I kept my arms out, as you told me, but I did not touch anything.

I could feel that I was spinning round and round, and was horribly frightened just at first.

But I went down so smoothly and quietly that the feeling did not last long; for I knew that the rope was very strong, and as I did not touch anything, it seemed to me that there could be no fear of it being cut against the rock." The clothes were soon unwound from the rope, and put on again.

Captain Holland cut off all the slack of the rope, and made it into a coil.
"The slope is all right, as far as I could see from the top," he said; "but we may come across nasty bits again, and this will stand in useful, if we do." They went down cautiously, but at a fair rate of speed; until, without meeting with any serious difficulty, they arrived on the plain.

Four miles' brisk walking brought them to the grove where Ibrahim had been left, and they had scarce entered among the trees when he asked: "Who is it that is coming ?" "It is us, Ibrahim.