He soon made some snares with creepers, by the aid of which the warren henceforth every day furnished its quota of rodents.

Neb employed nearly all his time in salting or smoking meat, which insured their always having plenty of provisions.

The question of clothes was now seriously discussed, the settlers having no other garments than those they wore when the balloon threw them on the island.

These clothes were warm and good; they had taken great care of them as well as of their linen, and they were perfectly whole, but they would soon need to be replaced.

Moreover, if the winter was severe, the settlers would suffer greatly from cold.
On this subject the ingenuity of Harding was at fault.