WhenPencrofthadoncegotaplaninhishead,hehadnopeacetillitwasexecuted.NowhewishedtovisitTaborIsland,andasaboatofacertainsizewasnecessaryforthisvoyage,hedeterminedtobuildone.

           Whatwoodshouldheemploy?Elmorfir,bothofwhichaboundedintheisland?Theydecidedforthefir,asbeingeasytowork,butwhichstandswateraswellastheelm.

           Thesedetailssettled,itwasagreedthatsincethefineseasonwouldnotreturnbeforesixmonths,CyrusHardingandPencroftshouldworkaloneattheboat.GideonSpilettandHerbertweretocontinuetohunt,andneitherNebnorMasterJup,hisassistant,weretoleavethedomesticdutieswhichhaddevolveduponthem.

           Directlythetreeswerechosen,theywerefelled,strippedoftheirbranches,andsawnintoplanksaswellassawyerswouldhavebeenabletodoit.Aweekafter,intherecessbetweentheChimneysandthecliff,adockyardwasprepared,andakeelfive-and-thirtyfeetlong,furnishedwithastern-postatthesternandastematthebows,layalongthesand.

           CyrusHardingwasnotworkinginthedarkatthisnewtrade.Heknewasmuchaboutship-buildingasaboutnearlyeverythingelse,andhehadatfirstdrawnthemodelofhisshiponpaper.Besides,hewasablysecondedbyPencroft,who,havingworkedforseveralyearsinadockyardinBrooklyn,knewthepracticalpartofthetrade.Itwasnotuntilaftercarefulcalculationanddeepthoughtthatthetimberswerelaidonthekeel.

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