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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson: conferva produced by the range of the sea. They were also a
good deal whitened with the mute of the cormorant and other
sea-fowls, which had roosted upon the beacon in winter. Upon
ascending to the apartments, it was found that the motion of
the sea had thrown open the door of the cook-house: this was
only shut with a single latch, that in case of shipwreck at
the Bell Rock the mariner might find ready access to the
shelter of this forlorn habitation, where a supply of
provisions was kept; and being within two miles and a half of
the floating light, a signal could readily be observed, when a
boat might be sent to his relief as the weather permitted. An
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