Itwasthe6thofMay,adaywhichcorrespondstothe6thofNovemberinthecountriesoftheNorthernHemisphere.Theskyhadbeenobscuredforsomedays,anditwasofimportancetomakepreparationsforthewinter.However,thetemperaturewasnotasyetmuchlower,andacentigradethermometer,transportedtoLincolnIsland,wouldstillhavemarkedanaverageoftentotwelvedegreesabovezero.Thiswasnotsurprising,sinceLincolnIsland,probablysituatedbetweenthethirty-fifthandfortiethparallel,wouldbesubject,intheSouthernHemisphere,tothesameclimateasSicilyorGreeceintheNorthernHemisphere.ButasGreeceandSicilyhaveseverecold,producingsnowandice,sodoubtlesswouldLincolnIslandintheseverestpartofthewinteranditwasadvisabletoprovideagainstit.

           Inanycaseifcolddidnotyetthreatenthem,therainyseasonwouldbegin,andonthislonelyisland,exposedtoallthefuryoftheelements,inmid-ocean,badweatherwouldbefrequent,andprobablyterrible.ThequestionofamorecomfortabledwellingthantheChimneysmustthereforebeseriouslyconsideredandpromptlyresolvedon.

           Pencroft,naturally,hadsomepredilectionfortheretreatwhichhehaddiscovered,buthewellunderstoodthatanothermustbefound.TheChimneyshadbeenalreadyvisitedbythesea,undercircumstanceswhichareknown,anditwouldnotdotobeexposedagaintoasimilaraccident.

           "Besides,"addedCyrusHarding,whothisdaywastalkingofthesethingswithhiscompanions,"wehavesomeprecautionstotake."

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