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The
voyage
was
continued
,
and
as
the
Mercy
appeared
to
flow
not
towards
the
shore
,
but
rather
towards
Mount
Franklin
,
it
was
decided
that
they
should
use
the
boat
as
long
as
there
was
enough
water
under
its
keel
to
float
it
.
It
was
both
fatigue
spared
and
time
gained
,
for
they
would
have
been
obliged
to
cut
a
path
through
the
thick
wood
with
their
axes
.
But
soon
the
flow
completely
failed
them
,
either
the
tide
was
going
down
,
and
it
was
about
the
hour
,
or
it
could
no
longer
be
felt
at
this
distance
from
the
mouth
of
the
Mercy
.
They
had
therefore
to
make
use
of
the
oars
.
Herbert
and
Neb
each
took
one
,
and
Pencroft
took
the
scull
.
The
forest
soon
became
less
dense
,
the
trees
grew
further
apart
and
often
quite
isolated
.
But
the
further
they
were
from
each
other
the
more
magnificent
they
appeared
,
profiting
,
as
they
did
,
by
the
free
,
pure
air
which
circulated
around
them
.
What
splendid
specimens
of
the
flora
of
this
latitude
!
Certainly
their
presence
would
have
been
enough
for
a
botanist
to
name
without
hesitation
the
parallel
which
traversed
Lincoln
Island
.
"
Eucalypti
!
"
cried
Herbert
.
They
were
,
in
fact
,
those
splendid
trees
,
the
giants
of
the
extratropical
zone
,
the
congeners
of
the
Australian
and
New
Zealand
eucalyptus
,
both
situated
under
the
same
latitude
as
Lincoln
Island
.
Some
rose
to
a
height
of
two
hundred
feet
.
Their
trunks
at
the
base
measured
twenty
feet
in
circumference
,
and
their
bark
was
covered
by
a
network
of
farrows
containing
a
red
,
sweet-smelling
gum
.
Nothing
is
more
wonderful
or
more
singular
than
those
enormous
specimens
of
the
order
of
the
myrtaceae
,
with
their
leaves
placed
vertically
and
not
horizontally
,
so
that
an
edge
and
not
a
surface
looks
upwards
,
the
effect
being
that
the
sun
's
rays
penetrate
more
freely
among
the
trees
.
The
ground
at
the
foot
of
the
eucalypti
was
carpeted
with
grass
,
and
from
the
bushes
escaped
flights
of
little
birds
,
which
glittered
in
the
sunlight
like
winged
rubies
.
"
These
are
something
like
trees
!
"
cried
Neb
;
"
but
are
they
good
for
anything
?
"
"
Pooh
!
"
replied
Pencroft
.
"
Of
course
there
are
vegetable
giants
as
well
as
human
giants
,
and
they
are
no
good
,
except
to
show
themselves
at
fairs
!
"
"
I
think
that
you
are
mistaken
,
Pencroft
,
"
replied
Gideon
Spilett
,
"
and
that
the
wood
of
the
eucalyptus
has
begun
to
be
very
advantageously
employed
in
cabinet-making
.
"
"
And
I
may
add
,
"
said
Herbert
,
"
that
the
eucalyptus
belongs
to
a
family
which
comprises
many
useful
members
;
the
guava-tree
,
from
whose
fruit
guava
jelly
is
made
;
the
clove-tree
,
which
produces
the
spice
;
the
pomegranate
-
tree
,
which
bears
pomegranates
;
the
Eugeacia
Cauliflora
,
the
fruit
of
which
is
used
in
making
a
tolerable
wine
;
the
Ugui
myrtle
,
which
contains
an
excellent
alcoholic
liquor
;
the
Caryophyllus
myrtle
,
of
which
the
bark
forms
an
esteemed
cinnamon
;
the
Eugenia
Pimenta
,
from
whence
comes
Jamaica
pepper
;
the
common
myrtle
,
from
whose
buds
and
berries
spice
is
sometimes
made
;
the
Eucalyptus
manifera
,
which
yields
a
sweet
sort
of
manna
;
the
Guinea
Eucalyptus
,
the
sap
of
which
is
transformed
into
beer
by
fermentation
;
in
short
,
all
those
trees
known
under
the
name
of
gum-trees
or
iron-bark
trees
in
Australia
,
belong
to
this
family
of
the
myrtaceae
,
which
contains
forty-six
genera
and
thirteen
hundred
species
!
"
