Naturally I connected this with the phenomena observed at the Great Eyrie, the flames which rose above the crest, the noises which had so frightened the people of Pleasant Garden and Morganton.

But of what mechanisms were these the fragments, and what reason had our captain for destroying them?
At this moment I felt a breath of air; a breeze came from the east.
The sky swiftly cleared.

The hollow was filled with light from the rays of the sun which appeared midway between the horizon and the zenith.
A cry escaped me! The crest of the rocky wall rose a hundred feet above me.

And on the eastern side was revealed that easily recognizable pinnacle, the rock like a mounting eagle.

It was the same that had held the attention of Mr.Elias Smith and myself, when we had looked up at it from the outer side of the Great Eyrie.
Thus there was no further doubt.