The cliff, as has been said, rose to a height of three hundred feet, but the mass was unbroken throughout, and even at its base, scarcely washed by the sea, it did not offer the smallest fissure which would serve as a dwelling.
La alta muralla se levantaba a una altura de trescientos pies, pero el bosque estaba liso por todas partes, y su misma base, apenas lamida por el mar, no presentaba la menor hendidura que pudiera servir de morada provisional.