CHAPTER 19

Cyrus Harding’s Project—The Front of Granite House—The Rope Ladder—Pencroft’s Dreams—Aromatic Herbs—A natural Warren— Water for the new Dwelling—View from the Windows of Granite House. The next day, the 22nd of May, the arrangement of their new dwelling was commenced. In fact, the settlers longed to exchange the insufficient shelter of the Chimneys for this large and healthy retreat, in the midst of solid rock, and sheltered from the water both of the sea and sky. Their former dwelling was not, howev…