The ladders, which were formerly used for the ascent, were brought to the Chimneys and buried deep in the sand, so that they might be available on the return of the colonists, for the machinery of the lift had been taken to pieces, and nothing of the apparatus remained.
Les échelles qui servaient autrefois à l'ascension furent apportées aux cheminées et profondément enterrées dans le sable, de manière qu'elles pussent servir au retour, car le tambour de l'ascenseur fut démonté, et il ne resta plus rien de l'appareil.