Excerpt: ... I thought it perfectly safe. A small rill of water trickled down from the rock above it, and, losing itself among the moss and grass, fell over the precipice below, which, indeed, was of a frightful depth. This causeway was to all appearance safe, compared with many which we had passed, and I was just going to step upon it when my dog ran before me, jumped on the fatal pass--his feet slipped from under him--he fell and disappeared over the precipice! I started back--I heard a heavy squelch and a howl; another ...
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Excerpt: ... I thought it perfectly safe. A small rill of water trickled down from the rock above it, and, losing itself among the moss and grass, fell over the precipice below, which, indeed, was of a frightful depth. This causeway was to all appearance safe, compared with many which we had passed, and I was just going to step upon it when my dog ran before me, jumped on the fatal pass--his feet slipped from under him--he fell and disappeared over the precipice! I started back--I heard a heavy squelch and a howl; another fainter succeeded, and all was still. I advanced with the utmost caution to the edge of the precipice, where I discovered that the rill of water had nourished a short moss, close and smooth as velvet, and so slippery as not to admit of the lightest footstep; this accounted for the sudden disappearance and, as I concluded, the inevitable death of my dog.' Later on, far below, he found 'the two dead bodies of our companions and that of my dog, all mangled in a shocking manner; both, it would appear, had attempted to cross the shelf in the same careless way which I was about to do when Providence interposed the dog in my behalf.' The adventures of Frank Mildmay and his crew on Trinidad are recorded with such realism and with--as I have before said--such accuracy of local colouring, that I suspect Captain Marryat in this portion of his work is recounting his personal experiences. So, foiled once again, we reascended the ravine and walked along the edge of the mountains, till we came to a projecting rock that commanded an extensive view over the cliffs. Here we sat down and discussed the problem before us. I assured the doctor that my ravine was certainly close to us somewhere, but that I altogether failed to identify it among the ravines before us, though I carried in my mind's eye a very vivid picture of its appearance. 'Perhaps it has disappeared, ' suggested the doctor. This seemed scarcely possible, but it might, I acknowledged, have been so...
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Very Good. 8vo. xvi, 205pp, map. Or card covers. Front cover creased, star stamp on bottom edge. Account of a failed treasure hunt on the uninhabited island of Trinidiad off Brazil (NOT the Trinidad in the West Indies) in 1889. Originally published in 1890.
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