| Show ”36806400 seconds 613440 minutes 10224 hours 42940800 heart beats 426 days 60 67 weeks”7 "Slowly 0 Slowly the hours creep by Drinking water he obtained by means of a small condensing apparatus others who visited the island must bring their own supply in his record Lambournes book Our Inland Sea which gives an account island is so indefinite and fanciful that it is next to impossible to obtain real historical facts concerning the extent of his vineyard He did plant 1000 Whenever it rained he caught as vines of various varieties much of the precious water as possible in barrels and watered But the project was doomed to the young plants by hand fail The two enemies salt and drought were eventually to of his venture on the struggle Finally after a little more than a year convinced that his project must result in complete failure Several he left the island taking his belongings with him years later he again returned hopeful that some of his But says he: "My vines had withstood the desert climate 9 lived11 has vines are dead not a stem or shoot of my hope About the time Lambourae began his homestead on Gunnison Island George Frary discovered rather rich deposits of win the 7 Alfred Lamb our ne 8 Ibid Ibid 22 9 255 Our Inland Sea 231-- 32 |
