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           Accordingtotheengineer’scalculation,themercurialcolumnofaFahrenheitthermometerwouldnothavemarkedlessthaneightdegreesbelowzero,andthisintensecold,renderedstillmorepainfulbyasharpgale,lastedforseveraldays.ThecolonistswereagainshutupinGraniteHouse,andasitwasnecessarytohermeticallysealalltheopeningsofthefacade,onlyleavinganarrowpassageforrenewingtheair,theconsumptionofcandleswasconsiderable.Toeconomizethem,thecavernwasoftenonlylightedbytheblazinghearths,onwhichfuelwasnotspared.Severaltimes,oneorotherofthesettlersdescendedtothebeachinthemidstoficewhichthewavesheapedupateachtide,buttheysoonclimbedupagaintoGraniteHouse,anditwasnotwithoutpainanddifficultythattheirhandscouldholdtotheroundsoftheladder.Inconsequenceoftheintensecold,theirfingersfeltasifburnedwhentheytouchedtherounds.Tooccupytheleisurehours,whichthetenantsofGraniteHousenowhadattheirdisposal,CyrusHardingundertookanoperationwhichcouldbeperformedindoors.

           Weknowthatthesettlershadnoothersugarattheirdisposalthantheliquidsubstancewhichtheydrewfromthemaple,bymakingdeepincisionsinthetree.Theycontentedthemselveswithcollectingthisliquorinjarsandemployingitinthisstatefordifferentculinarypurposes,andthemoreso,asongrowingold,thisliquidbegantobecomewhiteandtobeofasyrupyconsistence.

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