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In
the
meanwhile
,
works
of
all
sorts
were
continued
,
as
well
on
Prospect
Heights
as
at
the
corral
,
where
Harding
intended
to
build
a
farm
.
It
is
unnecessary
to
say
that
the
seeds
collected
by
Herbert
on
Tabor
Island
had
been
carefully
sown
.
The
plateau
thus
formed
one
immense
kitchen-garden
,
well
laid
out
and
carefully
tended
,
so
that
the
arms
of
the
settlers
were
never
in
want
of
work
.
There
was
always
something
to
be
done
.
As
the
esculents
increased
in
number
,
it
became
necessary
to
enlarge
the
simple
beds
,
which
threatened
to
grow
into
regular
fields
and
replace
the
meadows
.
But
grass
abounded
in
other
parts
of
the
island
,
and
there
was
no
fear
of
the
onagers
being
obliged
to
go
on
short
allowance
.
It
was
well
worth
while
,
besides
,
to
turn
Prospect
Heights
into
a
kitchen-garden
,
defended
by
its
deep
belt
of
creeks
,
and
to
remove
them
to
the
meadows
,
which
had
no
need
of
protection
against
the
depredations
of
quadrumana
and
quadrapeds
.
On
the
15th
of
November
,
the
third
harvest
was
gathered
in
.
How
wonderfully
had
the
field
increased
in
extent
,
since
eighteen
months
ago
,
when
the
first
grain
of
wheat
was
sown
!
The
second
crop
of
six
hundred
thousand
grains
produced
this
time
four
thousand
bushels
,
or
five
hundred
millions
of
grains
!
The
colony
was
rich
in
corn
,
for
ten
bushels
alone
were
sufficient
for
sowing
every
year
to
produce
an
ample
crop
for
the
food
both
of
men
and
beasts
.
The
harvest
was
completed
,
and
the
last
fortnight
of
the
month
of
November
was
devoted
to
the
work
of
converting
it
into
food
for
man
.
In
fact
,
they
had
corn
,
but
not
flour
,
and
the
establishment
of
a
mill
was
necessary
.
Cyrus
Harding
could
have
utilized
the
second
fall
which
flowed
into
the
Mercy
to
establish
his
motive
power
,
the
first
being
already
occupied
with
moving
the
felting
mill
,
but
,
after
some
consultation
,
it
was
decided
that
a
simple
windmill
should
be
built
on
Prospect
Heights
.
The
building
of
this
presented
no
more
difficulty
than
the
building
of
the
former
,
and
it
was
moreover
certain
that
there
would
be
no
want
of
wind
on
the
plateau
,
exposed
as
it
was
to
the
sea
breezes
.
"
Not
to
mention
,
"
said
Pencroft
,
"
that
the
windmill
will
be
more
lively
and
will
have
a
good
effect
in
the
landscape
!
"
They
set
to
work
by
choosing
timber
for
the
frame
and
machinery
of
the
mill
.
Some
large
stones
,
found
at
the
north
of
the
lake
,
could
be
easily
transformed
into
millstones
,
and
as
to
the
sails
,
the
inexhaustible
case
of
the
balloon
furnished
the
necessary
material
.
Cyrus
Harding
made
his
model
,
and
the
site
of
the
mill
was
chosen
a
little
to
the
right
of
the
poultry-yard
,
near
the
shore
of
the
lake
.
The
frame
was
to
rest
on
a
pivot
supported
with
strong
timbers
,
so
that
it
could
turn
with
all
the
machinery
it
contained
according
as
the
wind
required
it
.
The
work
advanced
rapidly
.
Neb
and
Pencroft
had
become
very
skilful
carpenters
,
and
had
nothing
to
do
but
to
copy
the
models
provided
by
the
engineer
.
Soon
a
sort
of
cylindrical
box
,
in
shape
like
a
pepper-pot
,
with
a
pointed
roof
,
rose
on
the
spot
chosen
.
The
four
frames
which
formed
the
sails
had
been
firmly
fixed
in
the
center
beam
,
so
as
to
form
a
certain
angle
with
it
,
and
secured
with
iron
clamps
.
As
to
the
different
parts
of
the
internal
mechanism
,
the
box
destined
to
contain
the
two
millstones
,
the
fixed
stone
and
the
moving
stone
,
the
hopper
,
a
sort
of
large
square
trough
,
wide
at
the
top
,
narrow
at
the
bottom
,
which
would
allow
the
grain
to
fall
on
the
stones
,
the
oscillating
spout
intended
to
regulate
the
passing
of
the
grain
,
and
lastly
the
bolting
machine
,
which
by
the
operation
of
sifting
,
separates
the
bran
from
the
flour
,
were
made
without
difficulty
.
The
tools
were
good
,
and
the
work
not
difficult
,
for
in
reality
,
the
machinery
of
a
mill
is
very
simple
.
This
was
only
a
question
of
time
.
Every
one
had
worked
at
the
construction
of
the
mill
,
and
on
the
1st
of
December
it
was
finished
.
