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There
they
halted
,
in
order
to
ascertain
if
the
bridge
could
be
thrown
across
.
The
place
appeared
suitable
.
In
fact
,
from
this
spot
,
to
Port
Balloon
,
discovered
the
day
before
on
the
southern
coast
,
there
was
only
a
distance
of
three
miles
and
a
half
,
and
from
the
bridge
to
the
Port
,
it
would
be
easy
to
make
a
good
cart-road
which
would
render
the
communication
between
Granite
House
and
the
south
of
the
island
extremely
easy
.
Cyrus
Harding
now
imparted
to
his
companions
a
scheme
for
completely
isolating
Prospect
Heights
so
as
to
shelter
it
from
the
attacks
both
of
quadrupeds
and
quadrumana
.
In
this
way
,
Granite
House
,
the
Chimneys
,
the
poultry-yard
,
and
all
the
upper
part
of
the
plateau
which
was
to
be
used
for
cultivation
,
would
be
protected
against
the
depredations
of
animals
.
Nothing
could
be
easier
than
to
execute
this
project
,
and
this
is
how
the
engineer
intended
to
set
to
work
.
The
plateau
was
already
defended
on
three
sides
by
water-courses
,
either
artificial
or
natural
.
On
the
northwest
,
by
the
shores
of
Lake
Grant
,
from
the
entrance
of
the
passage
to
the
breach
made
in
the
banks
of
the
lake
for
the
escape
of
the
water
.
On
the
north
,
from
this
breach
to
the
sea
,
by
the
new
water-course
which
had
hollowed
out
a
bed
for
itself
across
the
plateau
and
shore
,
above
and
below
the
fall
,
and
it
would
be
enough
to
dig
the
bed
of
this
creek
a
little
deeper
to
make
it
impracticable
for
animals
,
on
all
the
eastern
border
by
the
sea
itself
,
from
the
mouth
of
the
aforesaid
creek
to
the
mouth
of
the
Mercy
.
Lastly
,
on
the
south
,
from
the
mouth
to
the
turn
of
the
Mercy
where
the
bridge
was
to
be
established
.
The
western
border
of
the
plateau
now
remained
between
the
turn
of
the
river
and
the
southern
angle
of
the
lake
,
a
distance
of
about
a
mile
,
which
was
open
to
all
comers
.
But
nothing
could
be
easier
than
to
dig
a
broad
deep
ditch
,
which
could
be
filled
from
the
lake
,
and
the
overflow
of
which
would
throw
itself
by
a
rapid
fall
into
the
bed
of
the
Mercy
.
The
level
of
the
lake
would
,
no
doubt
,
be
somewhat
lowered
by
this
fresh
discharge
of
its
waters
,
but
Cyrus
Harding
had
ascertained
that
the
volume
of
water
in
the
Red
Creek
was
considerable
enough
to
allow
of
the
execution
of
this
project
.
"
So
then
,
"
added
the
engineer
,
"
Prospect
Heights
will
become
a
regular
island
,
being
surrounded
with
water
on
all
sides
,
and
only
communicating
with
the
rest
of
our
domain
by
the
bridge
which
we
are
about
to
throw
across
the
Mercy
,
the
two
little
bridges
already
established
above
and
below
the
fall
;
and
,
lastly
,
two
other
little
bridges
which
must
be
constructed
,
one
over
the
canal
which
I
propose
to
dig
,
the
other
across
to
the
left
bank
of
the
Mercy
.
Now
,
if
these
bridges
can
be
raised
at
will
,
Prospect
Heights
will
be
guarded
from
any
surprise
.
"
The
bridge
was
the
most
urgent
work
.
Trees
were
selected
,
cut
down
,
stripped
of
their
branches
,
and
cut
into
beams
,
joists
,
and
planks
.
The
end
of
the
bridge
which
rested
on
the
right
bank
of
the
Mercy
was
to
be
firm
,
but
the
other
end
on
the
left
bank
was
to
be
movable
,
so
that
it
might
be
raised
by
means
of
a
counterpoise
,
as
some
canal
bridges
are
managed
.
This
was
certainly
a
considerable
work
,
and
though
it
was
skillfully
conducted
,
it
took
some
time
,
for
the
Mercy
at
this
place
was
eighty
feet
wide
.
It
was
therefore
necessary
to
fix
piles
in
the
bed
of
the
river
so
as
to
sustain
the
floor
of
the
bridge
and
establish
a
pile-driver
to
act
on
the
tops
of
these
piles
,
which
would
thus
form
two
arches
and
allow
the
bridge
to
support
heavy
loads
.
