sson in judgment.

XIV. THE RAISING OF THE FLAG, AND ANGEL'S PART IN IT

Absence of Red Angel. The search. Sorrow at his flight. The morning
breakfast. Reappearance of Red Angel with nuts. The honey pot and
Red Angel. The voluntary exchange of nut for honey. How the orang
reasoned. Preparation for pole-raising day. The capstans. The ropes
and forked poles. The Angel invited to attend. How the pole was
raised. Preparation to hoist the flag. The interference of Red
Angel. How he mounted the pole. How honey was no temptation.
George's discovery that Angel had eaten all the honey. The ceremony
of raising the flag. Trying to sing the Star-Spangled Banner. The
failure. Taking possession of the island in the name of the United
States. Significance of the act of taking possession. Heraldry and
the bending of the flag on the halliards. The banner and flag in
ancient times. Leaving the flag at half-mast. The banner in the
Bible. The necessity for making glass. Its early origin. The
crystal of the ancients. What it is made of. The blowing process.
An acid and an alkali. Sand as an acid. Lime, soda, and potash as
alkalis. The result when united. Transparent and translucent.
Opaqueness. Making sheet glass. Why the eye cannot see through
rough glass. How sheets are prevented from being cracked.

XV. MYSTERIOUS HAPPENINGS ON THE ISLAND

Heating the crucibles for fusing glass. Eliminating impurities.
Result of too much alkali. A test sample of glass. Speculation as
to the inhabitants of the island. Their knowledge of the presence
of savages. Mysterious occurrences while on the island. Determining
to make further explorations for their own safety. The guns they
had made. The hesitation about the trip inland. The hope for
another ship. Discussing the probability of meeting the savages.
Questions to be decided in building their boat. Possibilities of an
island near them. Reasons for that view. A year from the time they
sailed from New York. The spring. Planting a garden. Preparing the
ground. The buckwheat. Propagation. Wild oats. How cultivated.
Budding, grafting and inarching. Seedless fruit. Conclude to
utilize the wrecked part of the life-boat as part of the new boat.
Size of the new vessel. Its size and weight What is a ship. A brig,
a sloop. Single masters. The