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           Apracticedworkmancanmake,withoutamachine,abouttenthousandbricksintwelvehours;butintheirtwodaysworkthefivebrickmakersonLincolnIslandhadnotmademorethanthreethousand,whichwererangedneareachother,untilthetimewhentheircompletedesiccationwouldpermitthemtobeusedinbuildingtheoven,thatistosay,inthreeorfourdays.

           Itwasonthe2ndofAprilthatHardinghademployedhimselfinfixingtheorientationoftheisland,or,inotherwords,theprecisespotwherethesunrose.Thedaybeforehehadnotedexactlythehourwhenthesundisappearedbeneaththehorizon,makingallowancefortherefraction.Thismorninghenoted,nolessexactly,thehouratwhichitreappeared.Betweenthissettingandrisingtwelvehours,twenty-fourminutespassed.Then,sixhours,twelveminutesafteritsrising,thesunonthisdaywouldexactlypassthemeridianandthepointoftheskywhichitoccupiedatthismomentwouldbethenorth.Atthesaidhour,Cyrusmarkedthispoint,andputtinginalinewiththesuntwotreeswhichwouldservehimformarks,hethusobtainedaninvariablemeridianforhisulterioroperations.

           Thesettlersemployedthetwodaysbeforetheovenwasbuiltincollectingfuel.Brancheswerecutallroundtheglade,andtheypickedupallthefallenwoodunderthetrees.Theywerealsoabletohuntwithgreatersuccess,sincePencroftnowpossessedsomedozenarrowsarmedwithsharppoints.

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