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"
One
,
I
suppose
!
"
replied
the
sailor
,
surprised
at
the
question
.
"
Ten
,
Pencroft
!
And
do
you
know
how
many
grains
one
ear
bears
?
"
"
No
,
upon
my
word
.
"
"
About
eighty
!
"
said
Cyrus
Harding
.
"
Then
,
if
we
plant
this
grain
,
at
the
first
crop
we
shall
reap
eight
hundred
grains
which
at
the
second
will
produce
six
hundred
and
forty
thousand
;
at
the
third
,
five
hundred
and
twelve
millions
;
at
the
fourth
,
more
than
four
hundred
thousands
of
millions
!
There
is
the
proportion
.
"
Harding
's
companions
listened
without
answering
.
These
numbers
astonished
them
.
They
were
exact
,
however
.
"
"
Yes
,
my
friends
,
"
continued
the
engineer
,
"
such
are
the
arithmetical
progressions
of
prolific
nature
;
and
yet
what
is
this
multiplication
of
the
grain
of
corn
,
of
which
the
ear
only
bears
eight
hundred
grains
,
compared
to
the
poppy-plant
,
which
bears
thirty-two
thousand
seeds
;
to
the
tobacco
-
plant
,
which
produces
three
hundred
and
sixty
thousand
?
In
a
few
years
,
without
the
numerous
causes
of
destruction
,
which
arrests
their
fecundity
,
these
plants
would
overrun
the
earth
.
"
But
the
engineer
had
not
finished
his
lecture
.
"
And
now
,
Pencroft
,
"
he
continued
,
"
do
you
know
how
many
bushels
four
hundred
thousand
millions
of
grains
would
make
?
"
"
No
,
"
replied
the
sailor
;
"
but
what
I
do
know
is
,
that
I
am
nothing
better
than
a
fool
!
"
"
Well
,
they
would
make
more
than
three
millions
,
at
a
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
a
bushel
,
Pencroft
.
"
