. Three young Crusoes, their life and adventures on an island in the West Indies. t seemed strange; he must in-vestigate. Will you go with me or shall I goalone? he said. We will all stick together, they replied. Down the other side of the ridge they went, stumb-ling more than once, but not stopping until theycame to the bank of a little stream about the sizeof a trout-brook, which had worn its way throughthe rocky mountain wall and formed a deep, wind-ing gorge. The sound of the waterfall was very dis-tinct now and they had only to follow the bank ofthe stream through the gorge to bring it in
. Three young Crusoes, their life and adventures on an island in the West Indies. t seemed strange; he must in-vestigate. Will you go with me or shall I goalone? he said. We will all stick together, they replied. Down the other side of the ridge they went, stumb-ling more than once, but not stopping until theycame to the bank of a little stream about the sizeof a trout-brook, which had worn its way throughthe rocky mountain wall and formed a deep, wind-ing gorge. The sound of the waterfall was very dis-tinct now and they had only to follow the bank ofthe stream through the gorge to bring it into volume of water was not great, but it fell froma considerable height in three stages and spread outnear the bottom like a bridal veil. On the rockybanks at the sides and behind the waterfall werequantities of delicate ferns, continually wet withspray; while in the pool below fish were frequentlyseen darting up at insects floating on the surface. The weary travellers sat down on a rock and rev-eled in the sight. Here was cool shade and sweet, Exploring the Island 13. Fig. 3. The waterfall. 14 Three Young Crusoes sparkling water, and real, living things. What acontrast to the rest of the island they had seen,where everything was dead and covered with ashesor lava! After sitting here until rested they noticeda broad, rough trail leading up the bank past thewaterfall and decided to follow it. On reaching thetop, a wonderful sight met their eyes! Spread outbefore them was a beautiful little valley, with treesand flowers and a house—but it will take a wholechapter to describe what they saw. CHAPTER III Happy Valley The little valley was about half a mile wide andnearly circular in shape, with a rim of steep rockshemming it in on the front and sides, while the rug-ged face of the mountain, covered with a splendid for-est, loomed up almost perpendicular behind the stream, which tumbled in many small cas-cades from the mountain wall and rested on thewest side of t
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