Not a single object is floating on its calm surface.
The work on the tunnel through the side of the cavern goes on, and at four o'clock in the afternoon on September 23, Engineer Serko blows away the last rock obstructing the issue, and communication with the outer world is established.

It is only a very narrow hole, and one has to stoop to go through it.

The exterior orifice is lost among the crannies of the rocky coast, and it would be easy to obstruct it, if such a measure became necessary.
It goes without saying that the passage will be strictly guarded.

No one without special authorization will be able either to go out or come in, therefore there is little hope of escape in that direction.
_September 25._--This morning the tug rose from the depth of the lagoon to the surface, and has now run alongside the jetty.

The Count d'Artigas and Captain Spade disembark, and the crew set to work to land the provisions--boxes of canned meat, preserves, barrels of wine and spirits, and other things brought by the _Ebba,_ among which are several packages destined for Thomas Roch.