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Cyrus
Harding
and
Gideon
Spilett
,
before
sleeping
,
conversed
long
about
the
matter
.
They
asked
themselves
if
by
chance
this
incident
might
not
have
some
connection
with
the
inexplicable
way
in
which
the
engineer
had
been
saved
,
and
the
other
peculiar
circumstances
which
had
struck
them
at
different
times
.
However
,
Cyrus
Harding
,
after
having
discussed
the
pros
and
cons
of
the
question
,
ended
by
saying
,
--
"
In
short
,
would
you
like
to
know
my
opinion
,
my
dear
Spilett
?
"
"
Yes
,
Cyrus
.
"
Well
,
then
,
it
is
this
:
however
minutely
we
explore
the
island
,
we
shall
find
nothing
.
"
The
next
day
Pencroft
set
to
work
.
He
did
not
mean
to
build
a
boat
with
boards
and
planking
,
but
simply
a
flat-bottomed
canoe
,
which
would
be
well
suited
for
navigating
the
Mercy
--
above
all
,
for
approaching
its
source
,
where
the
water
would
naturally
be
shallow
.
Pieces
of
bark
,
fastened
one
to
the
other
,
would
form
a
light
boat
;
and
in
case
of
natural
obstacles
,
which
would
render
a
portage
necessary
,
it
would
be
easily
carried
.
Pencroft
intended
to
secure
the
pieces
of
bark
by
means
of
nails
,
to
insure
the
canoe
being
water-tight
.
It
was
first
necessary
to
select
the
trees
which
would
afford
a
strong
and
supple
bark
for
the
work
.
Now
the
last
storm
had
brought
down
a
number
of
large
birch-trees
,
the
bark
of
which
would
be
perfectly
suited
for
their
purpose
.
Some
of
these
trees
lay
on
the
ground
,
and
they
had
only
to
be
barked
,
which
was
the
most
difficult
thing
of
all
,
owing
to
the
imperfect
tools
which
the
settlers
possessed
.
However
,
they
overcame
all
difficulties
.
While
the
sailor
,
seconded
by
the
engineer
,
thus
occupied
himself
without
losing
an
hour
,
Gideon
Spilett
and
Herbert
were
not
idle
.
They
were
made
purveyors
to
the
colony
.
The
reporter
could
not
but
admire
the
boy
,
who
had
acquired
great
skill
in
handling
the
bow
and
spear
.
Herbert
also
showed
great
courage
and
much
of
that
presence
of
mind
which
may
justly
be
called
"
the
reasoning
of
bravery
.
"
These
two
companions
of
the
chase
,
remembering
Cyrus
Harding
's
recommendations
,
did
not
go
beyond
a
radius
of
two
miles
round
Granite
House
;
but
the
borders
of
the
forest
furnished
a
sufficient
tribute
of
agoutis
,
capybaras
,
kangaroos
,
peccaries
,
etc.
;
and
if
the
result
from
the
traps
was
less
than
during
the
cold
,
still
the
warren
yielded
its
accustomed
quota
,
which
might
have
fed
all
the
colony
in
Lincoln
Island
.
Often
during
these
excursions
,
Herbert
talked
with
Gideon
Spilett
on
the
incident
of
the
bullet
,
and
the
deductions
which
the
engineer
drew
from
it
,
and
one
day
--
it
was
the
26th
of
October
--
he
said
--
"
But
,
Mr.
Spilett
,
do
you
not
think
it
very
extraordinary
that
,
if
any
castaways
have
landed
on
the
island
,
they
have
not
yet
shown
themselves
near
Granite
House
?
"
