It was evidently used as a goat path, for near at hand stood a shepherd's hut.

Stirred by the spirit of investigation, she made preparations for descent by attaching the rope she had brought along to a stout boulder.
Panthers! They were coming up the pathway behind her.

It would be simple enough to descend; but how to get back to the rest house?
There was no time to plan; she must act at once.

She must drop down to the ledge and trust to her star.
She called out loudly as she swung downward.

The shepherd came running out of his hut, dumfounded at what he saw..