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Pencroft
and
Herbert
made
a
good
meal
of
the
lithodomes
,
which
were
then
half
opened
to
the
sun
.
They
ate
them
as
oysters
,
and
as
they
had
a
strong
peppery
taste
,
they
were
palatable
without
condiments
of
any
sort
.
Their
hunger
was
thus
appeased
for
the
time
,
but
not
their
thirst
,
which
increased
after
eating
these
naturally-spiced
molluscs
.
They
had
then
to
find
fresh
water
,
and
it
was
not
likely
that
it
would
be
wanting
in
such
a
capriciously
uneven
region
.
Pencroft
and
Herbert
,
after
having
taken
the
precaution
of
collecting
an
ample
supply
of
lithodomes
,
with
which
they
filled
their
pockets
and
handkerchiefs
,
regained
the
foot
of
the
cliff
.
Two
hundred
paces
farther
they
arrived
at
the
cutting
,
through
which
,
as
Pencroft
had
guessed
,
ran
a
stream
of
water
,
whether
fresh
or
not
was
to
be
ascertained
.
At
this
place
the
wall
appeared
to
have
been
separated
by
some
violent
subterranean
force
.
At
its
base
was
hollowed
out
a
little
creek
,
the
farthest
part
of
which
formed
a
tolerably
sharp
angle
.
The
watercourse
at
that
part
measured
one
hundred
feet
in
breadth
,
and
its
two
banks
on
each
side
were
scarcely
twenty
feet
high
.
The
river
became
strong
almost
directly
between
the
two
walls
of
granite
,
which
began
to
sink
above
the
mouth
;
it
then
suddenly
turned
and
disappeared
beneath
a
wood
of
stunted
trees
half
a
mile
off
.
"
Here
is
the
water
,
and
yonder
is
the
wood
we
require
!
"
said
Pencroft
.
"
Well
,
Herbert
,
now
we
only
want
the
house
.
"
The
water
of
the
river
was
limpid
.
The
sailor
ascertained
that
at
this
time
--
that
is
to
say
,
at
low
tide
,
when
the
rising
floods
did
not
reach
it
--
it
was
sweet
.
This
important
point
established
,
Herbert
looked
for
some
cavity
which
would
serve
them
as
a
retreat
,
but
in
vain
;
everywhere
the
wall
appeared
smooth
,
plain
,
and
perpendicular
.
However
,
at
the
mouth
of
the
watercourse
and
above
the
reach
of
the
high
tide
,
the
convulsions
of
nature
had
formed
,
not
a
grotto
,
but
a
pile
of
enormous
rocks
,
such
as
are
often
met
with
in
granite
countries
and
which
bear
the
name
of
"
Chimneys
.
"
Pencroft
and
Herbert
penetrated
quite
far
in
among
the
rocks
,
by
sandy
passages
in
which
light
was
not
wanting
,
for
it
entered
through
the
openings
which
were
left
between
the
blocks
,
of
which
some
were
only
sustained
by
a
miracle
of
equilibrium
;
but
with
the
light
came
also
air
--
a
regular
corridor-gale
--
and
with
the
wind
the
sharp
cold
from
the
exterior
.
However
,
the
sailor
thought
that
by
stopping-up
some
of
the
openings
with
a
mixture
of
stones
and
sand
,
the
Chimneys
could
be
rendered
habitable
.
Their
geometrical
plan
represented
the
typographical
sign
"
&
,
"
which
signifies
"
et
cetera
"
abridged
,
but
by
isolating
the
upper
mouth
of
the
sign
,
through
which
the
south
and
west
winds
blew
so
strongly
,
they
could
succeed
in
making
the
lower
part
of
use
.
"
Here
's
our
work
,
"
said
Pencroft
,
"
and
if
we
ever
see
Captain
Harding
again
,
he
will
know
how
to
make
something
of
this
labyrinth
.
"
