A herdsman on his way from one pasturage to another could give no better help, and we began to despair, till at length Louis desired us to halt in a place sheltered from the rain, while he prosecuted the search alone.

We had abundant time for observing that, like other leafy places sheltered from the rain, our resting-place was commanded by huge and frequent drops of water; but at last a joyful _Jodel_ announced the success of the accomplice, and we ran off to join him.
At first sight there was very little to see.

Louis had lately been enunciating an opinion that the cave was not worth visiting, and I now felt inclined to agree with him.

The general plan appeared to be much the same as in the one we had just left, but the scale was considerably smaller.

The pit was not nearly so deep or so large, and, owing to the falling-in of rock and earth at one side, the snow was approached by a winding path with a gradual fall.