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           Thereporterandhisassistantbecameinashorttimeveryskilfuloperators,andtheyobtainedfineviewsofthecountry,suchastheisland,takenfromProspectHeightswithMountFranklininthedistance,themouthoftheMercy,sopicturesquelyframedinhighrocks,thegladeandthecorral,withthespursofthemountaininthebackground,thecuriousdevelopmentofClawCape,FlotsamPoint,etc.

           Nordidthephotographersforgettotaketheportraitsofalltheinhabitantsoftheisland,leavingoutnoone.

           "Itmultipliesus,"saidPencroft.

           Andthesailorwasenchantedtoseehisowncountenance,faithfullyreproduced,ornamentingthewallsofGraniteHouse,andhestoppedaswillinglybeforethisexhibitionashewouldhavedonebeforetherichestshop-windowsinBroadway.

           ButitmustbeacknowledgedthatthemostsuccessfulportraitwasincontestablythatofMasterJup.MasterJuphadsatwithagravitynottobedescribed,andhisportraitwaslifelike!

           "Helooksasifhewasjustgoingtogrin!"exclaimedPencroft.

           AndifMasterJuphadnotbeensatisfied,hewouldhavebeenverydifficulttoplease;buthewasquitecontentedandcontemplatedhisowncountenancewithasentimentalairwhichexpressedsomesmallamountofconceit.

           ThesummerheatendedwiththemonthofMarch.Theweatherwassometimesrainy,butstillwarm.ThemonthofMarch,whichcorrespondstotheSeptemberofnorthernlatitudes,wasnotsofineasmighthavebeenhoped.Perhapsitannouncedanearlyandrigorouswinter.

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