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This guide will help you to install Frappe and ERNext 14 on a Ubuntu 22.04 LTS hosted on Digitalocean by providing easy-to-follow instructions Table of contents Create a new droplet on Digitalocean with Ubuntu 22.04 Install all the preliminary software required to install Frappe and ERPNext Add SWAP to your server Update your server and install the LOCALES Install the NGINX HTTP server Install the MySQL database server Install the Ubuntu packages required for Python3, etc. Add a system user 'frappe' to install ERPNext Create your MySQL database SSH into your server using the 'frappe' user in a new console or terminal window Install some python3-based packages such as setuptools, etc Install wkhtmltopdf Install the Redis Cache Server Install nodejs by using NVM Install the Frappe full-stack web framework and ERPNext web application Install bench (Installing Frappe Bench CLI) Upgrade pip Install bench apps Add a new site to the bench Install bench app to bench site Test bench on port 8000 Setup production server using NGINX for your ERPNext instance Add HTTPS Start using ERPNext ERPnext is a 100% open source and FREE software developed and maintained by a -promoting company, Frappe Technologies Pvt. Ltd., based out of India's financial capital . Enterprise Resource Planning FOSS Mumbai ERPNext is the best among FREE ERPs available in 2023 such as Dolibarr, Odoo, etc. In 2018, ERPNext was rated among the top 5 user-friendly ERP systems by Gartner, surpassing Microsoft, SAP, Bexio, and several other ERP systems. ERPNext is available as a self-hosted software for your small to medium business to install on your own servers helping you to maintain your data privacy without paying a dime for the licensing fee (except the server costs). However, it is not easy for non-technical users to get the hang of it. My ERPNext installation guide below is an easy-to-follow set of instructions helping you to easily install ERPNext version 14 on a 4GB droplet hosting Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Let's get started:- Create a new droplet on Digitalocean with Ubuntu 22.04 Signup for a new account or log in to your already existing account on Digitalocean. Once you are on the page of your Digitalocean account, click on the green "Create" button on the top right and select " from the dropdown. This will take you to the page. "projects" droplet" "Create Droplets" On the page you can configure your server by following the instructions on this page such as:- "Create Droplet" I usually pick Bengaluru or Singapore because those are the nearest to my location. Your server's data center: I usually prefer the latest Ubuntu LTS. Currently, the LTS version of Ubuntu is 22.04. An operating system image for your server: I usually pick and with 4GB RAM for a new ERPNext installation. The CPU size for your server: Basic Regular I would recommend a minimum RAM for ERPNext of 2GB with 4GB SWAP. After you have configured the server add your key for easy access to your server from your PC. SSH If you are on Windows then you can use Putty to access your server else you can simply run on your Linux terminal or Mac Command. ssh root@-your-droplet-ip-address Finally, hit the button to create a new server for your ERPNext 14 installation. "Create Droplet" Install all the preliminary software required to install Frappe and ERPNext To install Frappe and ERPNext we need to install a few essential software such as , , , etc. gcc python mariadb Follow the instructions below:- Login to your server from your PC for easy access. As I use ArchLinux thus I just have to open a window and then just into my server. Terminal ssh Replace my server's IP address with your droplet's IP address. Note:- I will delete my server post-publishing this article. $ssh root@-your-droplet-ip-address Add SWAP to your server Though 4GB RAM is enough for an ERPNext instance, however, just in case there might be a RAM-eating process so to keep our instance running it would be nice to have some SWAP. I usually prefer a SWAP of 2x of your server RAM but you can add a 4GB swap too to save disk space. . Follow the guide here to add swap: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-add-swap-space-on-ubuntu-22-04 Verify if you already have a SWAP:- Create an 8GB SWAP:- Make your SWAP permanent so that when you restart your server then also you will have your SWAP. Adjust or tune your SWAP settings and :- swappiness vfs_cache_pressure Update your server and install the LOCALES $ sudo apt update $ sudo apt upgrade After you have completely upgraded your Ubuntu 22.04 server, then you can install which are required by ERPNext. LOCALES $ sudo localectl set-keymap us && sudo localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.utf8 If you get an error then you can follow the instructions given at to resolve this error and continue with installing ERPNext 14. Note:- Failed to set keymap: Keymap us is not installed. https://www.claudiokuenzler.com/blog/1257/how-to-fix-missing-keymaps-debian-ubuntu-localectl-failed-read-list $ sudo nano /etc/environment (and copy-paste the following at the bottom of the file after $PATH ) ####################
LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
#################### Now, reboot your server for the locales and server updates. $ sudo reboot Install the NGINX HTTP server $ sudo apt install nginx (and test by opening your-droplet-ip-address in a browser window) The below section is optional, however, if you want to access your ERPNext instance using then you must follow these optional instructions. HTTPS://DOMAIN_NAME OPTIONAL Install ( doesn’t support required by thus we will use to install to generate SSL certificates manually using lets-encrypt). certbot ubuntu 20.04 certbot-auto erpnext—frappe-bench snap certbot classic $ sudo service nginx stop $ sudo snap install --classic certbot Generate a lets-encrypt SSL certificate for your domain name(s) - the certificate will be saved under at -your-domain-name-folder-name- /etc/letsencrypt/live $ sudo certbot certonly --standalone (your domain name(s) will be asked here) $ sudo service nginx start OPTIONAL ENDS Install the MySQL database server $ sudo apt install mariadb-server $ sudo apt install python3-mysqldb libmysqlclient-dev $ sudo mysql_secure_installation $ sudo systemctl stop mariadb $ sudo nano /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/mariadb.cnf (and copy-paste the following to save file) https://gist.github.com/chetanmittaldev/28ea822b9815feac891d2c809f8d2598 Restart the MySQL server:- $ sudo systemctl start mariadb $ sudo systemctl enable mariadb Install the Ubuntu packages required for Python3, etc. $ sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -y curl build-essential python3-testresources python3-setuptools python3-dev libffi-dev python3-pip libcurl4 dnsmasq fontconfig git htop libcrypto++-dev libfreetype6-dev liblcms2-dev libwebp-dev libxext6 libxrender1 libxslt1-dev libxslt1.1 libffi-dev ntpdate postfix python3-dev python-tk screen vim xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base zlib1g-dev apt-transport-https libsasl2-dev libldap2-dev libcups2-dev pv libjpeg8-dev libtiff5-dev tcl8.6-dev tk8.6-dev libdate-manip-perl logwatch Add a system user 'frappe' to install ERPNext Add user with password by running the commands below in your terminal:- 'frappe' 'password' $ adduser frappe $ usermod -aG sudo frappe $ rsync --archive --chown=frappe:frappe ~/.ssh /home/frappe/ Create your MySQL database Add a MySQL database with user and password by running the commands below:- 'frappe' 'frappe' 'password' $ mysql $ MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE frappe; $ MariaDB [(none)]> SHOW DATABASES; $ MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON . TO 'frappe'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password' WITH GRANT OPTION; $ MariaDB [(none)]> SELECT host, user, Super_priv FROM mysql.user; $ MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; $ MariaDB [(none)]> exit SSH into your server using the 'frappe' user in a new console or terminal window $ ssh frappe@-your-droplet-ip-address Install some python3-based packages such as setuptools, etc $ sudo -H python3 -m pip install --upgrade setuptools cryptography psutil Install wkhtmltopdf install as erpnext12 requires 0.12.5 version (i am not sure about erpnext13 or erpnext14 but installed just in case):- wkhtmltopdf $ cd /tmp $ wget https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf/releases/download/0.12.5/wkhtmltox_0.12.5-1.bionic_amd64.deb Now, needs libssl1.1 package which is not available on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS thus we will add the packages repo for Ubuntu 20.04 and then install libssl1.1 from there:- wkhtmltopdf $ echo "deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/focal-security.list $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install libssl1.1 $ sudo dpkg -i wkhtmltox_0.12.5-1.bionic_amd64.deb $ sudo cp /usr/local/bin/wkhtmlto* /usr/bin/ $ cd ~ $ sudo chmod a+x /usr/bin/wk* $ sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/focal-security.list Install the Redis Cache Server $ sudo apt install git python-dev-is-python3 python3-dev redis-server $ sudo apt-get install software-properties-common $ sudo apt-get install xvfb libfontconfig wkhtmltopdf $ sudo systemctl enable redis-server Install nodejs by using NVM $ curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.3/install.sh | bash (required to run nvm command) $ sudo reboot SSH into 'frappe' user again $ nvm install --lts (install the LTS version of NodeJS; currently, it is v18.15.0) $ npm install -g yarn Verify nodejs, npm, yarn installations:- $ yarn --version $ npm -v $ node -v Let’s summarize what we have accomplished so far. Up to this point, you have installed all the major components required by ERPNext 14, which include:- Nginx Certbot SSL Certificate Generate Python3 MariaDB DB Nodejs, NPM The Yarn package manager A Redis database cache The wkhtmltopdf PDF documents generator Whether you are installing the ERP system for development or for production, you are now ready for the next step, which is installing the Frappe full-stack framework and the actual