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The
chief
thing
was
to
hinder
these
plunderers
from
reaching
the
plateau
,
for
the
garden
and
the
poultry-yard
would
then
have
been
at
their
mercy
,
and
immense
,
perhaps
irreparable
mischief
,
would
inevitably
be
the
result
,
especially
with
regard
to
the
corn-field
.
But
as
the
invasion
of
the
plateau
could
only
be
made
by
the
left
bank
of
the
Mercy
,
it
was
sufficient
to
oppose
the
colpeos
on
the
narrow
bank
between
the
river
and
the
cliff
of
granite
.
This
was
plain
to
all
,
and
,
by
Cyrus
Harding
's
orders
,
they
reached
the
spot
indicated
by
him
,
while
the
colpeos
rushed
fiercely
through
the
gloom
.
Harding
,
Gideon
Spilett
,
Herbert
,
Pencroft
and
Neb
posted
themselves
in
impregnable
line
.
Top
,
his
formidable
jaws
open
,
preceded
the
colonists
,
and
he
was
followed
by
Jup
,
armed
with
knotty
cudgel
,
which
he
brandished
like
a
club
.
The
night
was
extremely
dark
,
it
was
only
by
the
flashes
from
the
revolvers
as
each
person
fired
that
they
could
see
their
assailants
,
who
were
at
least
a
hundred
in
number
,
and
whose
eyes
were
glowing
like
hot
coals
.
"
They
must
not
pass
!
"
shouted
Pencroft
.
"
They
shall
not
pass
!
"
returned
the
engineer
.
But
if
they
did
not
pass
it
was
not
for
want
of
having
attempted
it
.
Those
in
the
rear
pushed
on
the
foremost
assailants
,
and
it
was
an
incessant
struggle
with
revolvers
and
hatchets
.
Several
colpeos
already
lay
dead
on
the
ground
,
but
their
number
did
not
appear
to
diminish
,
and
it
might
have
been
supposed
that
reinforcements
were
continually
arriving
over
the
bridge
.
The
colonists
were
soon
obliged
to
fight
at
close
quarters
,
not
without
receiving
some
wounds
,
though
happily
very
slight
ones
.
Herbert
had
,
with
a
shot
from
his
revolver
,
rescued
Neb
,
on
whose
back
a
colpeo
had
sprung
like
a
tiger
cat
.
Top
fought
with
actual
fury
,
flying
at
the
throats
of
the
foxes
and
strangling
them
instantaneously
.
Jup
wielded
his
weapon
valiantly
,
and
it
was
in
vain
that
they
endeavored
to
keep
him
in
the
rear
.
Endowed
doubtless
with
sight
which
enabled
him
to
pierce
the
obscurity
,
he
was
always
in
the
thick
of
the
fight
uttering
from
time
to
time
--
a
sharp
hissing
sound
,
which
was
with
him
the
sign
of
great
rejoicing
.
At
one
moment
he
advanced
so
far
,
that
by
the
light
from
a
revolver
he
was
seen
surrounded
by
five
or
six
large
colpeos
,
with
whom
he
was
coping
with
great
coolness
.
However
,
the
struggle
was
ended
at
last
,
and
victory
was
on
the
side
of
the
settlers
,
but
not
until
they
had
fought
for
two
long
hours
!
The
first
signs
of
the
approach
of
day
doubtless
determined
the
retreat
of
their
assailants
,
who
scampered
away
towards
the
North
,
passing
over
the
bridge
,
which
Neb
ran
immediately
to
raise
.
When
day
had
sufficiently
lighted
up
the
field
of
battle
,
the
settlers
counted
as
many
as
fifty
dead
bodies
scattered
about
on
the
shore
.
"
And
Jup
!
"
cried
Pencroft
;
"
where
is
Jup
?
"
Jup
had
disappeared
.
His
friend
Neb
called
him
,
and
for
the
first
time
Jup
did
not
reply
to
his
friend
's
call
.
