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           Theresourcesofthecolony,particularlyinvegetablesandcorn,increasedfromdaytoday,andtheplantsbroughtfromTaborIslandhadsucceededperfectly.

           TheplateauofProspectHeightspresentedanencouragingaspect.Thefourthharvesthadbeenadmirableanditmaybesupposedthatnoonethoughtofcountingwhetherthefourhundredthousandmillionsofgrainsdulyappearedinthecrop.However,Pencrofthadthoughtofdoingso,butCyrusHardinghavingtoldhimthatevenifhemanagedtocountthreehundredgrainsaminute,orninethousandanhour,itwouldtakehimnearlyfivethousandfive-hundredyearstofinishhistask,thehonestsailorconsidereditbesttogiveuptheidea.

           Theweatherwassplendid,thetemperatureverywarminthedaytime,butintheeveningthesea-breezestemperedtheheatoftheatmosphereandprocuredcoolnightsfortheinhabitantsofGraniteHouse.Therewere,however,afewstorms,which,althoughtheywerenotoflongduration,sweptoverLincolnIslandwithextraordinaryfury.Thelightningblazedandthethundercontinuedtorollforsomehours.

           Atthisperiodthelittlecolonywasextremelyprosperous.

           Thetenantsofthepoultry-yardswarmed,andtheylivedonthesurplus,butitbecamenecessarytoreducethepopulationtoamoremoderatenumber.Thepigshadalreadyproducedyoung,anditmaybeunderstoodthattheircarefortheseanimalsabsorbedagreatpartofNebandPencroft’stime.

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