But they were not permitted to communicate with each other.

Presently the whole party emerged from the wild mountain gorges, through which they had been passing for some time, and proceeded in single file along a narrow path that skirted the precipices of the coast.

The cliffs here were nearly a hundred feet high.

They descended sheer down into deep water; in some places even overhung the sea.
Here John Bumpus, having recovered from the stunning effects of the blow dealt him by Keona, renewed his struggles, and rendered the passage of the place not only difficult but dangerous--to himself as well as to his enemies.

Just as they reached a somewhat open space on the top of the cliffs, Jo succeeded, by almost superhuman exertion in bursting his bonds.