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At
last
the
cold
ceased
.
There
had
been
rain
,
squalls
mingled
with
snow
,
hailstorms
,
gusts
of
wind
,
but
these
inclemencies
did
not
last
.
The
ice
melted
,
the
snow
disappeared
;
the
shore
,
the
plateau
,
the
banks
of
the
Mercy
,
the
forest
,
again
became
practicable
.
This
return
of
spring
delighted
the
tenants
of
Granite
House
,
and
they
soon
only
passed
it
in
the
hours
necessary
for
eating
and
sleeping
.
They
hunted
much
in
the
second
part
of
September
,
which
led
Pencroft
to
again
entreat
for
the
firearms
,
which
he
asserted
had
been
promised
by
Cyrus
Harding
.
The
latter
,
knowing
well
that
without
special
tools
it
would
be
nearly
impossible
for
him
to
manufacture
a
gun
which
would
be
of
any
use
,
still
drew
back
and
put
off
the
operation
to
some
future
time
,
observing
in
his
usual
dry
way
,
that
Herbert
and
Spilett
had
become
very
skilful
archers
,
so
that
many
sorts
of
excellent
animals
,
agouties
,
kangaroos
,
capybaras
,
pigeons
,
bustards
,
wild
ducks
,
snipes
,
in
short
,
game
both
with
fur
and
feathers
,
fell
victims
to
their
arrows
,
and
that
,
consequently
,
they
could
wait
.
But
the
obstinate
sailor
would
listen
to
nothing
of
this
,
and
he
would
give
the
engineer
no
peace
till
he
promised
to
satisfy
his
desire
.
Gideon
Spilett
,
however
,
supported
Pencroft
.
"
If
,
which
may
be
doubted
,
"
said
he
,
"
the
island
is
inhabited
by
wild
beasts
,
we
must
think
how
to
fight
with
and
exterminate
them
.
A
time
may
come
when
this
will
be
our
first
duty
.
"
But
at
this
period
,
it
was
not
the
question
of
firearms
which
occupied
Harding
,
but
that
of
clothes
.
Those
which
the
settlers
wore
had
passed
this
winter
,
but
they
would
not
last
until
next
winter
.
Skins
of
carnivora
or
the
wool
of
ruminants
must
be
procured
at
any
price
,
and
since
there
were
plenty
of
musmons
,
it
was
agreed
to
consult
on
the
means
of
forming
a
flock
which
might
be
brought
up
for
the
use
of
the
colony
.
An
enclosure
for
the
domestic
animals
,
a
poultry-yard
for
the
birds
,
in
a
word
to
establish
a
sort
of
farm
in
the
island
,
such
were
the
two
important
projects
for
the
fine
season
.
In
consequence
and
in
view
of
these
future
establishments
,
it
became
of
much
importance
that
they
should
penetrate
into
all
the
yet
unknown
parts
of
Lincoln
Island
,
that
is
to
say
,
through
that
thick
forest
which
extended
on
the
right
bank
of
the
Mercy
,
from
its
mouth
to
the
extremity
of
the
Serpentine
Peninsula
,
as
well
as
on
the
whole
of
its
western
side
.
But
this
needed
settled
weather
,
and
a
month
must
pass
before
this
exploration
could
be
profitably
undertaken
.
They
therefore
waited
with
some
impatience
,
when
an
incident
occurred
which
increased
the
desire
the
settlers
had
to
visit
the
whole
of
their
domain
.
It
was
the
24th
of
October
.
On
this
day
,
Pencroft
had
gone
to
visit
his
traps
,
which
he
always
kept
properly
baited
.
In
one
of
them
he
found
three
animals
which
would
be
very
welcome
for
the
larder
.
They
were
a
female
peccary
and
her
two
young
ones
.
Pencroft
then
returned
to
Granite
House
,
enchanted
with
his
capture
,
and
,
as
usual
,
he
made
a
great
show
of
his
game
.
