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Not far from this vein was the vein of coal already made use of by the settlers.
The settlers, therefore, prudently advanced towards the north point, walking over ground riddled with little holes, which formed nests for the sea-birds.
The settlers waited till the tide was again low, and crossing the channel they entered the Chimneys.
Supper was prepared, a good fire blazed before the hut, the roast turned, and at eight o'clock, while one of the settlers watched to keep up the fire, in case any wild beasts should prowl in the neighborhood, the others slept soundly.
Now that which had succeeded with the grandson of Adam, and which still yielded good results in countries rich in ore and fuel, could not but succeed with the settlers in Lincoln Island.
All the patience, all the ingenuity of the settlers was needed; but at last it succeeded, and the result was a lump of iron, reduced to a spongy state, which it was necessary to shingle and fagot, that is to say, to forge so as to expel from it the liquefied veinstone.
The settlers instead of going directly to the north bank of the lake, made a circuit round the edge of the plateau, so as to join the mouth of the creek on its left bank.
However, no wild beast showed itself, and it was probable that these animals frequented rather the thick forests in the south; but the settlers had the disagreeable surprise of seeing Top stop before a snake of great size, measuring from fourteen to fifteen feet in length.
The settlers were now following the eastern bank of the lake, and they would not be long in reaching the part which they already knew.
Several times the settlers stopped on the bank, and observed it attentively.
This acid would later be of great use to the settlers, in the manufacturing of candles, tanning skins, etc., but this time the engineer reserved it for another use.
During the following days the settlers had time to construct a furnace of bricks of a particular arrangement, to serve for the distillation of the sulphate or iron when it had been obtained.
But dynamite was not yet known at the time when the settlers worked on Lincoln Island.
The settlers, although they were more than two miles from the mine, were thrown on the ground.
The settlers went to the Chimneys to take some pickaxes, iron-tipped spears, string made of fibers, flint and steel; they then returned to the plateau, Top accompanying them.
The settlers, having arrived at Prospect Heights, went immediately towards that point of the lake near which was the old opening now uncovered.
In a few minutes the settlers had reached the lower point of the lake, and a glance showed them that the object had been attained.
It was like the mouth of a drain at the edge of the pavement, and therefore did not offer an easy passage to the settlers; but Neb and Pencroft, taking their pickaxes, soon made it of a suitable height.
The torches were lighted with flint and steel, and Cyrus Harding leading, the settlers ventured into the dark passage, which the overplus of the lake had formerly filled.
But the settlers were all attached to each other by a cord, as is frequently done in ascending mountains.
The settlers descended very slowly.
The settlers had gone some fifty feet farther, when their attention was attracted by distant sounds which came up from the depths.
The settlers explored it in every direction.
However, the wishes of the settlers were for the most part satisfied.
The settlers were overwhelmed with admiration.
The settlers rested a few minutes in the upper grotto, which made a sort of landing-place halfway up the long granite staircase.
In fact, the settlers longed to exchange the insufficient shelter of the Chimneys for this large and healthy retreat, in the midst of solid rock, and sheltered from the water both of the sea and sky.
It was on themselves, on themselves alone, that the settlers must depend, for the distance of Lincoln Island from all other land was such, that to hazard themselves in a boat, of a necessarily inferior construction, would be a serious and perilous thing.
The settlers soon became habituated to the use of this ladder.
Yes, our brave settlers had reason to be satisfied, and Pencroft was lavish in his praise of what he humorously called, "his apartments on the fifth floor above the ground!"
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