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The
fine
season
passed
away
in
the
midst
of
the
usual
work
.
The
resources
of
the
colony
,
particularly
in
vegetables
and
corn
,
increased
from
day
to
day
,
and
the
plants
brought
from
Tabor
Island
had
succeeded
perfectly
.
The
plateau
of
Prospect
Heights
presented
an
encouraging
aspect
.
The
fourth
harvest
had
been
admirable
and
it
may
be
supposed
that
no
one
thought
of
counting
whether
the
four
hundred
thousand
millions
of
grains
duly
appeared
in
the
crop
.
However
,
Pencroft
had
thought
of
doing
so
,
but
Cyrus
Harding
having
told
him
that
even
if
he
managed
to
count
three
hundred
grains
a
minute
,
or
nine
thousand
an
hour
,
it
would
take
him
nearly
five
thousand
five-hundred
years
to
finish
his
task
,
the
honest
sailor
considered
it
best
to
give
up
the
idea
.
The
weather
was
splendid
,
the
temperature
very
warm
in
the
day
time
,
but
in
the
evening
the
sea-breezes
tempered
the
heat
of
the
atmosphere
and
procured
cool
nights
for
the
inhabitants
of
Granite
House
.
There
were
,
however
,
a
few
storms
,
which
,
although
they
were
not
of
long
duration
,
swept
over
Lincoln
Island
with
extraordinary
fury
.
The
lightning
blazed
and
the
thunder
continued
to
roll
for
some
hours
.
At
this
period
the
little
colony
was
extremely
prosperous
.
The
tenants
of
the
poultry-yard
swarmed
,
and
they
lived
on
the
surplus
,
but
it
became
necessary
to
reduce
the
population
to
a
more
moderate
number
.
The
pigs
had
already
produced
young
,
and
it
may
be
understood
that
their
care
for
these
animals
absorbed
a
great
part
of
Neb
and
Pencroft
's
time
.
The
onagers
,
who
had
two
pretty
colts
,
were
most
often
mounted
by
Gideon
Spilett
and
Herbert
,
who
had
become
an
excellent
rider
under
the
reporter
's
instruction
,
and
they
also
harnessed
them
to
the
cart
either
for
carrying
wood
and
coal
to
Granite
House
,
or
different
mineral
productions
required
by
the
engineer
.
Several
expeditions
were
made
about
this
time
into
the
depths
of
the
Far
West
Forests
.
The
explorers
could
venture
there
without
having
anything
to
fear
from
the
heat
,
for
the
sun
's
rays
scarcely
penetrated
through
the
thick
foliage
spreading
above
their
heads
.
They
thus
visited
all
the
left
bank
of
the
Mercy
,
along
which
ran
the
road
from
the
corral
to
the
mouth
of
Falls
River
.
But
in
these
excursions
the
settlers
took
care
to
be
well
armed
,
for
they
met
with
savage
wild
boars
,
with
which
they
often
had
a
tussle
.
They
also
,
during
this
season
,
made
fierce
war
against
the
jaguars
.
Gideon
Spilett
had
vowed
a
special
hatred
against
them
,
and
his
pupil
Herbert
seconded
him
well
.
Armed
as
they
were
,
they
no
longer
feared
to
meet
one
of
those
beasts
.
Herbert
's
courage
was
superb
,
and
the
reporter
's
sang-froid
astonishing
.
Already
twenty
magnificent
skins
ornamented
the
dining-room
of
Granite
House
,
and
if
this
continued
,
the
jaguar
race
would
soon
be
extinct
in
the
island
,
the
object
aimed
at
by
the
hunters
.
The
engineer
sometimes
took
part
in
the
expeditions
made
to
the
unknown
parts
of
the
island
,
which
he
surveyed
with
great
attention
.
