RECOVERING from my astonishment1 at the beautiful scene before me, I quickly awakened2 Toby, and informed him of the discovery I had made. Together we now repaired to the border of the precipice3, and my companion’s admiration4 was equal to my own. A little reflection, however, abated5 our surprise at coming so unexpectedly upon this valley, since the large vales of Happar and Typee, lying upon this side of Nukuheva, and extending a considerable distance from the sea towards the interior, must necessarily terminate somewhere about this point.
The question now was as to which of those two places we were looking down upon. Toby insisted that it was the abode6 of the Happar, and I that it was tenanted by their enemies the ferocious7 Typees. To be sure I was not entirely8 convinced by my own arguments, but Toby’s proposition to descend9 at once into the valley, and partake of the hospitality of its inmates10, seemed to me to be risking so much upon the strength of a mere11 supposition, that I resolved to oppose it until we had more evidence to proceed upon.
The point was one of vital importance, as the natives of Happar were not only at peace with Nukuheva, but cultivated with its inhabitants the most friendly relations, and enjoyed besides a reputation for gentleness and humanity which led us to expect from them, if not a cordial reception, at least a shelter during the short period we should remain in their territory.
On the other hand, the very name of Typee struck a panic into my heart which I did not attempt to disguise. The thought of voluntarily throwing ourselves into the hands of these cruel savages13, seemed to me an act of mere madness; and almost equally so the idea of venturing into the valley, uncertain by which of these two tribes it was inhabited. That the vale at our feet was tenanted by one of them, was a point that appeared to us past all doubt, since we knew that they resided in this quarter, although our information did not enlighten us further.
My companion, however, incapable15 of resisting the tempting16 prospect17 which the place held out of an abundant supply of food and other means of enjoyment18, still clung to his own inconsiderate view of the subject, nor could all my reasoning shake it. When I reminded him that it was impossible for either of us to know anything with certainty, and when I dwelt upon the horrible fate we should encounter were we rashly to descend into the valley, and discover too late the error we had committed, he replied by detailing all the evils of our present condition, and the sufferings we must undergo should we continue to remain where we then were.
Anxious to draw him away from the subject, if possible—for I saw that it would be in vain to attempt changing his mind—I directed his attention to a long bright unwooded tract19 of land which, sweeping20 down from the elevations22 in the interior, descended23 into the valley before us. I then suggested to him that beyond this ridge24 might lie a capacious and untenanted valley, abounding25 with all manner of delicious fruits; for I had heard that there were several such upon the island, and proposed that we should endeavour to reach it, and if we found our expectations realized we should at once take refuge in it and remain there as long as we pleased.
He acquiesced26 in the suggestion; and we immediately, therefore, began surveying the country lying before us, with a view of determining upon the best route for us to pursue; but it presented little choice, the whole interval27 being broken into steep ridges28, divided by dark ravines, extending in parallel lines at right angles to our direct course. All these we would be obliged to cross before we could hope to arrive at our destination.
A weary journey! But we decided29 to undertake it, though, for my own part, I felt little prepared to encounter its fatigues30, shivering and burning by turns with the ague and fever; for I know not how else to describe the alternate sensations I experienced, and suffering not a little from the lameness31 which afflicted32 me. Added to this was the faintness consequent on our meagre diet—a calamity33 in which Toby participated to the same extent as myself.
These circumstances, however, only augmented34 my anxiety to reach a place which promised us plenty and repose35, before I should be reduced to a state which would render me altogether unable to perform the journey. Accordingly we now commenced it by descending36 the almost perpendicular37 side of a steep and narrow gorge38, bristling39 with a thick growth of reeds. Here there was but one mode for us to adopt. We seated ourselves upon the ground, and guided our descent by catching40 at the canes41 in our path. This velocity42 with which we thus slid down the side of the ravine soon brought us to a point where we could use our feet, and in a short time we arrived at the edge of the torrent43, which rolled impetuously along the bed of the chasm44.
After taking a refreshing45 draught46 from the water of the stream, we addressed ourselves to a much more difficult undertaking47 than the last. Every foot of our late descent had to be regained48 in ascending49 the opposite side of the gorge—an operation rendered the less agreeable from the consideration that in these perpendicular episodes we did not progress a hundred yards on our journey. But, ungrateful as the task was, we set about it with exemplary patience, and after a snail-like progress of an hour or more, had scaled perhaps one half of the distance, when the fever which had left me for a while returned with such violence, and accompanied by so raging a thirst, that it required all the entreaties50 of Toby to prevent me from losing all the fruits of my late exertion51, by precipitating52 myself madly down the cliffs we had just climbed, in quest of the water which flowed so temptingly at their base. At the moment all my hopes and fears appeared to be merged53 in this one desire, careless of the consequences that might result from its gratification. I am aware of no feeling, either of pleasure or of pain, that so completely deprives one of an power to resist its impulses, as this same raging thirst.