ERPNext 14 web application. Install the Frappe full-stack web framework and ERPNext web application SSH 'frappe' system user in a new console or terminal window:- $ ssh frappe@-your-droplet-ip-address Install bench (Installing Frappe Bench CLI) $ cd ~ $ sudo chown frappe -R /home/frappe $ sudo pip3 install frappe-bench $ bench --version $ sudo apt install python3.10-venv $ bench init frappe-bench $ cd frappe-bench $ echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf && sudo sysctl -p $ ./env/bin/pip install numpy && ./env/bin/pip install pandas Upgrade pip $ /home/frappe/frappe-bench/env/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip Install bench apps $ bench get-app erpnext Add a new site to the bench $ bench new-site -your-domain-name-or-droplet-ip-address- --admin-password -your-admin-password- --mariadb-root-username frappe --mariadb-root-password 'password' Install bench app to bench site $ bench --site -your-domain-name-or-droplet-ip-address- install-app erpnext Test bench on port 8000 $ bench start Open a new browser window and open to test:- -your-domain-name-or-droplet-ip-address-:8000 Setup production server using NGINX for your ERPNext instance SSH your server using user in a new console or terminal window:- 'frappe' $ ssh frappe@-your-droplet-ip-address $ cd /home/frappe/frappe-bench $ sudo bench setup production frappe --yes Verify if the required services work on your server:- $ sudo supervisorctl stop all $ sudo supervisorctl start all $ systemctl list-unit-files | grep 'fail2ban|nginx|supervisor' After confirming that everything is working as expected, you can test ERPNext 14 live on your server. Open your favorite browser and navigate to -your-domain-name-or-droplet-ip-address-, or wherever you are hosting your ERPNext 14 application. After a few seconds, you should see the ERPNext 14 login screen. Use for the username (email) and the you created previously for the password. Administrator erpnext_admin_password The NGINX conf file is saved in the path below:- $ sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/frappe-bench.conf Add HTTPS $ sudo -H bench setup add-domain -your-cname-domain-name- $ sudo -H bench setup nginx $ sudo service nginx reload Turn on multi-tenancy for HTTPS to work:- $ sudo -H bench config dns_multitenant on $ sudo -H bench setup nginx $ sudo service nginx reload (lets-encrypt) to bench site (install HTTPS on apex domain) - frappe-bench uses the same path /etc/letsencrypt/live to get SSL certificates:- Add SSL certificate $ sudo -H bench setup lets-encrypt -your-domain-name-or-droplet-ip-address- —custom-domain -your-cname-domain-name- $ sudo -H bench setup nginx $ sudo service nginx reload {or $ sudo service nginx start} Start using ERPNext Open in a browser window. -your-domain-name-or-droplet-ip-address- Known Issues during then you can follow the instructions at . WARN Cannot connect to redis_cache to update assets_json bench init https://discuss.frappe.io/t/issue-w-redis-during-bench-init-step/87134 Bench runs fine on port 8000, however, during production it doesn't run. This might be due to the redis-server not being run on port 11000. To fix this open file and change the port to 11000. Do not forget to reload the redis-server again. Follow the instructions at . sudo nano /etc/redis/redis.conf https://linuxhint.com/change-default-port-redis/ Let me know in the comments if you encounter any issues! Originally published . here

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The Second Deluge by Garrett Putman Serviss is part of the HackerNoon Books Series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here . NAVIGATING OVER DROWNED EUROPE XVIII. NAVIGATING OVER DROWNED EUROPE After the English king had so strangely become a member of its company the Ark resumed its course in the direction of what had once been Europe. The spot where the meeting with the Jules Verne had occurred was west of Cape Finisterre and, according to the calculations of Captain Arms, in longitude fifteen degrees four minutes west; latitude forty-four degrees nine minutes north. Cosmo decided to run into the Bay of Biscay, skirting its southern coast in order to get a view of the Cantabrian Mountains, many of whose peaks, he thought, ought still to lie well above the level of the water. "There are the Peaks of Europa," said Captain Arms, "which lie less than twenty miles directly back from the coast. The highest point is eight thousand six hundred and seventy feet above sea level, or what used to be sea level. We could get near enough to it, without any danger, to see how high the water goes." "Do you know the locality?" demanded Cosmo. "As well as I know a compass-card!" exclaimed the captain. "I've seen the Europa peaks a hundred times. I was wrecked once on that coast, and being of an inquiring disposition, I took the opportunity to go up into the range and see the old mines—and a curious sight it was, too. But the most curious sight of all was the shepherdesses of Tresvido, dressed just like the men, in homespun breeches that never wore out. You'd meet 'em anywhere on the slopes of the Pico del Ferro, cruising