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"
It
will
grow
,
"
replied
Cyrus
Harding
.
This
was
the
20th
of
June
.
The
time
was
then
propitious
for
sowing
this
single
precious
grain
of
corn
.
It
was
first
proposed
to
plant
it
in
a
pot
,
but
upon
reflection
it
was
decided
to
leave
it
to
nature
,
and
confide
it
to
the
earth
.
This
was
done
that
very
day
,
and
it
is
needless
to
add
,
that
every
precaution
was
taken
that
the
experiment
might
succeed
.
The
weather
having
cleared
,
the
settlers
climbed
the
height
above
Granite
House
.
There
,
on
the
plateau
,
they
chose
a
spot
,
well
sheltered
from
the
wind
,
and
exposed
to
all
the
heat
of
the
midday
sun
.
The
place
was
cleared
,
carefully
weeded
,
and
searched
for
insects
and
worms
;
then
a
bed
of
good
earth
,
improved
with
a
little
lime
,
was
made
;
it
was
surrounded
by
a
railing
;
and
the
grain
was
buried
in
the
damp
earth
.
Did
it
not
seem
as
if
the
settlers
were
laying
the
first
stone
of
some
edifice
?
It
recalled
to
Pencroft
the
day
on
which
he
lighted
his
only
match
,
and
all
the
anxiety
of
the
operation
.
But
this
time
the
thing
was
more
serious
In
fact
,
the
castaways
would
have
been
always
able
to
procure
fire
,
in
some
mode
or
other
,
but
no
human
power
could
supply
another
grain
of
corn
,
if
unfortunately
this
should
be
lost
!
From
this
time
Pencroft
did
not
let
a
single
day
pass
without
going
to
visit
what
he
gravely
called
his
"
corn-field
.
"
And
woe
to
the
insects
which
dared
to
venture
there
!
No
mercy
was
shown
them
.
Towards
the
end
of
the
month
of
June
,
after
incessant
rain
,
the
weather
became
decidedly
colder
,
and
on
the
29th
a
Fahrenheit
thermometer
would
certainly
have
announced
only
twenty
degrees
above
zero
,
that
is
considerably
below
the
freezing-point
.
The
next
day
,
the
30th
of
June
,
the
day
which
corresponds
to
the
31st
of
December
in
the
northern
year
,
was
a
Friday
.
Neb
remarked
that
the
year
finished
on
a
bad
day
,
but
Pencroft
replied
that
naturally
the
next
would
begin
on
a
good
one
,
which
was
better
.
At
any
rate
it
commenced
by
very
severe
cold
.
Ice
accumulated
at
the
mouth
of
the
Mercy
,
and
it
was
not
long
before
the
whole
expanse
of
the
lake
was
frozen
.
The
settlers
had
frequently
been
obliged
to
renew
their
store
of
wood
.
Pencroft
also
had
wisely
not
waited
till
the
river
was
frozen
,
but
had
brought
enormous
rafts
of
wood
to
their
destination
.
The
current
was
an
indefatigable
moving
power
,
and
it
was
employed
in
conveying
the
floating
wood
to
the
moment
when
the
frost
enchained
it
.
To
the
fuel
which
was
so
abundantly
supplied
by
the
forest
,
they
added
several
cartloads
of
coal
,
which
had
to
be
brought
from
the
foot
of
the
spurs
of
Mount
Franklin
.
The
powerful
heat
of
the
coal
was
greatly
appreciated
in
the
low
temperature
,
which
on
the
4th
of
July
fell
to
eight
degrees
of
Fahrenheit
,
that
is
,
thirteen
degrees
below
zero
.
A
second
fireplace
had
been
established
in
the
dining-room
,
where
they
all
worked
together
at
their
different
avocations
.
During
this
period
of
cold
,
Cyrus
Harding
had
great
cause
to
congratulate
himself
on
having
brought
to
Granite
House
the
little
stream
of
water
from
Lake
Grant
.
Taken
below
the
frozen
surface
,
and
conducted
through
the
passage
,
it
preserved
its
fluidity
,
and
arrived
at
an
interior
reservoir
which
had
been
hollowed
out
at
the
back
part
of
the
storeroom
,
while
the
overflow
ran
through
the
well
to
the
sea
.
