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"
What
a
jolly
fellow
he
is
!
"
cried
Pencroft
often
.
"
If
he
was
as
mischievous
as
he
is
good
,
there
would
be
no
doing
anything
with
him
!
"
It
was
towards
the
end
of
January
the
colonists
began
their
labors
in
the
center
of
the
island
.
It
had
been
decided
that
a
corral
should
be
established
near
the
sources
of
the
Red
Creek
,
at
the
foot
of
Mount
Franklin
,
destined
to
contain
the
ruminants
,
whose
presence
would
have
been
troublesome
at
Granite
House
,
and
especially
for
the
musmons
,
who
were
to
supply
the
wool
for
the
settlers
'
winter
garments
.
Each
morning
,
the
colony
,
sometimes
entire
,
but
more
often
represented
only
by
Harding
,
Herbert
,
and
Pencroft
,
proceeded
to
the
sources
of
the
Creek
,
a
distance
of
not
more
than
five
miles
,
by
the
newly
beaten
road
to
which
the
name
of
Corral
Road
had
been
given
.
There
a
site
was
chosen
,
at
the
back
of
the
southern
ridge
of
the
mountain
.
It
was
a
meadow
land
,
dotted
here
and
there
with
clumps
of
trees
,
and
watered
by
a
little
stream
,
which
sprung
from
the
slopes
which
closed
it
in
on
one
side
.
The
grass
was
fresh
,
and
it
was
not
too
much
shaded
by
the
trees
which
grew
about
it
.
This
meadow
was
to
be
surrounded
by
a
palisade
,
high
enough
to
prevent
even
the
most
agile
animals
from
leaping
over
.
This
enclosure
would
be
large
enough
to
contain
a
hundred
musmons
and
wild
goats
,
with
all
the
young
ones
they
might
produce
.
The
perimeter
of
the
corral
was
then
traced
by
the
engineer
,
and
they
would
then
have
proceeded
to
fell
the
trees
necessary
for
the
construction
of
the
palisade
,
but
as
the
opening
up
of
the
road
had
already
necessitated
the
sacrifice
of
a
considerable
number
,
those
were
brought
and
supplied
a
hundred
stakes
,
which
were
firmly
fixed
in
the
ground
.
The
construction
of
this
corral
did
not
take
less
than
three
weeks
,
for
besides
the
palisade
,
Cyrus
Harding
built
large
sheds
,
in
which
the
animals
could
take
shelter
.
These
buildings
had
also
to
be
made
very
strong
,
for
musmons
are
powerful
animals
,
and
their
first
fury
was
to
be
feared
.
The
stakes
,
sharpened
at
their
upper
end
and
hardened
by
fire
,
had
been
fixed
by
means
of
cross-bars
,
and
at
regular
distances
props
assured
the
solidity
of
the
whole
.
The
corral
finished
,
a
raid
had
to
be
made
on
the
pastures
frequented
by
the
ruminants
.
This
was
done
on
the
7th
of
February
,
on
a
beautiful
summer
's
day
,
and
every
one
took
part
in
it
.
The
onagers
,
already
well
trained
,
were
ridden
by
Spilett
and
Herbert
,
and
were
of
great
use
.
The
maneuver
consisted
simply
in
surrounding
the
musmons
and
goats
,
and
gradually
narrowing
the
circle
around
them
.
Cyrus
Harding
,
Pencroft
,
Neb
,
and
Jup
,
posted
themselves
in
different
parts
of
the
wood
,
while
the
two
cavaliers
and
Top
galloped
in
a
radius
of
half
a
mile
round
the
corral
.
The
musmons
were
very
numerous
in
this
part
of
the
island
.
These
fine
animals
were
as
large
as
deer
;
their
horns
were
stronger
than
those
of
the
ram
,
and
their
gray-colored
fleece
was
mixed
with
long
hair
.