about with their flocks. And the cheese that they made! There never was any such cheese!" "Well, if you know the place so well," said Cosmo, "steer for it as fast as you can. I'm curious to find out just how high this flood has gone, up to the present moment." "Maybe we can rescue a shepherdess," returned the captain, chuckling. "She'd be an ornament to your new Garden of Eden." They kept on until, as they approached longitude five degrees west, they began to get glimpses of the mountains of northern Spain. The coast was all under deep water, and also the foothills and lower ranges, but some of the peaks could be made out far inland. At length, by cautious navigation, Captain Arms got the vessel quite close to the old shore line of the Asturias, and then he recognized the Europa peaks. "There they are," he cried. "I'd know 'em if they'd emigrated to the middle of Africa. There's the old Torre de Cerredo and the Peña Santa." "How high did you say the main peak is?" asked Cosmo. "She's eight thousand six hundred and seventy feet." "From your knowledge of the coast, do you think it safe to run in closer?" "Yes, if you're sure the water is not less than two thousand four hundred feet above the old level we can get near enough to see the water-line on the peaks, from the cro'nest, which is two hundred feet high." "Go ahead, then." They got closer than they had imagined possible, so close that, from the highest lookout on the Ark, they were able with their telescopes to see very clearly where the water washed the barren mountainsides at what seemed to be a stupendous elevation. "I'm sorry about your shepherdesses," said Cosmo, smiling. "I don't think you'd find any there to rescue if you could get to them. They must all have been lost in the torrents that poured down those mountains." "More's the pity," said Captain Arms. "That was a fine lot of women. There'll be no more cheese like what they made at Tresvido." Cosmo inquired if the captain's acquaintance with the topography of the range enabled him to say how high that water was. The captain, after long inspection, declared that he felt sure that it was not less than four thousand feet above the old coast line. "Then," said Cosmo, "if you're right about the elevation of what you call the Torre de Cerredo there must be four thousand six hundred and seventy feet of its upper part still out of water. We'll see if that is so." Cosmo made the measurements with instruments, and announced that the result showed the substantial accuracy of Captain Arms's guess. "I suspected as much," he muttered. "Those tremendous downpours, which may have been worse elsewhere than where we encountered them, have increased the rise nearly seventy per cent, above what my gages indicated. Now that I know this," he continued, addressing the captain: "I'll change the course of the Ark. I'm anxious to get into the Indian Ocean as soon as possible. It would be a great waste of time to go back in order to cross the Sahara, and with this increase of level it isn't necessary. We'll just set out across southern France, keeping along north of the Pyrenees, and so down into the region of the Mediterranean." Captain Arms was astonished by the boldness of this suggestion, and at first he strongly objected to their taking such a course. "There's some pretty high ground in southern France," he said. "There's the Cevennes Mountains, which approach a good long way toward the Pyrenees. Are you sure the depth of water is the same everywhere?" "What a question for an old mariner to ask!" returned Cosmo. "Don't you know that the level of the sea is the same everywhere? The flood doesn't make any difference. It seeks its level like any other water." "But it may be risky steering between those mountains," persisted the captain. "Nonsense! As long as the sky is clear you can get good observations, and you ought to be navigator enough not to run on a mountain." Cosmo Versál, as usual, was unalterable in his resolution—he only changed when he had reasons of his own—and the course of the Ark was laid, accordingly, for the old French coast of the Landes, so low that it was now covered with nearly four thousand feet of water. The feelings of the passengers were deeply stirred when they learned that they were actually sailing over buried Europe, and they gazed in astonishment at the water beneath them, peering down into it as if they sought to discover the dreadful secrets that it hid, and talking excitedly in a dozen languages. The Ark progressed slowly, making not more than five or six knots, and on the second day after they dropped the Peñas de Europa they were passing along the northern flank of the Pyrenees and over the basin in which had lain the beautiful city of Pau. The view of the Pyrenees from this point had always been celebrated before the deluge as one of the most remarkable in the world. Now it had lost its beauty, but gained in spectacular grandeur. All of France, as far as the eye extended, was a sea, with long oceanic swells slowly undulating its surface. This sea abruptly came to an end where it met the mountains, which formed for it a coast