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In
the
meanwhile
,
the
bad
weather
came
with
the
month
of
May
,
the
November
of
the
northern
zones
.
It
appeared
that
the
winter
would
be
severe
and
forward
.
The
preparations
for
the
winter
season
were
therefore
commenced
without
delay
.
Nevertheless
,
the
colonists
were
well
prepared
to
meet
the
winter
,
however
hard
it
might
be
.
They
had
plenty
of
felt
clothing
,
and
the
musmons
,
very
numerous
by
this
time
,
had
furnished
an
abundance
of
wool
necessary
for
the
manufacture
of
this
warm
material
.
It
is
unnecessary
to
say
that
Ayrton
had
been
provided
with
this
comfortable
clothing
.
Cyrus
Harding
proposed
that
he
should
come
to
spend
the
bad
season
with
them
in
Granite
House
,
where
he
would
be
better
lodged
than
at
the
corral
,
and
Ayrton
promised
to
do
so
,
as
soon
as
the
last
work
at
the
corral
was
finished
.
He
did
this
towards
the
middle
of
April
.
From
that
time
Ayrton
shared
the
common
life
,
and
made
himself
useful
on
all
occasions
;
but
still
humble
and
sad
,
he
never
took
part
in
the
pleasures
of
his
companions
.
For
the
greater
part
of
this
,
the
third
winter
which
the
settlers
passed
in
Lincoln
Island
,
they
were
confined
to
Granite
House
.
There
were
many
violent
storms
and
frightful
tempests
,
which
appeared
to
shake
the
rocks
to
their
very
foundations
.
Immense
waves
threatened
to
overwhelm
the
island
,
and
certainly
any
vessel
anchored
near
the
shore
would
have
been
dashed
to
pieces
.
Twice
,
during
one
of
these
hurricanes
,
the
Mercy
swelled
to
such
a
degree
as
to
give
reason
to
fear
that
the
bridges
would
be
swept
away
,
and
it
was
necessary
to
strengthen
those
on
the
shore
,
which
disappeared
under
the
foaming
waters
,
when
the
sea
beat
against
the
beach
.
It
may
well
be
supposed
that
such
storms
,
comparable
to
water-spouts
in
which
were
mingled
rain
and
snow
,
would
cause
great
havoc
on
the
plateau
of
Prospect
Heights
.
The
mill
and
the
poultry-yard
particularly
suffered
.
The
colonists
were
often
obliged
to
make
immediate
repairs
,
without
which
the
safety
of
the
birds
would
have
been
seriously
threatened
.
During
the
worst
weather
,
several
jaguars
and
troops
of
quadrumana
ventured
to
the
edge
of
the
plateau
,
and
it
was
always
to
be
feared
that
the
most
active
and
audacious
would
,
urged
by
hunger
,
manage
to
cross
the
stream
,
which
besides
,
when
frozen
,
offered
them
an
easy
passage
.
Plantations
and
domestic
animals
would
then
have
been
infallibly
destroyed
,
without
a
constant
watch
,
and
it
was
often
necessary
to
make
use
of
the
guns
to
keep
those
dangerous
visitors
at
a
respectful
distance
.
Occupation
was
not
wanting
to
the
colonists
,
for
without
reckoning
their
out-door
cares
,
they
had
always
a
thousand
plans
for
the
fitting
up
of
Granite
House
.
They
had
also
some
fine
sporting
excursions
,
which
were
made
during
the
frost
in
the
vast
Tadorn
Marsh
.
Gideon
Spilett
and
Herbert
,
aided
by
Jup
and
Top
,
did
not
miss
a
shot
in
the
midst
of
myriads
of
wild-duck
,
snipe
,
teal
,
and
others
.
The
access
to
these
hunting-grounds
was
easy
;
besides
,
whether
they
reached
them
by
the
road
to
Port
Balloon
,
after
having
passed
the
Mercy
Bridge
,
or
by
turning
the
rocks
from
Flotsam
Point
,
the
hunters
were
never
distant
from
Granite
House
more
than
two
or
three
miles
.
Thus
passed
the
four
winter
months
,
which
were
really
rigorous
,
that
is
to
say
,
June
,
July
,
August
,
and
September
.
But
,
in
short
,
Granite
House
did
not
suffer
much
from
the
inclemency
of
the
weather
,
and
it
was
the
same
with
the
corral
,
which
,
less
exposed
than
the
plateau
,
and
sheltered
partly
by
Mount
Franklin
,
only
received
the
remains
of
the
hurricanes
,
already
broken
by
the
forests
and
the
high
rocks
of
the
shore
.
The
damages
there
were
consequently
of
small
importance
,
and
the
activity
and
skill
of
Ayrton
promptly
repaired
them
,
when
some
time
in
October
he
returned
to
pass
a
few
days
in
the
corral
.
