“Well, doctor,” said Sir James, later on, “what do you think of this?”
“Grand,” was the reply. “Even if there were nothing more than we can see now, this place would be full of interest.”
“Do you really think that this is the place of which we have heard?”
“It must be,” said the doctor; “and it is proved by what we can gather from these two blacks.”
“Yes,” cried Mark excitedly; “and it is there the pigmy obtained his gold.”
“Yes, boy. Those ornaments were never made by people in such a savage state as he is. Well, the first thing to do is to settle down here and make as strong a camp as we can.”
“Just here?” said Sir James.
“Certainly, for the present. We may no doubt find later on some old temple or other building that we can add to, but for the time being we must contrive a kraal where we can set dangerous visitors to our cattle quite at defiance.”
“But you talk about temples,” said Sir James. “Do you really think there are more buildings here than we can see?”
“My dear sir,” cried the doctor, “I just climbed up fifty or sixty feet amongst the masses of rock, and as far as I can see in three directions there seems to be quite a wilderness of natural and artificial ruins.”