on of baking the bricks. naturally this had to be in the open air， and not in a kiln， or rather， the agglomeration of bricks made an enormous kiln， which would bake itself. the fuel， made of well-prepared fagots， was laid on the ground and surrounded with several rows of dried bricks， which soon formed an enormous cube， to the exterior of which they contrived air- holes. the work lasted all day， and it was not till the evening that they set fire to the fagots. no one slept that night， all watching carefully to keep up the fire.
烧砖工作继续了四十八小时，结果完全成功。接着还需要等热气腾腾的半成品冷却下来，在这期间，纳布和潘克洛夫由赛勒斯?哈顿带领着到湖的北边去，把那里的石灰石和普通的石头用一个树枝编成的筐子装了一大批回来。经过加热，它们就分解成一种浓度很强的生石
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