CHAPTER 11

Winter—Felling wood—The mill—Pencraft's fixed idea—The bones— To what use an albatross may be put—Fuel for the future—Top and Jup—Storms—Damage to the poultry-yard—Excursion to the marsh—Cyrus Harding alone—Exploring the well. Winter arrived with the month of June, which is the December of the northern zones, and the great business was the making of warm and solid clothing. The musmons in the corral had been stripped of their wool, and this precious textile material was now to be transformed into stu…