Barbicane, therefore, divided with General Santa-Anna the Texan antipathy.
However, though given up to its commercial and industrial fury, the new population of Tampa Town took care not to forget the interesting operations of the Gun Club.

On the contrary, the least details of the enterprise, every blow of the pickaxe, interested them.

There was an incessant flow of people to and from Tampa Town to Stony Hill--a perfect procession, or, better still, a pilgrimage.
It was already easy to foresee that the day of the experiment the concourse of spectators would be counted by millions, for they came already from all points of the earth to the narrow peninsula.

Europe was emigrating to America.
But until then, it must be acknowledged, the curiosity of the numerous arrivals had only been moderately satisfied.

Many counted upon seeing the casting who only saw the smoke from it.