CHAPTER 12

Exploration of the Serpentine Peninsula—Encampment at the mouth of Falls River—Gideon Spilett and Pencroft reconnoitre—Their return—Forward, all!—An open door—A lighted window—By the light of the moon! The next day, the 18th of February, was devoted to the exploration of all that wooded region forming the shore from Reptile End to Falls River. The colonists were able to search this forest thoroughly, for, as it was comprised between the two shores of the Serpentine Peninsula, it was only from three t…