With the exception of this hill, all the rest of the land was covered with dense thick scrub and alive with snakes.
But there was a little lake of remarkably cool water, that was no doubt fed by springs from the higher and more hilly land they could see lying like clouds upon the horizon.
There was very little sand at the foot of the cliffs, so the mark of the savage's foot was not likely to be traced.
No inhabitants; nothing much to speak of in the fauna line, bar a species of rock rabbit and the snakes. Birds on the rocks though, and in some parts of the woods flowers of rare beauty.
"I'm disheartened, Adolph," said Kep.
"Yes; you look so."
Then the boy brightened up.
"I say, Adolph, my ancient mariner. Yonder is land, isn't there?"
"That is land. Bigger islands, I reckon, than ours."
"Well, it might be that Crusoes might come from there. And if there were too many we could retire to our ship and give them fits from over the bulwarks. I'm just spoiling for some fun, Adolph. Here, I know what I'll do. You saw that big grey snake that darted into a hole in yonder hillock? Well, just see if I can't entice him out again."