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His disaster is then complete ; henceforth not a doubt of it can exist . And yet his forehead wears rather the character of hope and fortitude than of discouragement ; it is more than resignation , it is pride . He has just visited his empire . The island , irregular in form , is from four to five leagues in length ; in breadth it is from one and a half to two leagues . This abode to which he is condemned , is the most enchanting retreat he could have chosen ; a luxuriant park cradled upon the waves . If sometimes , in the mountainous parts , he has encountered sterile and rugged rocks , even abysses and precipices , they seem to be placed there only as a contrast to the fresh and green valleys which encircle them . If he has seen some dark , dense , inaccessible forests , entangled in the thousand arms of interwoven vines , he has not discovered a single reptile .