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In
the
meantime
what
the
settlers
first
manufactured
was
a
common
pottery
in
which
to
cook
their
food
.
The
chief
material
was
clay
,
to
which
Harding
added
a
little
lime
and
quartz
.
This
paste
made
regular
"
pipe-clay
,
"
with
which
they
manufactured
bowls
,
cups
molded
on
stones
of
a
proper
size
,
great
jars
and
pots
to
hold
water
,
etc.
.
The
shape
of
these
objects
was
clumsy
and
defective
,
but
after
they
had
been
baked
in
a
high
temperature
,
the
kitchen
of
the
Chimneys
was
provided
with
a
number
of
utensils
,
as
precious
to
the
settlers
as
the
most
beautifully
enameled
china
.
We
must
mention
here
that
Pencroft
,
desirous
to
know
if
the
clay
thus
prepared
was
worthy
of
its
name
of
pipe-clay
,
made
some
large
pipes
,
which
he
thought
charming
,
but
for
which
,
alas
!
he
had
no
tobacco
,
and
that
was
a
great
privation
to
Pencroft
.
"
But
tobacco
will
come
,
like
everything
else
!
"
he
repeated
,
in
a
burst
of
absolute
confidence
.
This
work
lasted
till
the
15th
of
April
,
and
the
time
was
well
employed
.
The
settlers
,
having
become
potters
,
made
nothing
but
pottery
.
When
it
suited
Cyrus
Harding
to
change
them
into
smiths
,
they
would
become
smiths
.
But
the
next
day
being
Sunday
,
and
also
Easter
Sunday
,
all
agreed
to
sanctify
the
day
by
rest
.
These
Americans
were
religious
men
,
scrupulous
observers
of
the
precepts
of
the
Bible
,
and
their
situation
could
not
but
develop
sentiments
of
confidence
towards
the
Author
of
all
things
.
On
the
evening
of
the
15th
of
April
they
returned
to
the
Chimneys
,
carrying
with
them
the
pottery
,
the
furnace
being
extinguished
until
they
could
put
it
to
a
new
use
.
Their
return
was
marked
by
a
fortunate
incident
;
the
engineer
discovered
a
substance
which
replaced
tinder
.
It
is
known
that
a
spongy
,
velvety
flesh
is
procured
from
a
certain
mushroom
of
the
genus
polyporous
.
Properly
prepared
,
it
is
extremely
inflammable
,
especially
when
it
has
been
previously
saturated
with
gunpowder
,
or
boiled
in
a
solution
of
nitrate
or
chlorate
of
potash
.
But
,
till
then
,
they
had
not
found
any
of
these
polypores
or
even
any
of
the
morels
which
could
replace
them
.
On
this
day
,
the
engineer
,
seeing
a
plant
belonging
to
the
wormwood
genus
,
the
principal
species
of
which
are
absinthe
,
balm-mint
,
tarragon
,
etc.
,
gathered
several
tufts
,
and
,
presenting
them
to
the
sailor
,
said
,
--
"
Here
,
Pencroft
,
this
will
please
you
.
"
Pencroft
looked
attentively
at
the
plant
,
covered
with
long
silky
hair
,
the
leaves
being
clothed
with
soft
down
.
"
What
's
that
,
captain
?
"
asked
Pencroft
.
"
Is
it
tobacco
?
"
"
No
,
"
replied
Harding
,
"
it
is
wormwood
;
Chinese
wormwood
to
the
learned
,
but
to
us
it
will
be
tinder
.
"
When
the
wormwood
was
properly
dried
it
provided
them
with
a
very
inflammable
substance
,
especially
afterwards
when
the
engineer
had
impregnated
it
with
nitrate
of
potash
,
of
which
the
island
possessed
several
beds
,
and
which
is
in
truth
saltpeter
.
