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It
is
unnecessary
to
say
that
the
four
cannons
were
in
perfect
order
.
Since
they
had
been
taken
from
the
water
,
the
sailor
had
bestowed
great
care
upon
them
.
How
many
hours
he
had
spent
,
in
rubbing
,
greasing
,
and
polishing
them
,
and
in
cleaning
the
mechanism
!
And
now
the
pieces
were
as
brilliant
as
if
they
had
been
on
board
a
frigate
of
the
United
States
Navy
.
On
this
day
,
therefore
,
in
presence
of
all
the
members
of
the
colony
,
including
Master
Jup
and
Top
,
the
four
cannon
were
successively
tried
.
They
were
charged
with
pyroxyle
,
taking
into
consideration
its
explosive
power
,
which
,
as
has
been
said
,
is
four
times
that
of
ordinary
powder
:
the
projectile
to
be
fired
was
cylindroconic
.
Pencroft
,
holding
the
end
of
the
quick-match
,
stood
ready
to
fire
.
At
Harding
's
signal
,
he
fired
.
The
shot
,
passing
over
the
islet
,
fell
into
the
sea
at
a
distance
which
could
not
be
calculated
with
exactitude
.
The
second
gun
was
pointed
at
the
rocks
at
the
end
of
Flotsam
Point
,
and
the
shot
striking
a
sharp
rock
nearly
three
miles
from
Granite
House
,
made
it
fly
into
splinters
.
It
was
Herbert
who
had
pointed
this
gun
and
fired
it
,
and
very
proud
he
was
of
his
first
shot
.
Pencroft
only
was
prouder
than
he
!
Such
a
shot
,
the
honor
of
which
belonged
to
his
dear
boy
.
The
third
shot
,
aimed
this
time
at
the
downs
forming
the
upper
side
of
Union
Bay
,
struck
the
sand
at
a
distance
of
four
miles
,
then
having
ricocheted
:
was
lost
in
the
sea
in
a
cloud
of
spray
.
For
the
fourth
piece
Cyrus
Harding
slightly
increased
the
charge
,
so
as
to
try
its
extreme
range
.
Then
,
all
standing
aside
for
fear
of
its
bursting
,
the
match
was
lighted
by
means
of
a
long
cord
.
A
tremendous
report
was
heard
,
but
the
piece
had
held
good
,
and
the
colonists
rushing
to
the
windows
,
saw
the
shot
graze
the
rocks
of
Mandible
Cape
,
nearly
five
miles
from
Granite
House
,
and
disappear
in
Shark
Gulf
.
"
Well
,
captain
,
"
exclaimed
Pencroft
,
whose
cheers
might
have
rivaled
the
reports
themselves
,
"
what
do
you
say
of
our
battery
?
All
the
pirates
in
the
Pacific
have
only
to
present
themselves
before
Granite
House
!
Not
one
can
land
there
now
without
our
permission
!
"
