He has been there by a large creek that runs into the other branch of the river, the one that turns off twelve miles below this; from that river it is an hour's paddle in a sampan to the pool." "How should we know the entrance ?" the captain asked.
"Entrance difficult to find," the native replied; "strip of land runs out from both sides, covered with trees.

One goes a little beyond the other, so that anyone who did not know it would pass the entrance without noticing it.

It is just wide enough for a large craft to go in and out.

There is a village stands a hundred yards below the entrance; it would be known by a big tree that grows before a large house close to the bank.

The water is deep on that side.