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           Withthecalmthecoldagainbecameintense,andthethermometerfelltoeightdegreesFahrenheit,belowzero.

           Onthe3rdofAugustanexcursionwhichhadbeentalkedofforseveraldayswasmadeintothesoutheasternpartoftheisland,towardsTadornMarsh.Thehuntersweretemptedbytheaquaticgamewhichtookuptheirwinterquartersthere.Wildduck,snipe,tealandgrebeaboundedthere,anditwasagreedthatadayshouldbedevotedtoanexpeditionagainstthesebirds.

           NotonlyGideonSpilettandHerbert,butPencroftandNebalsotookpartinthisexcursion.CyrusHardingalone,allegingsomeworkasanexcuse,didnotjointhem,butremainedatGraniteHouse.

           ThehuntersproceededinthedirectionofPortBalloon,inordertoreachthemarsh,afterhavingpromisedtobebackbytheevening.TopandJupaccompaniedthem.AssoonastheyhadpassedovertheMercyBridge,theengineerraiseditandreturned,intendingtoputintoexecutionaprojectfortheperformanceofwhichhewishedtobealone.

           Nowthisprojectwastominutelyexploretheinteriorwell,themouthofwhichwasonalevelwiththepassageofGraniteHouse,andwhichcommunicatedwiththesea,sinceitformerlysuppliedawaytothewatersofthelake.

           WhydidTopsooftenrunroundthisopening?Whydidheuttersuchstrangebarkswhenasortofuneasinessseemedtodrawhimtowardsthiswell?WhydidJupjoinTopinasortofcommonanxiety?Hadthiswellbranchesbesidesthecommunicationwiththesea?Diditspreadtowardsotherpartsoftheisland?ThisiswhatCyrusHardingwishedtoknow.

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