This plateau was some two acres in extent.

Here quantities of forage were heaped up in readiness, for the food of such animals as might be driven in there.

The track itself was, with great labor, widened; platforms of wood being placed at the narrow points; and steps were cut in the hill behind the plateau to enable them, should their stronghold be stormed, to escape at the last moment up to the hilltop above.

In most places the cliff behind the plateau rose so steeply as to almost overhang the foot; and in these were many gaps and crevices, in which a considerable number of people could take shelter, so as to avoid stones and other missiles hurled down from above.
At one point in particular the precipice overhung, and under this a strong erection of the trunks of trees was made.

This was for the animals to be placed in.