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           CyrusHardingproposedthatheshouldcometospendthebadseasonwiththeminGraniteHouse,wherehewouldbebetterlodgedthanatthecorral,andAyrtonpromisedtodoso,assoonasthelastworkatthecorralwasfinished.HedidthistowardsthemiddleofApril.FromthattimeAyrtonsharedthecommonlife,andmadehimselfusefulonalloccasions;butstillhumbleandsad,henevertookpartinthepleasuresofhiscompanions.

           Forthegreaterpartofthis,thethirdwinterwhichthesettlerspassedinLincolnIsland,theywereconfinedtoGraniteHouse.Thereweremanyviolentstormsandfrightfultempests,whichappearedtoshaketherockstotheirveryfoundations.Immensewavesthreatenedtooverwhelmtheisland,andcertainlyanyvesselanchoredneartheshorewouldhavebeendashedtopieces.Twice,duringoneofthesehurricanes,theMercyswelledtosuchadegreeastogivereasontofearthatthebridgeswouldbesweptaway,anditwasnecessarytostrengthenthoseontheshore,whichdisappearedunderthefoamingwaters,whentheseabeatagainstthebeach.

           Itmaywellbesupposedthatsuchstorms,comparabletowater-spoutsinwhichweremingledrainandsnow,wouldcausegreathavocontheplateauofProspectHeights.Themillandthepoultry-yardparticularlysuffered.Thecolonistswereoftenobligedtomakeimmediaterepairs,withoutwhichthesafetyofthebirdswouldhavebeenseriouslythreatened.

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