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           CyrusHardinghadonlyathisdisposaltheordinaryazoticacidandnotthefumingormonohydrateazoticacid,thatistosay,acidwhichemitswhitevaporswhenitcomesincontactwithdampair;butbysubstitutingforthelatterordinaryazoticacid,mixed,intheproportionoffromthreetofivevolumesofconcentratedsulphuricacid,theengineerobtainedthesameresult.Thesportsmenoftheislandthereforesoonhadaperfectlypreparedsubstance,which,employeddiscreetly,producedadmirableresults.

           Aboutthistimethesettlersclearedthreeacresoftheplateau,andtherestwaspreservedinawildstate,forthebenefitoftheonagers.SeveralexcursionsweremadeintotheJacamarWoodandtheforestsoftheFarWest,andtheybroughtbackfromthencealargecollectionofwildvegetables,spinach,cress,radishes,andturnips,whichcarefulculturewouldsoonimprove,andwhichwouldtempertheregimenonwhichthesettlershadtillthensubsisted.Suppliesofwoodandcoalwerealsocarted.Eachexcursionwasatthesametimeameansofimprovingtheroads,whichgraduallybecamesmootherunderthewheelsofthecart.

           Therabbit-warrenstillcontinuedtosupplythelarderofGraniteHouse.AsfortunatelyitwassituatedontheothersideofCreekGlycerine,itsinhabitantscouldnotreachtheplateaunorravagethenewly-madeplantation.Theoyster-bedamongtherockswasfrequentlyrenewedandfurnishedexcellentmolluscs.

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