JULES VERNE -THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND CHAPTER 30 Đây là một tác phẩm anh ngữ nổi tiếng với những từ vựng nâng cao chuyên ngành văn chương. Nhằm giúp các bạn yêu thich tiếng anh luyện tập và củng cố thêm kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh . | JULES VERNE THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND CHAPTER 30 The first week of January was devoted to the manufacture of the linen garments required by the colony. The needles found in the box were used by sturdy if not delicate fingers and we may be sure that what was sewn was sewn firmly. There was no lack of thread thanks to Cyrus Harding s idea of reemploying that which had been already used in the covering of the balloon. This with admirable patience was all unpicked by Gideon Spilett and Herbert for Pencroft had been obliged to give this work up as it irritated him beyond measure but he had no equal in the sewing part of the business. Indeed everybody knows that sailors have a remarkable aptitude for tailoring. The cloth of which the balloon-case was made was then cleaned by means of soda and potash obtained by the incineration of plants in such a way that the cotton having got rid of the varnish resumed its natural softness and elasticity then exposed to the action of the atmosphere it soon became perfectly white. Some dozen shirts and sock--the latter not knitted of course but made of cotton--were thus manufactured. What a comfort it was to the settlers to clothe themselves again in clean linen which was doubtless rather rough but they were not troubled about that and then to go to sleep between sheets which made the couches at Granite House into quite comfortable beds It was about this time also that they made boots of seal-leather which were greatly needed to replace the shoes and boots brought from America. We may be sure that these new shoes were large enough and never pinched the feet of the wearers. With the beginning of the year 1866 the heat was very great but the hunting in the forests did not stand still. Agouties peccaries capybaras kangaroos game of all sorts actually swarmed there and Spilett and Herbert were too good marksmen ever to throw away their shot uselessly. Cyrus Harding still recommended them to husband the ammunition and he took measures to replace
