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           Duringtheworstweather,severaljaguarsandtroopsofquadrumanaventuredtotheedgeoftheplateau,anditwasalwaystobefearedthatthemostactiveandaudaciouswould,urgedbyhunger,managetocrossthestream,whichbesides,whenfrozen,offeredthemaneasypassage.Plantationsanddomesticanimalswouldthenhavebeeninfalliblydestroyed,withoutaconstantwatch,anditwasoftennecessarytomakeuseofthegunstokeepthosedangerousvisitorsatarespectfuldistance.Occupationwasnotwantingtothecolonists,forwithoutreckoningtheirout-doorcares,theyhadalwaysathousandplansforthefittingupofGraniteHouse.

           Theyhadalsosomefinesportingexcursions,whichweremadeduringthefrostinthevastTadornMarsh.GideonSpilettandHerbert,aidedbyJupandTop,didnotmissashotinthemidstofmyriadsofwild-duck,snipe,teal,andothers.Theaccesstothesehunting-groundswaseasy;besides,whethertheyreachedthembytheroadtoPortBalloon,afterhavingpassedtheMercyBridge,orbyturningtherocksfromFlotsamPoint,thehunterswereneverdistantfromGraniteHousemorethantwoorthreemiles.

           Thuspassedthefourwintermonths,whichwerereallyrigorous,thatistosay,June,July,August,andSeptember.But,inshort,GraniteHousedidnotsuffermuchfromtheinclemencyoftheweather,anditwasthesamewiththecorral,which,lessexposedthantheplateau,andshelteredpartlybyMountFranklin,onlyreceivedtheremainsofthehurricanes,alreadybrokenbytheforestsandthehighrocksoftheshore.

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