unlike any that the hundreds of eyes which wonderingly surveyed it from the Ark had ever beheld. Beyond the drowned vales and submerged ranges, which they knew lay beneath the watery floor, before them, rose the heads of the Pic du Midi, the Pic de Ger, the Pic de Bigorre, the Massif du Gabizos, the Pic Monné, and dozens of other famous eminences, towering in broken ranks like the bearskins of a "forlorn hope," resisting to the last, in pictures of old-time battles. Here, owing to the configuration of the drowned land it was possible for the Ark to approach quite close to some of the wading mountains, and Cosmo seized the opportunity to make a new measure of the height of the flood, which he found to be surely not less than his former estimates had shown. Surveying with telescopes the immense shoulders of the Monné, the Viscos, the d'Ardiden, and the nearer heights, when they were floating above the valley of Lourdes, Cosmo and the captain saw the terrible effects that had been produced by the torrents of rain, which had stripped off the vegetation whose green robe had been the glory of the high Pyrenees on the French side. Presently their attention was arrested by some moving objects, and at a second glance they perceived that these were human beings. "Good Heaven!" exclaimed Cosmo Versál. "There are survivors here. They have climbed the mountains, and found shelter among the rocks. I should not have thought it possible." "And there are women among them," said Captain Arms, lowering his telescope. "You will not leave them there!" "But what can I do?" "Lower away the boats," replied the captain. "We've got plenty of them." "There may be thousands there," returned Cosmo, musing. "I can't take them all." "Then take as many as you can. By gad, sir, I'll not leave 'em!" By this time some of the passengers who had powerful glasses had discovered the refugees on the distant heights, and great excitement spread throughout the Ark. Cries arose from all parts of the vessel: "Rescue them!" "Go to their aid!" "Don't let them perish!" Cosmo Versál was in a terrible quandary. He was by no means without humanity, and was capable of deep and sympathetic feeling, as we have seen, but he already had as many persons in the Ark as he thought ought to be taken, considering the provision that had been made, and, besides, he could not throw off, at once, his original conviction of the necessity of carefully choosing his companions. He remained for a long time buried in thought, while the captain fumed with impatience and at last declared that if Cosmo did not give the order to lower away the boats he would do it himself. At length Cosmo, yielding rather to his own humane feelings than to the urging of others, consented to make the experiment. Half a dozen levium launches were quickly lowered and sent off, while the Ark, with slowed engines, remained describing a circle as near the mountains as it was safe to go. Cosmo himself embarked in the leading boat. The powerful motors of the launches carried them rapidly to the high slopes where the unfortunates had sought refuge, and as they approached, and the poor fugitives saw that deliverance was at hand, they began to shout, and cheer, and cry, and many of them fell on their knees upon the rocks and stretched their hands toward the heavens. The launches were compelled to move with great caution when they got near the ragged sides of the submerged mountains (it was the Peyre Dufau on which the people had taken refuge), but the men aboard them were determined to effect the rescue, and they regarded no peril too closely. At last Cosmo's launch found a safe landing, and the others quickly followed it. When Cosmo sprang out on a flat rock a crowd of men, women, and children, weeping, crying, sobbing, and uttering prayers and blessings, instantly surrounded him. Some wrung his hands in an ecstasy of joy, some embraced him, some dropped on their knees before him and sought to kiss his hands. Cosmo could not restrain his tears, and the crews of the launches were equally affected. Many of these people could only speak the patois of the mountains, but some were refugees from the resorts in the valleys below, and among these were two English tourists who had been caught among the mountains by the sudden rising of the flood. They exhibited comparative sang froid, and served as spokesmen for the others. "Bah Jove!" exclaimed one of them, "but you're welcome, you know! This has been a demnition close call! But what kind of a craft have you got out there?" "I'm Cosmo Versál." "Then that's the Ark we've heard about! 