Even supposing that da Silvestra had marked the pool correctly, what was there to prevent its having been dried up by the sun generations ago, or trampled in by game, or filled with the drifting sand?
Da Silvestrak putzua ongi kokatu izan balu ere, igarotako mendeetako eguzkiak lehortua egon zitekeen, edo animaliak zanpatua, edo basamortuko hondar mugikorrek estalia.