This doubtless formed a fall, which, if it could be discovered, would be of great use.
The colonists, walking apart, but not straying far from each other, began to skirt the edge of the lake, which was very steep.

The water appeared to be full of fish, and Pencroft resolved to make some fishing-rods, so as to try and catch some.
The northeast point was first to be doubled.

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.

But no signs of this were discovered, and the colonists continued to explore the bank, which, after a slight bend, descended parallel to the shore.
On this side the banks were less woody, but clumps of trees, here and there, added to the picturesqueness of the country.

Lake Grant was viewed from thence in all its extent, and no breath disturbed the surface of its waters.