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           IthadbeendecidedthatacorralshouldbeestablishednearthesourcesoftheRedCreek,atthefootofMountFranklin,destinedtocontaintheruminants,whosepresencewouldhavebeentroublesomeatGraniteHouse,andespeciallyforthemusmons,whoweretosupplythewoolforthesettlers’wintergarments.

           Eachmorning,thecolony,sometimesentire,butmoreoftenrepresentedonlybyHarding,Herbert,andPencroft,proceededtothesourcesoftheCreek,adistanceofnotmorethanfivemiles,bythenewlybeatenroadtowhichthenameofCorralRoadhadbeengiven.

           Thereasitewaschosen,atthebackofthesouthernridgeofthemountain.Itwasameadowland,dottedhereandtherewithclumpsoftrees,andwateredbyalittlestream,whichsprungfromtheslopeswhichcloseditinononeside.Thegrasswasfresh,anditwasnottoomuchshadedbythetreeswhichgrewaboutit.Thismeadowwastobesurroundedbyapalisade,highenoughtopreventeventhemostagileanimalsfromleapingover.Thisenclosurewouldbelargeenoughtocontainahundredmusmonsandwildgoats,withalltheyoungonestheymightproduce.

           Theperimeterofthecorralwasthentracedbytheengineer,andtheywouldthenhaveproceededtofellthetreesnecessaryfortheconstructionofthepalisade,butastheopeningupoftheroadhadalreadynecessitatedthesacrificeofaconsiderablenumber,thosewerebroughtandsuppliedahundredstakes,whichwerefirmlyfixedintheground.

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