Top, the first moment of surprise over, began a reptile chase with such eagerness, that they feared for his safety.

His master called him back directly.
The mouth of the Red Creek, at the place where it entered into the lake, was soon reached.

The explorers recognized on the opposite shore the point which they had visited on their descent from Mount Franklin.

Cyrus Harding ascertained that the flow of water into it from the creek was considerable.

Nature must therefore have provided some place for the escape of the overplus.