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"
In
fact
,
"
said
the
reporter
,
"
instead
of
building
a
house
it
would
be
more
important
to
build
a
boat
,
if
by
chance
we
are
not
more
than
a
hundred
miles
from
an
inhabited
coast
.
"
"
That
is
why
,
"
returned
Harding
,
"
I
am
going
to
try
this
evening
to
calculate
the
latitude
of
Lincoln
Island
,
and
to-morrow
,
at
midday
,
I
will
try
to
calculate
the
longitude
.
"
If
the
engineer
had
possessed
a
sextant
,
an
apparatus
with
which
the
angular
distance
of
objects
can
be
measured
with
great
precision
,
there
would
have
been
no
difficulty
in
the
operation
.
This
evening
by
the
height
of
the
pole
,
the
next
day
by
the
passing
of
the
sun
at
the
meridian
,
he
would
obtain
the
position
of
the
island
.
But
as
they
had
not
one
he
would
have
to
supply
the
deficiency
.
Harding
then
entered
the
Chimneys
.
By
the
light
of
the
fire
he
cut
two
little
flat
rulers
,
which
he
joined
together
at
one
end
so
as
to
form
a
pair
of
compasses
,
whose
legs
could
separate
or
come
together
.
The
fastening
was
fixed
with
a
strong
acacia
thorn
which
was
found
in
the
wood
pile
.
This
instrument
finished
,
the
engineer
returned
to
the
beach
,
but
as
it
was
necessary
to
take
the
height
of
the
pole
from
above
a
clear
horizon
,
that
is
,
a
sea
horizon
,
and
as
Claw
Cape
hid
the
southern
horizon
,
he
was
obliged
to
look
for
a
more
suitable
station
.
The
best
would
evidently
have
been
the
shore
exposed
directly
to
the
south
;
but
the
Mercy
would
have
to
be
crossed
,
and
that
was
a
difficulty
.
Harding
resolved
,
in
consequence
,
to
make
his
observation
from
Prospect
Heights
,
taking
into
consideration
its
height
above
the
level
of
the
sea
--
a
height
which
he
intended
to
calculate
next
day
by
a
simple
process
of
elementary
geometry
.
The
settlers
,
therefore
,
went
to
the
plateau
,
ascending
the
left
bank
of
the
Mercy
,
and
placed
themselves
on
the
edge
which
looked
northwest
and
southeast
,
that
is
,
above
the
curiously-shaped
rocks
which
bordered
the
river
.
This
part
of
the
plateau
commanded
the
heights
of
the
left
bank
,
which
sloped
away
to
the
extremity
of
Claw
Cape
,
and
to
the
southern
side
of
the
island
.
No
obstacle
intercepted
their
gaze
,
which
swept
the
horizon
in
a
semi-circle
from
the
cape
to
Reptile
End
.
To
the
south
the
horizon
,
lighted
by
the
first
rays
of
the
moon
,
was
very
clearly
defined
against
the
sky
.
At
this
moment
the
Southern
Cross
presented
itself
to
the
observer
in
an
inverted
position
,
the
star
Alpha
marking
its
base
,
which
is
nearer
to
the
southern
pole
.
This
constellation
is
not
situated
as
near
to
the
antarctic
pole
as
the
Polar
Star
is
to
the
arctic
pole
The
star
Alpha
is
about
twenty-seven
degrees
from
it
,
but
Cyrus
Harding
knew
this
and
made
allowance
for
it
in
his
calculation
.
He
took
care
also
to
observe
the
moment
when
it
passed
the
meridian
below
the
pole
,
which
would
simplify
the
operation
.
