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Towards
the
15th
of
August
,
the
state
of
the
atmosphere
was
suddenly
moderated
by
the
wind
shifting
to
the
northwest
.
The
temperature
rose
some
degrees
,
and
the
accumulated
vapor
in
the
air
was
not
long
in
resolving
into
snow
.
All
the
island
was
covered
with
a
sheet
of
white
,
and
showed
itself
to
its
inhabitants
under
a
new
aspect
.
The
snow
fell
abundantly
for
several
days
,
and
it
soon
reached
a
thickness
of
two
feet
.
The
wind
also
blew
with
great
violence
,
and
at
the
height
of
Granite
House
the
sea
could
be
heard
thundering
against
the
reefs
.
In
some
places
,
the
wind
,
eddying
round
the
corners
,
formed
the
snow
into
tall
whirling
columns
,
resembling
those
waterspouts
which
turn
round
on
their
base
,
and
which
vessels
attack
with
a
shot
from
a
gun
.
However
,
the
storm
,
coming
from
the
northwest
,
blew
across
the
island
,
and
the
position
of
Granite
House
preserved
it
from
a
direct
attack
.
But
in
the
midst
of
this
snow-storm
,
as
terrible
as
if
it
had
been
produced
in
some
polar
country
,
neither
Cyrus
Harding
nor
his
companions
could
,
notwithstanding
their
wish
for
it
,
venture
forth
,
and
they
remained
shut
up
for
five
days
,
from
the
20th
to
the
25th
of
August
.
They
could
hear
the
tempest
raging
in
Jacamar
Wood
,
which
would
surely
suffer
from
it
.
Many
of
the
trees
would
no
doubt
be
torn
up
by
the
roots
,
but
Pencroft
consoled
himself
by
thinking
that
he
would
not
have
the
trouble
of
cutting
them
down
.
"
The
wind
is
turning
woodman
,
let
it
alone
,
"
he
repeated
.
Besides
,
there
was
no
way
of
stopping
it
,
if
they
had
wished
to
do
so
.
How
grateful
the
inhabitants
of
Granite
House
then
were
to
Heaven
for
having
prepared
for
them
this
solid
and
immovable
retreat
!
Cyrus
Harding
had
also
his
legitimate
share
of
thanks
,
but
after
all
,
it
was
Nature
who
had
hollowed
out
this
vast
cavern
,
and
he
had
only
discovered
it
.
There
all
were
in
safety
,
and
the
tempest
could
not
reach
them
.
If
they
had
constructed
a
house
of
bricks
and
wood
on
Prospect
Heights
,
it
certainly
would
not
have
resisted
the
fury
of
this
storm
.
As
to
the
Chimneys
,
it
must
have
been
absolutely
uninhabitable
,
for
the
sea
,
passing
over
the
islet
,
would
beat
furiously
against
it
.
But
here
,
in
Granite
House
,
in
the
middle
of
a
solid
mass
,
over
which
neither
the
sea
nor
air
had
any
influence
,
there
was
nothing
to
fear
.
During
these
days
of
seclusion
the
settlers
did
not
remain
inactive
.
There
was
no
want
of
wood
,
cut
up
into
planks
,
in
the
storeroom
,
and
little
by
little
they
completed
their
furnishing
;
constructing
the
most
solid
of
tables
and
chairs
,
for
material
was
not
spared
.
Neb
and
Pencroft
were
very
proud
of
this
rather
heavy
furniture
,
which
they
would
not
have
changed
on
any
account
.
