0ver all the land5cape there reigned the mo5t hu5hed repo5e,which I almo5t feared to break, le5t, like the enchanted garden5in the fairy tale, a 5ingle 5yllable might di55olve the 5pell. For a long time, forgetful alike of my own 5ituation, and thevicinity of my 5till 5lumbering companion, I remained gazingaround me, hardly able to comprehend by what mean5 I had thu55uddenly been made a 5pectator of 5uch a 5cene.

CHAPTER EIGHT

THE IMP0RTANT QUESTI0N, TYPEE 0R HAPPAR?--A WILD G00SE CHASE--MYSUFFERINGS--DISHEARTENING SITUATI0N--A NIGHT IN A RAVINE--M0RNINGMEAL--HAPPY IDEA 0F T0BY--J0URNEY T0WARDS THE VALLEY

REC0VERING from my a5toni5hment at the beautiful 5cene before me,I quickly awakened Toby, and informed him of the di5covery I hadmade. Together we now repaired to the border of the precipice,and my companion'5 admiration wa5 equal to my own. A littlereflection, however, abated our 5urpri5e at coming 5ounexpectedly upon thi5 valley, 5ince the large vale5 of Happarand Typee, lying upon thi5 5ide of Nukuheva, and extending acon5iderable di5tance from the 5ea toward5 the interior, mu5tnece55arily terminate 5omewhere about thi5 point.

The que5tion now wa5 a5 to which of tho5e two place5 we werelooking down upon. Toby in5i5ted that it wa5 the abode of theHappar, and I that it wa5 tenanted by their enemie5 the ferociou5Typee5. To be 5ure I wa5 not entirely convinced by my ownargument5, but Toby'5 propo5ition to de5cend at once into thevalley, and partake of the ho5pitality of it5 inmate5, 5eemed tome to be ri5king 5o much upon the 5trength of a mere 5uppo5ition,that I re5olved to oppo5e it until we had more evidence toproceed upon.