Таємничий острів

           Apracticedworkmancanmake,withoutamachine,abouttenthousandbricksintwelvehours;butintheirtwodaysworkthefivebrickmakersonLincolnIslandhadnotmademorethanthreethousand,whichwererangedneareachother,untilthetimewhentheircompletedesiccationwouldpermitthemtobeusedinbuildingtheoven,thatistosay,inthreeorfourdays.

           Itwasonthe2ndofAprilthatHardinghademployedhimselfinfixingtheorientationoftheisland,or,inotherwords,theprecisespotwherethesunrose.Thedaybeforehehadnotedexactlythehourwhenthesundisappearedbeneaththehorizon,makingallowancefortherefraction.Thismorninghenoted,nolessexactly,thehouratwhichitreappeared.Betweenthissettingandrisingtwelvehours,twenty-fourminutespassed.Then,sixhours,twelveminutesafteritsrising,thesunonthisdaywouldexactlypassthemeridianandthepointoftheskywhichitoccupiedatthismomentwouldbethenorth.Atthesaidhour,Cyrusmarkedthispoint,andputtinginalinewiththesuntwotreeswhichwouldservehimformarks,hethusobtainedaninvariablemeridianforhisulterioroperations.

           Thesettlersemployedthetwodaysbeforetheovenwasbuiltincollectingfuel.Brancheswerecutallroundtheglade,andtheypickedupallthefallenwoodunderthetrees.Theywerealsoabletohuntwithgreatersuccess,sincePencroftnowpossessedsomedozenarrowsarmedwithsharppoints.

Налаштування
Фон сторінки
Розмір шрифту
Міжрядковий інтервал
Фразові дієслова
Показати / Приховати меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Сторінка 138 з 764