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They
would
not
doubtless
have
the
advantages
of
the
wicks
which
are
impregnated
with
boracic
acid
,
and
which
vitrify
as
they
burn
and
are
entirely
consumed
,
but
Cyrus
Harding
having
manufactured
a
beautiful
pair
of
snuffers
,
these
candles
would
be
greatly
appreciated
during
the
long
evenings
in
Granite
House
.
During
this
month
there
was
no
want
of
work
in
the
interior
of
their
new
dwelling
.
The
joiners
had
plenty
to
do
.
They
improved
their
tools
,
which
were
very
rough
,
and
added
others
also
.
Scissors
were
made
among
other
things
,
and
the
settlers
were
at
last
able
to
cut
their
hair
,
and
also
to
shave
,
or
at
least
trim
their
beards
.
Herbert
had
none
,
Neb
but
little
,
but
their
companions
were
bristling
in
a
way
which
justified
the
making
of
the
said
scissors
.
The
manufacture
of
a
hand-saw
cost
infinite
trouble
,
but
at
last
an
instrument
was
obtained
which
,
when
vigorously
handled
,
could
divide
the
ligneous
fibers
of
the
wood
.
They
then
made
tables
,
seats
,
cupboards
,
to
furnish
the
principal
rooms
,
and
bedsteads
,
of
which
all
the
bedding
consisted
of
grass
mattresses
.
The
kitchen
,
with
its
shelves
,
on
which
rested
the
cooking
utensils
,
its
brick
stove
,
looked
very
well
,
and
Neb
worked
away
there
as
earnestly
as
if
he
was
in
a
chemist
's
laboratory
.
But
the
joiners
had
soon
to
be
replaced
by
carpenters
.
In
fact
,
the
waterfall
created
by
the
explosion
rendered
the
construction
of
two
bridges
necessary
,
one
on
Prospect
Heights
,
the
other
on
the
shore
.
Now
the
plateau
and
the
shore
were
transversely
divided
by
a
watercourse
,
which
had
to
be
crossed
to
reach
the
northern
part
of
the
island
.
To
avoid
it
the
colonists
had
been
obliged
to
make
a
considerable
detour
,
by
climbing
up
to
the
source
of
the
Red
Creek
.
The
simplest
thing
was
to
establish
on
the
plateau
,
and
on
the
shore
,
two
bridges
from
twenty
to
five
and
twenty
feet
in
length
.
All
the
carpenter
's
work
that
was
needed
was
to
clear
some
trees
of
their
branches
:
this
was
a
business
of
some
days
.
Directly
the
bridges
were
established
,
Neb
and
Pencroft
profited
by
them
to
go
to
the
oyster-bed
which
had
been
discovered
near
the
downs
.
They
dragged
with
them
a
sort
of
rough
cart
,
which
replaced
the
former
inconvenient
hurdle
,
and
brought
back
some
thousands
of
oysters
,
which
soon
increased
among
the
rocks
and
formed
a
bed
at
the
mouth
of
the
Mercy
.
These
molluscs
were
of
excellent
quality
,
and
the
colonists
consumed
some
daily
.
It
has
been
seen
that
Lincoln
Island
,
although
its
inhabitants
had
as
yet
only
explored
a
small
portion
of
it
,
already
contributed
to
almost
all
their
wants
.
It
was
probable
that
if
they
hunted
into
its
most
secret
recesses
,
in
all
the
wooded
part
between
the
Mercy
and
Reptile
Point
,
they
would
find
new
treasures
.
The
settlers
in
Lincoln
Island
had
still
one
privation
.
There
was
no
want
of
meat
,
nor
of
vegetable
products
;
those
ligneous
roots
which
they
had
found
,
when
subjected
to
fermentation
,
gave
them
an
acid
drink
,
which
was
preferable
to
cold
water
;
they
also
made
sugar
,
without
canes
or
beet
-
roots
,
by
collecting
the
liquor
which
distils
from
the
"
acer
saceharinum
,
"
a
son
of
maple-tree
,
which
flourishes
in
all
the
temperate
zones
,
and
of
which
the
island
possessed
a
great
number
;
they
made
a
very
agreeable
tea
by
employing
the
herbs
brought
from
the
warren
;
lastly
,
they
had
an
abundance
of
salt
,
the
only
mineral
which
is
used
in
food
...
but
bread
was
wanting
.
Perhaps
in
time
the
settlers
could
replace
this
want
by
some
equivalent
,
it
was
possible
that
they
might
find
the
sago
or
the
breadfruit
tree
among
the
forests
of
the
south
,
but
they
had
not
as
yet
met
with
these
precious
trees
.
However
,
Providence
came
directly
to
their
aid
,
in
an
infinitesimal
proportion
it
is
true
,
but
Cyrus
Harding
,
with
all
his
intelligence
,
all
his
ingenuity
,
would
never
have
been
able
to
produce
that
which
,
by
the
greatest
chance
,
Herbert
one
day
found
in
the
lining
of
his
waistcoat
,
which
he
was
occupied
in
setting
to
rights
.