Toby earnestly conjured54 me to continue the ascent55, assuring me that a little more exertion would bring us to the summit, and that then in less than five minutes we should find ourselves at the brink56 of the stream, which must necessarily flow on the other side of the ridge.
‘Do not,’ he exclaimed, ‘turn back, now that we have proceeded thus far; for I tell you that neither of us will have the courage to repeat the attempt, if once more we find ourselves looking up to where we now are from the bottom of these rocks!’
I was not yet so perfectly57 beside myself as to be heedless of these representations, and therefore toiled58 on, ineffectually endeavouring to appease59 the thirst which consumed me, by thinking that in a short time I should be able to gratify it to my heart’s content.
At last we gained the top of the second elevation21, the loftiest of those I have described as extending in parallel lines between us and the valley we desired to reach. It commanded a view of the whole intervening distance; and, discouraged as I was by other circumstances, this prospect plunged60 me into the very depths of despair. Nothing but dark and fearful chasms61, separated by sharp-crested and perpendicular ridges as far as the eye could reach. Could we have stepped from summit to summit of these steep but narrow elevations we could easily have accomplished62 the distance; but we must penetrate63 to the bottom of every yawning gulf64, and scale in succession every one of the eminences65 before us. Even Toby, although not suffering as I did, was not proof against the disheartening influences of the sight.
But we did not long stand to contemplate66 it, impatient as I was to reach the waters of the torrent which flowed beneath us. With an insensibility to danger which I cannot call to mind without shuddering67, we threw ourselves down the depths of the ravine, startling its savage12 solitudes68 with the echoes produced by the falling fragments of rock we every moment dislodged from their places, careless of the insecurity of our footing, and reckless whether the slight roots and twigs69 we clutched at sustained us for the while, or treacherously70 yielded to our grasp. For my own part, I scarcely knew whether I was helplessly falling from the heights above, or whether the fearful rapidity with which I descended was an act of my own volition71.
In a few minutes we reached the foot of the gorge, and kneeling upon a small ledge72 of dripping rocks, I bent73 over to the stream. What a delicious sensation was I now to experience! I paused for a second to concentrate all my capabilities74 of enjoyment, and then immerged my lips in the clear element before me. Had the apples of Sodom turned to ashes in my mouth, I could not have felt a more startling revulsion. A single drop of the cold fluid seemed to freeze every drop of blood in my body; the fever that had been burning in my veins75 gave place on the instant to death-like chills, which shook me one after another like so many shocks of electricity, while the perspiration76 produced by my late violent exertions77 congealed78 in icy beads79 upon my forehead. My thirst was gone, and I fairly loathed80 the water. Starting to my feet, the sight of those dank rocks, oozing81 forth82 moisture at every crevice83, and the dark stream shooting along its dismal84 channel, sent fresh chills through my shivering frame, and I felt as uncontrollable a desire to climb up towards the genial85 sunlight as I before had to descend the ravine.
After two hours’ perilous86 exertions we stood upon the summit of another ridge, and it was with difficulty I could bring myself to believe that we had ever penetrated87 the black and yawning chasm which then gaped88 at our feet. Again we gazed upon the prospect which the height commanded, but it was just as depressing as the one which had before met our eyes. I now felt that in our present situation it was in vain for us to think of ever overcoming the obstacles in our way, and I gave up all thoughts of reaching the vale which lay beyond this series of impediments; while at the same time I could not devise any scheme to extricate89 ourselves from the difficulties in which we were involved.
The remotest idea of returning to Nukuheva, unless assured of our vessel’s departure, never once entered my mind, and indeed it was questionable90 whether we could have succeeded in reaching it, divided as we were from the bay by a distance we could not compute91, and perplexed92 too in our remembrance of localities by our recent wanderings. Besides, it was unendurable the thought of retracing93 our steps and rendering94 all our painful exertions of no avail.
There is scarcely anything when a man is in difficulties that he is more disposed to look upon with abhorrence95 than a rightabout retrograde movement—a systematic96 going over of the already trodden ground: and especially if he has a love of adventure, such a course appears indescribably repulsive97, so long as there remains98 the least hope to be derived99 from braving untried difficulties.
It was this feeling that prompted us to descend the opposite side of the elevation we had just scaled, although with what definite object in view it would have been impossible for either of us to tell.
Without exchanging a syllable100 upon the subject, Toby and myself simultaneously101 renounced102 the design which had lured103 us thus far—perceiving in each other’s countenances104 that desponding expression which speaks more eloquently105 than words.
Together we stood towards the close of this weary day in the cavity of the third gorge we had entered, wholly incapacitated for any further exertion, until restored to some degree of strength by food and repose.
We seated ourselves upon the least uncomfortable spot we could select, and Toby produced from the bosom106 of his frock the sacred package. In silence we partook of the small morsel107 of refreshment108 that had been left from the morning’s repast, and without once proposing to violate the sanctity of our engagement with respect to the remainder, we rose to our feet, and proceeded to construct some sort of shelter under which we might obtain the sleep we so greatly needed.
