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This
ended
the
conversation
.
Breakfast
was
finished
,
the
exploration
was
continued
,
and
the
settlers
arrived
at
the
border
of
the
marshy
region
.
It
was
a
marsh
of
which
the
extent
,
to
the
rounded
coast
which
terminated
the
island
at
the
southeast
,
was
about
twenty
square
miles
.
The
soil
was
formed
of
clayey
flint-earth
,
mingled
with
vegetable
matter
,
such
as
the
remains
of
rushes
,
reeds
,
grass
,
etc.
.
Here
and
there
beds
of
grass
,
thick
as
a
carpet
,
covered
it
.
In
many
places
icy
pools
sparkled
in
the
sun
.
Neither
rain
nor
any
river
,
increased
by
a
sudden
swelling
,
could
supply
these
ponds
.
They
therefore
naturally
concluded
that
the
marsh
was
fed
by
the
infiltrations
of
the
soil
and
it
was
really
so
.
It
was
also
to
be
feared
that
during
the
heat
miasmas
would
arise
,
which
might
produce
fevers
.
Above
the
aquatic
plants
,
on
the
surface
of
the
stagnant
water
,
fluttered
numbers
of
birds
Wild
duck
,
teal
,
snipe
lived
there
in
flocks
,
and
those
fearless
birds
allowed
themselves
to
be
easily
approached
.
One
shot
from
a
gun
would
certainly
have
brought
down
some
dozen
of
the
birds
,
they
were
so
close
together
.
The
explorers
were
,
however
,
obliged
to
content
themselves
with
bows
and
arrows
.
The
result
was
less
,
but
the
silent
arrow
had
the
advantage
of
not
frightening
the
birds
,
while
the
noise
of
firearms
would
have
dispersed
them
to
all
parts
of
the
marsh
.
The
hunters
were
satisfied
,
for
this
time
,
with
a
dozen
ducks
,
which
had
white
bodies
with
a
band
of
cinnamon
,
a
green
head
,
wings
black
,
white
,
and
red
,
and
flattened
beak
.
Herbert
called
them
tadorns
.
Top
helped
in
the
capture
of
these
birds
,
whose
name
was
given
to
this
marshy
part
of
the
island
.
The
settlers
had
here
an
abundant
reserve
of
aquatic
game
.
At
some
future
time
they
meant
to
explore
it
more
carefully
,
and
it
was
probable
that
some
of
the
birds
there
might
be
domesticated
,
or
at
least
brought
to
the
shores
of
the
lake
,
so
that
they
would
be
more
within
their
reach
.
About
five
o'clock
in
the
evening
Cyrus
Harding
and
his
companions
retraced
their
steps
to
their
dwelling
by
traversing
Tadorn
's
Fens
,
and
crossed
the
Mercy
on
the
ice-bridge
.
At
eight
in
the
evening
they
all
entered
Granite
House
.
This
intense
cold
lasted
till
the
15th
of
August
,
without
,
however
,
passing
the
degree
of
Fahrenheit
already
mentioned
.
When
the
atmosphere
was
calm
,
the
low
temperature
was
easily
borne
,
but
when
the
wind
blew
,
the
poor
settlers
,
insufficiently
clothed
,
felt
it
severely
.
Pencroft
regretted
that
Lincoln
Island
was
not
the
home
of
a
few
families
of
bears
rather
than
of
so
many
foxes
and
seals
.
"
Bears
,
"
said
he
,
"
are
generally
very
well
dressed
,
and
I
ask
no
more
than
to
borrow
for
the
winter
the
warm
cloaks
which
they
have
on
their
backs
.
"
"
But
,
"
replied
Neb
,
laughing
,
"
perhaps
the
bears
would
not
consent
to
give
you
their
cloaks
,
Pencroft
.
These
beasts
are
not
St.
Martins
.
"
"
We
would
make
them
do
it
,
Neb
,
we
would
make
them
,
"
replied
Pencroft
,
in
quite
an
authoritative
tone
.
