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Taking

some

azotic

acid

,

he

mixed

it

with

glycerine

,

which

had

been

previously

concentrated

by

evaporation

,

subjected

to

the

water-bath

,

and

he

obtained

,

without

even

employing

a

refrigerant

mixture

,

several

pints

of

an

oily

yellow

mixture

.

This

last

operation

Cyrus

Harding

had

made

alone

,

in

a

retired

place

,

at

a

distance

from

the

Chimneys

,

for

he

feared

the

danger

of

an

explosion

,

and

when

he

showed

a

bottle

of

this

liquid

to

his

friends

,

he

contented

himself

with

saying

,

--

"

Here

is

nitro-glycerine

!

"

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It

was

really

this

terrible

production

,

of

which

the

explosive

power

is

perhaps

tenfold

that

of

ordinary

powder

,

and

which

has

already

caused

so

many

accidents

.

However

,

since

a

way

has

been

found

to

transform

it

into

dynamite

,

that

is

to

say

,

to

mix

with

it

some

solid

substance

,

clay

or

sugar

,

porous

enough

to

hold

it

,

the

dangerous

liquid

has

been

used

with

some

security

.

But

dynamite

was

not

yet

known

at

the

time

when

the

settlers

worked

on

Lincoln

Island

.

"

And

is

it

that

liquid

that

is

going

to

blow

up

our

rocks

?

"

said

Pencroft

incredulously

.

"

Yes

,

my

friend

,

"

replied

the

engineer

,

"

and

this

nitro-glycerine

will

produce

so

much

the

more

effect

,

as

the

granite

is

extremely

hard

,

and

will

oppose

a

greater

resistance

to

the

explosion

.

"

"

And

when

shall

we

see

this

,

captain

?

"

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"

To-morrow

,

as

soon

as

we

have

dug

a

hole

for

the

mine

,

replied

the

engineer

.

"

The

next

day

,

the

21st

of

May

,

at

daybreak

,

the

miners

went

to

the

point

which

formed

the

eastern

shore

of

Lake

Grant

,

and

was

only

five

hundred

feet

from

the

coast

.

At

this

place

,

the

plateau

inclined

downwards

from

the

waters

,

which

were

only

restrained

by

their

granite

case

.

Therefore

,

if

this

case

was

broken

,

the

water

would

escape

by

the

opening

and

form

a

stream

,

which

,

flowing

over

the

inclined

surface

of

the

plateau

,

would

rush

on

to

the

beach

.

Consequently

,

the

level

of

the

lake

would

be

greatly

lowered

,

and

the

opening

where

the

water

escaped

would

be

exposed

,

which

was

their

final

aim

.

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