CHAPTER 22

Traps—Foxes—Peccaries—The Wind changes to the Northwest— Snow-storm—Basket-makers—The severest Cold—Maple Sugar—The Mysterious Well—An Exploration planned—The leaden Bullet. This intense cold lasted till the 15th of August, without, however, passing the degree of Fahrenheit already mentioned. When the atmosphere was calm, the low temperature was easily borne, but when the wind blew, the poor settlers, insufficiently clothed, felt it severely. Pencroft regretted that Lincoln Island was not the home of a fe…