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 III.

Isle Pleasant.

years after the last chapter was written I had some letters from Captain Adam, dated from Isle Pleasant, the name that had been given to the settlement. He had carried out his plan of returning to the island, taking with him a steam-engine, some spinning-jennies, and looms for weaving, besides a large collection of books, cutlery, and other articles. He was accompanied by two engineers, and by six Lancashire factory