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The
twelve
hundred
miles
which
separated
the
island
from
the
Pomoutous
Island
was
a
considerable
distance
.
A
boat
could
not
cross
it
,
especially
at
the
approach
of
the
bad
season
.
Pencroft
had
expressly
declared
this
.
Now
,
to
construct
a
simple
boat
even
with
the
necessary
tools
,
was
a
difficult
work
,
and
the
colonists
not
having
tools
they
must
begin
by
making
hammers
,
axes
,
adzes
,
saws
,
augers
,
planes
,
etc.
,
which
would
take
some
time
.
It
was
decided
,
therefore
,
that
they
would
winter
at
Lincoln
Island
,
and
that
they
would
look
for
a
more
comfortable
dwelling
than
the
Chimneys
,
in
which
to
pass
the
winter
months
.
Before
anything
else
could
be
done
it
was
necessary
to
make
the
iron
ore
,
of
which
the
engineer
had
observed
some
traces
in
the
northwest
part
of
the
island
,
fit
for
use
by
converting
it
either
into
iron
or
into
steel
.
Metals
are
not
generally
found
in
the
ground
in
a
pure
state
.
For
the
most
part
they
are
combined
with
oxygen
or
sulphur
.
Such
was
the
case
with
the
two
specimens
which
Cyrus
Harding
had
brought
back
,
one
of
magnetic
iron
,
not
carbonated
,
the
other
a
pyrite
,
also
called
sulphuret
of
iron
.
It
was
,
therefore
the
first
,
the
oxide
of
iron
,
which
they
must
reduce
with
coal
,
that
is
to
say
,
get
rid
of
the
oxygen
,
to
obtain
it
in
a
pure
state
.
This
reduction
is
made
by
subjecting
the
ore
with
coal
to
a
high
temperature
,
either
by
the
rapid
and
easy
Catalan
method
,
which
has
the
advantage
of
transforming
the
ore
into
iron
in
a
single
operation
,
or
by
the
blast
furnace
,
which
first
smelts
the
ore
,
then
changes
it
into
iron
,
by
carrying
away
the
three
to
four
per
cent
.
of
coal
,
which
is
combined
with
it
.
Now
Cyrus
Harding
wanted
iron
,
and
he
wished
to
obtain
it
as
soon
as
possible
.
The
ore
which
he
had
picked
up
was
in
itself
very
pure
and
rich
.
It
was
the
oxydulous
iron
,
which
is
found
in
confused
masses
of
a
deep
gray
color
;
it
gives
a
black
dust
,
crystallized
in
the
form
of
the
regular
octahedron
.
Native
lodestones
consist
of
this
ore
,
and
iron
of
the
first
quality
is
made
in
Europe
from
that
with
which
Sweden
and
Norway
are
so
abundantly
supplied
.
Not
far
from
this
vein
was
the
vein
of
coal
already
made
use
of
by
the
settlers
.
The
ingredients
for
the
manufacture
being
close
together
would
greatly
facilitate
the
treatment
of
the
ore
.
This
is
the
cause
of
the
wealth
of
the
mines
in
Great
Britain
,
where
the
coal
aids
the
manufacture
of
the
metal
extracted
from
the
same
soil
at
the
same
time
as
itself
.
"
Then
,
captain
,
"
said
Pencroft
,
"
we
are
going
to
work
iron
ore
?
"
"
Yes
,
my
friend
,
"
replied
the
engineer
,
"
and
for
that
--
something
which
will
please
you
--
we
must
begin
by
having
a
seal
hunt
on
the
islet
.
"
"
A
seal
hunt
!
"
cried
the
sailor
,
turning
towards
Gideon
Spilett
.
"
Are
seals
needed
to
make
iron
?
"
"
Since
Cyrus
has
said
so
!
"
replied
the
reporter
.
But
the
engineer
had
already
left
the
Chimneys
,
and
Pencroft
prepared
for
the
seal
hunt
,
without
having
received
any
other
explanation
.
