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The
provisions
,
which
Neb
had
already
packed
up
,
consisted
of
a
store
of
meat
and
of
several
gallons
of
beer
,
that
is
to
say
enough
to
sustain
them
for
three
days
,
the
time
which
Harding
assigned
for
the
expedition
.
They
hoped
besides
to
supply
themselves
on
the
road
,
and
Neb
took
care
not
to
forget
the
portable
stove
.
The
only
tools
the
settlers
took
were
the
two
woodmen
's
axes
,
which
they
could
use
to
cut
a
path
through
the
thick
forests
,
as
also
the
instruments
,
the
telescope
and
pocket-compass
.
For
weapons
they
selected
the
two
flint-lock
guns
,
which
were
likely
to
be
more
useful
to
them
than
the
percussion
fowling-pieces
,
the
first
only
requiring
flints
which
could
be
easily
replaced
,
and
the
latter
needing
fulminating
caps
,
a
frequent
use
of
which
would
soon
exhaust
their
limited
stock
.
However
,
they
took
also
one
of
the
carbines
and
some
cartridges
.
As
to
the
powder
,
of
which
there
was
about
fifty
pounds
in
the
barrel
,
a
small
supply
of
it
had
to
be
taken
,
but
the
engineer
hoped
to
manufacture
an
explosive
substance
which
would
allow
them
to
husband
it
.
To
the
firearms
were
added
the
five
cutlasses
well
sheathed
in
leather
,
and
,
thus
supplied
,
the
settlers
could
venture
into
the
vast
forest
with
some
chance
of
success
.
It
is
useless
to
add
that
Pencroft
,
Herbert
,
and
Neb
,
thus
armed
,
were
at
the
summit
of
their
happiness
,
although
Cyrus
Harding
made
them
promise
not
to
fire
a
shot
unless
it
was
necessary
.
At
six
in
the
morning
the
canoe
put
off
from
the
shore
;
all
had
embarked
,
including
Top
,
and
they
proceeded
to
the
mouth
of
the
Mercy
.
The
tide
had
begun
to
come
up
half
an
hour
before
.
For
several
hours
,
therefore
,
there
would
be
a
current
,
which
it
was
well
to
profit
by
,
for
later
the
ebb
would
make
it
difficult
to
ascend
the
river
.
The
tide
was
already
strong
,
for
in
three
days
the
moon
would
be
full
,
and
it
was
enough
to
keep
the
boat
in
the
center
of
the
current
,
where
it
floated
swiftly
along
between
the
high
banks
without
its
being
necessary
to
increase
its
speed
by
the
aid
of
the
oars
.
In
a
few
minutes
the
explorers
arrived
at
the
angle
formed
by
the
Mercy
and
exactly
at
the
place
where
,
seven
months
before
,
Pencroft
had
made
his
first
raft
of
wood
.
After
this
sudden
angle
the
river
widened
and
flowed
under
the
shade
of
great
evergreen
firs
.
The
aspect
of
the
banks
was
magnificent
.
Cyrus
Harding
and
his
companions
could
not
but
admire
the
lovely
effects
so
easily
produced
by
nature
with
water
and
trees
.
As
they
advanced
the
forest
element
diminished
.
On
the
right
bank
of
the
river
grew
magnificent
specimens
of
the
ulmaceae
tribe
,
the
precious
elm
,
so
valuable
to
builders
,
and
which
withstands
well
the
action
of
water
.
Then
there
were
numerous
groups
belonging
to
the
same
family
,
among
others
one
in
particular
,
the
fruit
of
which
produces
a
very
useful
oil
.
Further
on
,
Herbert
remarked
the
lardizabala
,
a
twining
shrub
which
,
when
bruised
in
water
,
furnishes
excellent
cordage
;
and
two
or
three
ebony
trees
of
a
beautiful
black
,
crossed
with
capricious
veins
.
From
time
to
time
,
in
certain
places
where
the
landing
was
easy
,
the
canoe
was
stopped
,
when
Gideon
Spilett
,
Herbert
,
and
Pencroft
,
their
guns
in
their
hands
,
and
preceded
by
Top
,
jumped
on
shore
.
