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It
had
cost
$
400,000
.
The
first
time
it
was
directed
toward
the
moon
the
observers
evinced
both
curiosity
and
anxiety
.
What
were
they
about
to
discover
in
the
field
of
this
telescope
which
magnified
objects
48,000
times
?
Would
they
perceive
peoples
,
herds
of
lunar
animals
,
towns
,
lakes
,
seas
?
No
!
there
was
nothing
which
science
had
not
already
discovered
!
and
on
all
the
points
of
its
disc
the
volcanic
nature
of
the
moon
became
determinable
with
the
utmost
precision
.
But
the
telescope
of
the
Rocky
Mountains
,
before
doing
its
duty
to
the
Gun
Club
,
rendered
immense
services
to
astronomy
.
Thanks
to
its
penetrative
power
,
the
depths
of
the
heavens
were
sounded
to
the
utmost
extent
;
the
apparent
diameter
of
a
great
number
of
stars
was
accurately
measured
;
and
Mr.
Clark
,
of
the
Cambridge
staff
,
resolved
the
Crab
nebula
in
Taurus
,
which
the
reflector
of
Lord
Rosse
had
never
been
able
to
decompose
.
It
was
the
22nd
of
November
;
the
departure
was
to
take
place
in
ten
days
.
One
operation
alone
remained
to
be
accomplished
to
bring
all
to
a
happy
termination
;
an
operation
delicate
and
perilous
,
requiring
infinite
precautions
,
and
against
the
success
of
which
Captain
Nicholl
had
laid
his
third
bet
.
It
was
,
in
fact
,
nothing
less
than
the
loading
of
the
Columbiad
,
and
the
introduction
into
it
of
400,000
pounds
of
gun-cotton
.
Nicholl
had
thought
,
not
perhaps
without
reason
,
that
the
handling
of
such
formidable
quantities
of
pyroxyle
would
,
in
all
probability
,
involve
a
grave
catastrophe
;
and
at
any
rate
,
that
this
immense
mass
of
eminently
inflammable
matter
would
inevitably
ignite
when
submitted
to
the
pressure
of
the
projectile
.
There
were
indeed
dangers
accruing
as
before
from
the
carelessness
of
the
Americans
,
but
Barbicane
had
set
his
heart
on
success
,
and
took
all
possible
precautions
.
In
the
first
place
,
he
was
very
careful
as
to
the
transportation
of
the
gun-cotton
to
Stones
Hill
.
He
had
it
conveyed
in
small
quantities
,
carefully
packed
in
sealed
cases
.
These
were
brought
by
rail
from
Tampa
Town
to
the
camp
,
and
from
thence
were
taken
to
the
Columbiad
by
barefooted
workmen
,
who
deposited
them
in
their
places
by
means
of
cranes
placed
at
the
orifice
of
the
cannon
.
No
steam-engine
was
permitted
to
work
,
and
every
fire
was
extinguished
within
two
miles
of
the
works
.
Even
in
November
they
feared
to
work
by
day
,
lest
the
sun
's
rays
acting
on
the
gun-cotton
might
lead
to
unhappy
results
.
This
led
to
their
working
at
night
,
by
light
produced
in
a
vacuum
by
means
of
Ruhmkorff
's
apparatus
,
which
threw
an
artificial
brightness
into
the
depths
of
the
Columbiad
.
There
the
cartridges
were
arranged
with
the
utmost
regularity
,
connected
by
a
metallic
thread
,
destined
to
communicate
to
them
all
simultaneously
the
electric
spark
,
by
which
means
this
mass
of
gun-cotton
was
eventually
to
be
ignited
.
By
the
28th
of
November
eight
hundred
cartridges
had
been
placed
in
the
bottom
of
the
Columbiad
.
So
far
the
operation
had
been
successful
!
But
what
confusion
,
what
anxieties
,
what
struggles
were
undergone
by
President
Barbicane
!
In
vain
had
he
refused
admission
to
Stones
Hill
;
every
day
the
inquisitive
neighbors
scaled
the
palisades
,
some
even
carrying
their
imprudence
to
the
point
of
smoking
while
surrounded
by
bales
of
gun-cotton
.
Barbicane
was
in
a
perpetual
state
of
alarm
.
J.
T.
Maston
seconded
him
to
the
best
of
his
ability
,
by
giving
vigorous
chase
to
the
intruders
,
and
carefully
picking
up
the
still
lighted
cigar
ends
which
the
Yankees
threw
about
.
A
somewhat
difficult
task
!
seeing
that
more
than
300,000
persons
were
gathered
round
the
enclosure
.
Michel
Ardan
had
volunteered
to
superintend
the
transport
of
the
cartridges
to
the
mouth
of
the
Columbiad
;
but
the
president
,
having
surprised
him
with
an
enormous
cigar
in
his
mouth
,
while
he
was
hunting
out
the
rash
spectators
to
whom
he
himself
offered
so
dangerous
an
example
,
saw
that
he
could
not
trust
this
fearless
smoker
,
and
was
therefore
obliged
to
mount
a
special
guard
over
him
.
At
last
,
Providence
being
propitious
,
this
wonderful
loading
came
to
a
happy
termination
,
Captain
Nicholl
's
third
bet
being
thus
lost
.
It
remained
now
to
introduce
the
projectile
into
the
Columbiad
,
and
to
place
it
on
its
soft
bed
of
gun-cotton
.
But
before
doing
this
,
all
those
things
necessary
for
the
journey
had
to
be
carefully
arranged
in
the
projectile
vehicle
.
These
necessaries
were
numerous
;
and
had
Ardan
been
allowed
to
follow
his
own
wishes
,
there
would
have
been
no
space
remaining
for
the
travelers
.
It
is
impossible
to
conceive
of
half
the
things
this
charming
Frenchman
wished
to
convey
to
the
moon
.
A
veritable
stock
of
useless
trifles
!
But
Barbicane
interfered
and
refused
admission
to
anything
not
absolutely
needed
.
Several
thermometers
,
barometers
,
and
telescopes
were
packed
in
the
instrument
case
.
The
travelers
being
desirous
of
examing
the
moon
carefully
during
their
voyage
,
in
order
to
facilitate
their
studies
,
they
took
with
them
Boeer
and
Moeller
's
excellent
Mappa
Selenographica
,
a
masterpiece
of
patience
and
observation
,
which
they
hoped
would
enable
them
to
identify
those
physical
features
in
the
moon
,
with
which
they
were
acquainted
.
This
map
reproduced
with
scrupulous
fidelity
the
smallest
details
of
the
lunar
surface
which
faces
the
earth
;
the
mountains
,
valleys
,
craters
,
peaks
,
and
ridges
were
all
represented
,
with
their
exact
dimensions
,
relative
positions
,
and
names
;
from
the
mountains
Doerfel
and
Leibnitz
on
the
eastern
side
of
the
disc
,
to
the
Mare
frigoris
of
the
North
Pole
.
