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The Columbiad

           Theworkwasresumedthesameday.Theyproceededatoncetoextracttheinteriormould,forthepurposeofclearingouttheboringofthepiece.Pickaxesandboringironsweresettoworkwithoutintermission.Theclayeyandsandysoilshadacquiredextremehardnessundertheactionoftheheat;but,bytheaidofthemachines,therubbishonbeingdugoutwasrapidlycartedawayonrailwaywagons;andsuchwastheardorofthework,sopersuasivetheargumentsofBarbicane’sdollars,thatbythe3rdofSeptemberalltracesofthemouldhadentirelydisappeared.

           Immediatelytheoperationofboringwascommenced;andbytheaidofpowerfulmachines,afewweekslater,theinnersurfaceoftheimmensetubehadbeenrenderedperfectlycylindrical,andtheboreofthepiecehadacquiredathoroughpolish.

           Atlength,onthe22dofSeptember,lessthanatwelvemonthafterBarbicane’soriginalproposition,theenormousweapon,accuratelybored,andexactlyverticallypointed,wasreadyforwork.Therewasonlythemoonnowtowaitfor;andtheywereprettysurethatshewouldnotfailintherendezvous.

           TheecstasyofJ.T.Mastonknewnobounds,andhenarrowlyescapedafrightfulfallwhilestaringdownthetube.ButforthestronghandofColonelBlomsberry,theworthysecretary,likeamodernErostratus,wouldhavefoundhisdeathinthedepthsoftheColumbiad.

           Thecannonwasthenfinished;therewasnopossibledoubtastoitsperfectcompletion.

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