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The
onagers
being
unharnessed
,
were
thence
led
to
their
stable
,
and
Pencroft
before
going
to
sleep
gave
vent
to
his
feelings
in
a
deep
sigh
of
satisfaction
that
awoke
all
the
echoes
of
Granite
House
.
The
first
week
of
January
was
devoted
to
the
manufacture
of
the
linen
garments
required
by
the
colony
.
The
needles
found
in
the
box
were
used
by
sturdy
if
not
delicate
fingers
,
and
we
may
be
sure
that
what
was
sewn
was
sewn
firmly
.
There
was
no
lack
of
thread
,
thanks
to
Cyrus
Harding
's
idea
of
re
-
employing
that
which
had
been
already
used
in
the
covering
of
the
balloon
.
This
with
admirable
patience
was
all
unpicked
by
Gideon
Spilett
and
Herbert
,
for
Pencroft
had
been
obliged
to
give
this
work
up
,
as
it
irritated
him
beyond
measure
;
but
he
had
no
equal
in
the
sewing
part
of
the
business
.
Indeed
,
everybody
knows
that
sailors
have
a
remarkable
aptitude
for
tailoring
.
The
cloth
of
which
the
balloon-case
was
made
was
then
cleaned
by
means
of
soda
and
potash
,
obtained
by
the
incineration
of
plants
,
in
such
a
way
that
the
cotton
,
having
got
rid
of
the
varnish
,
resumed
its
natural
softness
and
elasticity
;
then
,
exposed
to
the
action
of
the
atmosphere
,
it
soon
became
perfectly
white
.
Some
dozen
shirts
and
sock
--
the
latter
not
knitted
,
of
course
,
but
made
of
cotton
--
were
thus
manufactured
.
What
a
comfort
it
was
to
the
settlers
to
clothe
themselves
again
in
clean
linen
,
which
was
doubtless
rather
rough
,
but
they
were
not
troubled
about
that
!
and
then
to
go
to
sleep
between
sheets
,
which
made
the
couches
at
Granite
House
into
quite
comfortable
beds
!
It
was
about
this
time
also
that
they
made
boots
of
seal-leather
,
which
were
greatly
needed
to
replace
the
shoes
and
boots
brought
from
America
.
We
may
be
sure
that
these
new
shoes
were
large
enough
and
never
pinched
the
feet
of
the
wearers
.
With
the
beginning
of
the
year
1866
the
heat
was
very
great
,
but
the
hunting
in
the
forests
did
not
stand
still
.
Agouties
,
peccaries
,
capybaras
,
kangaroos
,
game
of
all
sorts
,
actually
swarmed
there
,
and
Spilett
and
Herbert
were
too
good
marksmen
ever
to
throw
away
their
shot
uselessly
.
Cyrus
Harding
still
recommended
them
to
husband
the
ammunition
,
and
he
took
measures
to
replace
the
powder
and
shot
which
had
been
found
in
the
box
,
and
which
he
wished
to
reserve
for
the
future
.
How
did
he
know
where
chance
might
one
day
cast
his
companions
and
himself
in
the
event
of
their
leaving
their
domain
?
They
should
,
then
,
prepare
for
the
unknown
future
by
husbanding
their
ammunition
and
by
substituting
for
it
some
easily
renewable
substance
.
To
replace
lead
,
of
which
Harding
had
found
no
traces
in
the
island
,
he
employed
granulated
iron
,
which
was
easy
to
manufacture
.
These
bullets
,
not
having
the
weight
of
leaden
bullets
,
were
made
larger
,
and
each
charge
contained
less
,
but
the
skill
of
the
sportsmen
made
up
this
deficiency
.
As
to
powder
,
Cyrus
Harding
would
have
been
able
to
make
that
also
,
for
he
had
at
his
disposal
saltpeter
,
sulphur
,
and
coal
;
but
this
preparation
requires
extreme
care
,
and
without
special
tools
it
is
difficult
to
produce
it
of
a
good
quality
.
Harding
preferred
,
therefore
,
to
manufacture
pyroxyle
,
that
is
to
say
gun-cotton
,
a
substance
in
which
cotton
is
not
indispensable
,
as
the
elementary
tissue
of
vegetables
may
be
used
,
and
this
is
found
in
an
almost
pure
state
,
not
only
in
cotton
,
but
in
the
textile
fiber
of
hemp
and
flax
,
in
paper
,
the
pith
of
the
elder
,
etc.
.
Now
,
the
elder
abounded
in
the
island
towards
the
mouth
of
Red
Creek
,
and
the
colonists
had
already
made
coffee
of
the
berries
of
these
shrubs
,
which
belong
to
the
family
of
the
caprifoliaceae
.
