the Chimneys, the poultry-yard, and all the upper part of the plateau which was to be used for cultivation, would be protected against the depredations of animals.
The plateau was already defended on three sides by water-courses, either artificial or natural.
On the north, from this breach to the sea, by the new water-course which had hollowed out a bed for itself across the plateau and shore, above and below the fall, and it would be enough to dig the bed of this creek a little deeper to make it impracticable for animals, on all the eastern border by the sea itself, from the mouth of the aforesaid creek to the mouth of the Mercy.
The western border of the plateau now remained between the turn of the river and the southern angle of the lake, a distance of about a mile, which was open to all comers.
However, as a precautionary measure, Pencroft did not as yet allow him complete liberty, rightly wishing to wait until the limits of the plateau should be settled by the projected works.
"Then," added Neb, "we can clear the plateau, and transplant wild plants to it."
On the 21st of November, Cyrus Harding began to plan the canal which was to close the plateau on the west, from the south angle of Lake Grant to the angle of the Mercy.
In less than a fortnight a ditch, twelve feet wide and six deep, was dug out in the hard ground of the plateau.
It is useless to say that since the enclosing of the plateau had been completed, Master Jup had been set at liberty.
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