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A Cry in the Night

           Heinvitedthemtovisithiswoodenhouse,anddinewithhiminRobinsonCrusoefashion.

           Glenarvanandhisfriendsacceptedtheinvitationmostwillingly.RobertandMarywereeagerlylongingtoseethesolitaryhousewheretheirfatherhadsooftenweptatthethoughtofthem.Aboatwasmanned,andtheCaptainandhistwochildren,LordandLadyGlenarvan,theMajor,JohnMangles,andPaganel,landedontheshoresoftheisland.

           AfewhourssufficedtoexplorethewholedomainofHarryGrant.Itwasinfactthesummitofasubmarinemountain,aplateaucomposedofbasalticrocksandvolcanicDEBRIS.Duringthegeologicalepochsoftheearth,thismountainhadgraduallyemergedfromthedepthsofthePacific,throughtheactionofthesubterraneanfires,butforagesbackthevolcanohadbeenapeacefulmountain,andthefilled-upcrater,anislandrisingoutoftheliquidplain.Thensoilformed.Thevegetablekingdomtookpossessionofthisnewland.Severalwhalerslandeddomesticanimalsthereinpassing;goatsandpigs,whichmultipliedandranwild,andthethreekingdomsofnaturewerenowdisplayedonthisisland,sunkinmidocean.

           WhenthesurvivorsoftheshipwreckedBritanniatookrefugethere,thehandofmanbegantoorganizetheeffortsofnature.Intwoyearsandahalf,HarryGrantandhistwosailorshadmetamorphosedtheisland.Severalacresofwell-cultivatedlandwerestockedwithvegetablesofexcellentquality.

           Thehousewasshadedbyluxuriantgum-trees.Themagnificentoceanstretchedbeforethewindows,sparklinginthesunlight.

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