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Access
to
the
interior
of
the
brig
was
now
easy
.
The
tide
was
still
going
down
and
the
deck
was
practicable
.
The
ballast
,
composed
of
heavy
masses
of
iron
,
had
broken
through
in
several
places
.
The
noise
of
the
sea
could
be
heard
as
it
rushed
out
at
the
holes
in
the
hull
.
Cyrus
Harding
and
his
companions
,
hatchets
in
hand
,
advanced
along
the
shattered
deck
.
Cases
of
all
sorts
encumbered
it
,
and
,
as
they
had
been
but
a
very
short
time
in
the
water
,
their
contents
were
perhaps
uninjured
.
They
then
busied
themselves
in
placing
all
this
cargo
in
safety
.
The
water
would
not
return
for
several
hours
,
and
these
hours
must
be
employed
in
the
most
profitable
way
.
Ayrton
and
Pencroft
had
,
at
the
entrance
made
in
the
hull
,
discovered
tackle
,
which
would
serve
to
hoist
up
the
barrels
and
chests
.
The
boat
received
them
and
transported
them
to
the
shore
.
They
took
the
articles
as
they
came
,
intending
to
sort
them
afterwards
.
At
any
rate
,
the
settlers
saw
at
once
,
with
extreme
satisfaction
,
that
the
brig
possessed
a
very
varied
cargo
--
an
assortment
of
all
sorts
of
articles
,
utensils
,
manufactured
goods
,
and
tools
--
such
as
the
ships
which
make
the
great
coasting-trade
of
Polynesia
are
usually
laden
with
.
It
was
probable
that
they
would
find
a
little
of
everything
,
and
they
agreed
that
it
was
exactly
what
was
necessary
for
the
colony
of
Lincoln
Island
.
However
--
and
Cyrus
Harding
observed
it
in
silent
astonishment
--
not
only
,
as
has
been
said
,
had
the
hull
of
the
brig
enormously
suffered
from
the
shock
,
whatever
it
was
,
that
had
occasioned
the
catastrophe
,
but
the
interior
arrangements
had
been
destroyed
,
especially
towards
the
bows
.
Partitions
and
stanchions
were
smashed
,
as
if
some
tremendous
shell
had
burst
in
the
interior
of
the
brig.
The
colonists
could
easily
go
fore
and
aft
,
after
having
removed
the
cases
as
they
were
extricated
.
They
were
not
heavy
bales
,
which
would
have
been
difficult
to
remove
,
but
simple
packages
,
of
which
the
stowage
,
besides
,
was
no
longer
recognizable
.
The
colonists
then
reached
the
stern
of
the
brig
--
the
part
formerly
surmounted
by
the
poop
.
It
was
there
that
,
following
Ayrton
's
directions
,
they
must
look
for
the
powder-magazine
.
Cyrus
Harding
thought
that
it
had
not
exploded
;
that
it
was
possible
some
barrels
might
be
saved
,
and
that
the
powder
,
which
is
usually
enclosed
in
metal
coverings
might
not
have
suffered
from
contact
with
the
water
.
This
,
in
fact
,
was
just
what
had
happened
.
They
extricated
from
among
a
large
number
of
shot
twenty
barrels
,
the
insides
of
which
were
lined
with
copper
.
Pencroft
was
convinced
by
the
evidence
of
his
own
eyes
that
the
destruction
of
the
"
Speedy
"
could
not
be
attributed
to
an
explosion
.
That
part
of
the
hull
in
which
the
magazine
was
situated
was
,
moreover
,
that
which
had
suffered
least
.
"
It
may
be
so
,
"
said
the
obstinate
sailor
;
"
but
as
to
a
rock
,
there
is
not
one
in
the
channel
!
"
