At any rate it is worth trying.

Before we go down, we will cut some long stiff rods with which we can measure the depth.

But we have first to find a place where we can get down to the water." After a quarter of an hour's search, they found a point where the descent seemed practicable.

A little stream had worn a deep fissure in the face of the rock.

Shrubs and bushes had grown up in the crevices and afforded a hold for the hands, and there appeared no great difficulty in getting down.