Part 11 (1/2)
”Yes, a lighthouse It would be a double advantage It would be a beacon to guide us in distant excursions, and also serve to illu dreary winter months”
”There is no doubt,” replied Altamont, ”of its utility; but hoould you contrive to make it?”
”With one of the lanterns out of the Porpoise”
”All right; but hoill you feed your laive nearly sufficient light It would scarcely be visible through the fog”
”Are you going to try to as out of our coal then?”
”No, not that either, for gas would not be strong enough; and, worse still, it would waste our combustibles”
”Well,” replied Altamont; ”I'm at a loss to see how you--”
”Oh, I' after the mercury bullet, and the ice lens, and Fort Providence I believe Mr Clawbonny can do anything,” exclaiht is to be, then,” said Altamont
”That's soon told,” replied Clawbonny ”I ht?”
”Yes, why not? Haven't you a galvanic battery on board your shi+p?”
”Yes”
”Well, there will be no difficulty then in producing an electric light, and that will cost nothing, and be far brighter”
”First-rate?” said Johnson; ”let us set to work at once”
”By all means There is plenty of h, and that is quite enough
Aent the Doctor, followed by his companions, and the column was soon erected and croith a shi+p lantern The conducting wires were properly adjusted within it, and the pile hich they co-room, where the warmth of the stove would protect it frorew dark the experiment was ht streamed from the lantern and illumined the entire plateau and the plains beneath
Johnson could not help clapping his hands, half beside hiht
”Well, I declare, Mr Clawbonny,” he exclaimed, ”you're our sun now”
”One , you knoas Clawbonny's modest reply
It was too cold however, even to stand adh to get indoors again, and tuck theular course of life coes of temperature made it sometimes impracticable to venture outside the hut at all, and it was not till the Saturday after the installation, that a day ca excursion; when Bell, and Altae of it, and try to replenish their stock of provisions
They started very early in the un and plenty of powder and shot, a hatchet, and a snow knife
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