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The
works
were
then
resumed
.
Cyrus
Harding
,
Pencroft
,
and
Ayrton
,
assisted
by
Neb
,
Gideon
Spilett
,
and
Herbert
,
except
when
unavoidably
called
off
by
other
necessary
occupations
,
worked
without
cessation
.
It
was
important
that
the
new
vessel
should
be
ready
in
five
months
--
that
is
to
say
,
by
the
beginning
of
March
--
if
they
wished
to
visit
Tabor
Island
before
the
equinoctial
gales
rendered
the
voyage
impracticable
.
Therefore
the
carpenters
lost
not
a
moment
.
Moreover
,
it
was
unnecessary
to
manufacture
rigging
,
that
of
the
"
Speedy
"
having
been
saved
entire
,
so
that
the
hull
only
of
the
vessel
needed
to
be
constructed
.
The
end
of
the
year
1868
found
them
occupied
by
these
important
labors
,
to
the
exclusion
of
almost
all
others
.
At
the
expiration
of
two
months
and
a
half
the
ribs
had
been
set
up
and
the
first
planks
adjusted
.
It
was
already
evident
that
the
plans
made
by
Cyrus
Harding
were
admirable
,
and
that
the
vessel
would
behave
well
at
sea
.
Pencroft
brought
to
the
task
a
devouring
energy
,
and
would
even
grumble
when
one
or
the
other
abandoned
the
carpenter
's
axe
for
the
gun
of
the
hunter
.
It
was
nevertheless
necessary
to
keep
up
the
stores
of
Granite
House
,
in
view
of
the
approaching
winter
.
But
this
did
not
satisfy
Pencroft
.
The
brave
,
honest
sailor
was
not
content
when
the
workmen
were
not
at
the
dockyard
.
when
this
happened
he
grumbled
vigorously
,
and
,
by
way
of
venting
his
feelings
,
did
the
work
of
six
men
.
The
weather
was
very
unfavorable
during
the
whole
of
the
summer
season
.
For
some
days
the
heat
was
overpowering
,
and
the
atmosphere
,
saturated
with
electricity
,
was
only
cleared
by
violent
storms
.
It
was
rarely
that
the
distant
growling
of
the
thunder
could
not
be
heard
,
like
a
low
but
incessant
murmur
,
such
as
is
produced
in
the
equatorial
regions
of
the
globe
.
The
1st
of
January
,
1869
,
was
signalized
by
a
storm
of
extreme
violence
,
and
the
thunder
burst
several
times
over
the
island
.
Large
trees
were
struck
by
the
electric
fluid
and
shattered
,
and
among
others
one
of
those
gigantic
nettle-trees
which
had
shaded
the
poultry-yard
at
the
southern
extremity
of
the
lake
.
Had
this
meteor
any
relation
to
the
phenomena
going
on
in
the
bowels
of
the
earth
?
Was
there
any
connection
between
the
commotion
of
the
atmosphere
and
that
of
the
interior
of
the
earth
?
Cyrus
Harding
was
inclined
to
think
that
such
was
the
case
,
for
the
development
of
these
storms
was
attended
by
the
renewal
of
volcanic
symptoms
.
It
was
on
the
3rd
of
January
that
Herbert
,
having
ascended
at
daybreak
to
the
plateau
of
Prospect
Heights
to
harness
one
of
the
onagers
,
perceived
an
enormous
hat-shaped
cloud
rolling
from
the
summit
of
the
volcano
.
Herbert
immediately
apprised
the
colonists
,
who
at
once
joined
him
in
watching
the
summit
of
Mount
Franklin
.
"
Ah
!
"
exclaimed
Pencroft
,
"
those
are
not
vapors
this
time
!
It
seems
to
me
that
the
giant
is
not
content
with
breathing
;
he
must
smoke
!
"