Fortunately the spot was better adapted to our purpose than the one in which we had passed the last wretched night. We cleared away the tall reeds from the small but almost level bit of ground, and twisted them into a low basket-like hut, which we covered with a profusion109 of long thick leaves, gathered from a tree near at hand. We disposed them thickly all around, reserving only a slight opening that barely permitted us to crawl under the shelter we had thus obtained.
These deep recesses110, though protected from the winds that assail111 the summits of their lofty sides, are damp and chill to a degree that one would hardly anticipate in such a climate; and being unprovided with anything but our woollen frocks and thin duck trousers to resist the cold of the place, we were the more solicitous112 to render our habitation for the night as comfortable as we could. Accordingly, in addition to what we had already done, we plucked down all the leaves within our reach and threw them in a heap over our little hut, into which we now crept, raking after us a reserved supply to form our couch.
That night nothing but the pain I suffered prevented me from sleeping most refreshingly113. As it was, I caught two or three naps, while Toby slept away at my side as soundly as though he had been sandwiched between two Holland sheets. Luckily it did not rain, and we were preserved from the misery114 which a heavy shower would have occasioned us. In the morning I was awakened by the sonorous115 voice of my companion ringing in my ears and bidding me rise. I crawled out from our heap of leaves, and was astonished at the change which a good night’s rest had wrought116 in his appearance. He was as blithe117 and joyous118 as a young bird, and was staying the keenness of his morning’s appetite by chewing the soft bark of a delicate branch he held in his hand, and he recommended the like to me as an admirable antidote119 against the gnawings of hunger.
For my own part, though feeling materially better than I had done the preceding evening, I could not look at the limb that had pained me so violently at intervals120 during the last twenty-four hours, without experiencing a sense of alarm that I strove in vain to shake off. Unwilling121 to disturb the flow of my comrade’s spirits, I managed to stifle122 the complaints to which I might otherwise have given vent14, and calling upon him good-humouredly to speed our banquet, I prepared myself for it by washing in the stream. This operation concluded, we swallowed, or rather absorbed, by a peculiar123 kind of slow sucking process, our respective morsels124 of nourishment125, and then entered into a discussion as to the steps is was necessary for us to pursue.
‘What’s to be done now?’ inquired I, rather dolefully.
‘Descend into that same valley we descried126 yesterday.’ rejoined Toby, with a rapidity and loudness of utterance127 that almost led me to suspect he had been slyly devouring128 the broadside of an ox in some of the adjoining thickets129. ‘What else,’ he continued, ‘remains for us to do but that, to be sure? Why, we shall both starve to a certainty if we remain here; and as to your fears of those Typees—depend upon it, it is all nonsense.’
‘It is impossible that the inhabitants of such a lovely place as we saw can be anything else but good fellows; and if you choose rather to perish with hunger in one of these soppy caverns130, I for one prefer to chance a bold descent into the valley, and risk the consequences’.
‘And who is to pilot us thither131,’ I asked, ‘even if we should decide upon the measure you propose? Are we to go again up and down those precipices132 that we crossed yesterday, until we reach the place we started from, and then take a flying leap from the cliffs to the valley?’
‘Faith, I didn’t think of that,’ said Toby; ‘sure enough, both sides of the valley appeared to be hemmed133 in by precipices, didn’t they?’
‘Yes,’ answered I, ‘as steep as the sides of a line-of-battle ship, and about a hundred times as high.’ My companion sank his head upon his breast, and remained for a while in deep thought. Suddenly he sprang to his feet, while his eyes lighted up with that gleam of intelligence that marks the presence of some bright idea.
‘Yes, yes,’ he exclaimed; ‘the streams all run in the same direction, and must necessarily flow into the valley before they reach the sea; all we have to do is just to follow this stream, and sooner or later it will lead us into the vale.’
‘You are right, Toby,’ I exclaimed, ‘you are right; it must conduct us thither, and quickly too; for, see with what a steep inclination134 the water descends135.’
‘It does, indeed,’ burst forth my companion, overjoyed at my verification of his theory, ‘it does indeed; why, it is as plain as a pike-staff. Let us proceed at once; come, throw away all those stupid ideas about the Typees, and hurrah136 for the lovely valley of the Happars.’
‘You will have it to be Happar, I see, my dear fellow; pray Heaven you may not find yourself deceived,’ observed I, with a shake of my head.
‘Amen to all that, and much more,’ shouted Toby, rushing forward; ‘but Happar it is, for nothing else than Happar can it be. So glorious a valley—such forests of bread-fruit trees—such groves137 of cocoanut—such wilderness138 of guava-bushes! Ah! shipmate! don’t linger behind: in the name of all delightful139 fruits, I am dying to be at them. Come on, come on; shove ahead, there’s a lively lad; never mind the rocks; kick them out of the way, as I do; and tomorrow, old fellow, take my word for it, we shall be in clover. Come on;’ and so saying, he dashed along the ravine like a madman, forgetting my inability to keep up with him. In a few minutes, however, the exuberance140 of his spirits abated, and, pausing for a while, he permitted me to overtake him.
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