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           Thiscellularsubstancewasregularflourofasuperiorquality,extremelynourishing;itsexportationwasformerlyforbiddenbytheJapaneselaws.

           CyrusHardingandHerbert,afterhavingexaminedthatpartoftheFarWestwherethecycasgrew,tooktheirbearings,andreturnedtoGraniteHouse,wheretheymadeknowntheirdiscovery.

           Thenextdaythesettlerswenttocollectsome,andreturnedtoGraniteHousewithanamplesupplyofcycasstems.Theengineerconstructedapress,withwhichtoextractthemucilaginousjuicemingledwiththefecula,andheobtainedalargequantityofflour,whichNebsoontransformedintocakesandpuddings.Thiswasnotquiterealwheatenbread,butitwasverylikeit.

           Now,too,theonager,thegoats,andthesheepinthecorralfurnisheddailythemilknecessarytothecolony.Thecart,orratherasortoflightcarriolewhichhadreplacedit,madefrequentjourneystothecorral,andwhenitwasPencroft’sturntogohetookJup,andlethimdrive,andJup,crackinghiswhip,acquittedhimselfwithhiscustomaryintelligence.

           Everythingprospered,aswellinthecorralasinGraniteHouse,andcertainlythesettlers,ifithadnotbeenthattheyweresofarfromtheirnativeland,hadnoreasontocomplain.