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           Suchgoingandcoming,andrunningandridingandshouting!Ofahundredmusmonswhichhadbeensurrounded,morethantwo-thirdsescaped,butatlast,thirtyoftheseanimalsandtenwildgoatsweregraduallydrivenbacktowardsthecorral,theopendoorofwhichappearingtoofferameansofescape,theyrushedinandwereprisoners.

           Inshort,theresultwassatisfactory,andthesettlershadnoreasontocomplain.Therewasnodoubtthattheflockwouldprosper,andthatatnodistanttimenotonlywoolbuthideswouldbeabundant.

           ThateveningthehuntersreturnedtoGraniteHousequiteexhausted.However,notwithstandingtheirfatigue,theyreturnedthenextdaytovisitthecorral.Theprisonershadbeentryingtooverthrowthepalisade,butofcoursehadnotsucceeded,andwerenotlonginbecomingmoretranquil.

           DuringthemonthofFebruary,noeventofanyimportanceoccurred.Thedailylaborswerepursuedmethodically,and,aswellasimprovingtheroadstothecorralandtoPortBalloon,athirdwascommenced,which,startingfromtheenclosure,proceededtowardsthewesterncoast.TheyetunknownportionofLincolnIslandwasthatofthewood-coveredSerpentinePeninsula,whichshelteredthewildbeasts,fromwhichGideonSpilettwassoanxioustocleartheirdomain.

           BeforethecoldseasonshouldappearthemostassiduouscarewasgiventothecultivationofthewildplantswhichhadbeentransplantedfromtheforesttoProspectHeights.Herbertneverreturnedfromanexcursionwithoutbringinghomesomeusefulvegetable.

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