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           Nowtheplateauandtheshoreweretransverselydividedbyawatercourse,whichhadtobecrossedtoreachthenorthernpartoftheisland.Toavoiditthecolonistshadbeenobligedtomakeaconsiderabledetour,byclimbinguptothesourceoftheRedCreek.Thesimplestthingwastoestablishontheplateau,andontheshore,twobridgesfromtwentytofiveandtwentyfeetinlength.Allthecarpenter’sworkthatwasneededwastoclearsometreesoftheirbranches:thiswasabusinessofsomedays.Directlythebridgeswereestablished,NebandPencroftprofitedbythemtogototheoyster-bedwhichhadbeendiscoverednearthedowns.Theydraggedwiththemasortofroughcart,whichreplacedtheformerinconvenienthurdle,andbroughtbacksomethousandsofoysters,whichsoonincreasedamongtherocksandformedabedatthemouthoftheMercy.Thesemolluscswereofexcellentquality,andthecolonistsconsumedsomedaily.

           IthasbeenseenthatLincolnIsland,althoughitsinhabitantshadasyetonlyexploredasmallportionofit,alreadycontributedtoalmostalltheirwants.Itwasprobablethatiftheyhuntedintoitsmostsecretrecesses,inallthewoodedpartbetweentheMercyandReptilePoint,theywouldfindnewtreasures.

           ThesettlersinLincolnIslandhadstilloneprivation.

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