'Pon honor, I should have recognized you, for I've seen your picture often enough. You've come to take us off, I suppose?" "Certainly," replied Cosmo. "How many are there?" "All that you see here; about a hundred, I should say. No doubt there are others on the mountains round. There must have been a thousand of us when we started, but most of them perished, overcome by the downpour, or swept away by the torrents. Lord Swansdown (indicating his companion, who bowed gravely and stiffly) and myself—I'm Edward Whistlington—set out to walk over the Pyrenees from end to end, after the excitement about the great darkness died out, and we got as far as the Marboré, and then running down to Gavarnie we heard news of the sea rising, but we didn't give too much credit to that, and afterward, keeping up in the heights, we didn't hear even a rumor from the world below. "The sky opened on us like a broadside from an aerial squadron, and how we ever managed to get here I'm sure I can hardly tell. We were actually carried down the mountainsides by the water, and how it failed to drown us will be an everlasting mystery. Somehow, we found ourselves among these people, who were trying to go up, assuring us that there was nothing but water below. And at last we discovered some sort of shelter here—and here we've been ever since." "You cannot have had much to eat," said Cosmo. "Not too much, I assure you," replied the Englishman, with a melancholy smile. "But these people shared with us what little they had, or could find—anything and everything that was eatable. They're a devilish fine lot, I tell you! "When the terrible rain suddenly ceased and the sky cleared," he resumed, "we managed to get dry, after a day or two, and since then we've been chewing leather until there isn't a shoe or a belt left. We thought at first of trying to build rafts—but then where could we go? It wasn't any use to sail out over a drowned country, with nothing in sight but the mountains around us, which looked no better than the one we were barely existing on." "Then I must get you aboard the Ark before you starve," said Cosmo. "Many have died of starvation already," returned Whistlington. "You can't get us off a moment too quick." Cosmo Versál had by this time freed himself of every trace of the reluctance which he had at first felt to increasing the size of his ship's company by adding recruits picked up at random. His sympathies were thoroughly aroused, and while he hastened the loading and departure of the launches, he asked the Englishmen who, with the impassive endurance of their race, stayed behind to the last, whether they thought that there were other refugees on the mountains whom they could reach. "I dare say there are thousands of the poor devils on these peaks around us, wandering among the rocks," replied Edward Whistlington, "but I fancy you couldn't reach 'em." "If I see any I'll try," returned Cosmo, sweeping with his powerful telescope all the mountain flanks within view. At last, on the slopes of the lofty Mont Aigu across the submerged valley toward the south, he caught sight of several human figures, one of which was plainly trying to make signals, probably to attract attention from the Ark. Immediately, with the Englishmen and the remainder of those who had been found on the Peyre Dufau, he hastened in his launch to the rescue. They found four men and three women, who had escaped from the narrow valley containing the bains de Gazost, and who were in the last stages of starvation. These were taken aboard, and then, no more being in sight, Cosmo returned to the Ark, where the other launches had already arrived. And these were the last that were rescued from the mighty range of the Pyrenees, in whose deep valleys had lain the famous resorts of Cauterets, the Eaux Bonnes, the Eaux Chaudes, the Bagnières de Luchon, the Bagnières de Bigorre, and a score of others. No doubt, as the Englishmen had said, thousands had managed to climb the mountains, but none could now be seen, and those who may have been there were left to perish. There was great excitement in the Ark on the arrival of the refugees. The passengers overwhelmed them with kind attentions, and when they had sufficiently recovered, listened with wonder and the deepest sympathy to their exciting tales of suffering and terror. Lord Swansdown and Edward Whistlington were amazed to find their king aboard the Ark, and the English members of the company soon formed a sort of family party, presided over by the unfortunate monarch. The rescued persons numbered, in all, one hundred and six. The voyage of the Ark was now resumed, skirting the Pyrenees, but at an increasing distance. Finally Captain Arms announced that, according to his observations, they were passing over the site of the ancient and populous city of Toulouse. This recalled to Cosmo Versál's memory the beautiful scenes of the fair and rich land that lay so deep under the Ark, and he began to talk with the captain about the glories of its history. He spoke of the last great conqueror that the world had known, Napoleon, and was discussing his marvelous career, and referring to the fact that he had died on a rock in the midst of that very ocean which had now swallowed up all the scenes of his conquests, when the lookout telephoned down that there was something visible on the water ahead. In a little while they saw it—a small moving object, which rapidly approached the Ark. As it drew nearer both exclaimed at once: "The Jules Verne!" There could be no mistaking it. It was riding with its back just above the level of the sea; the French flag was fluttering from a small mast, and already they could perceive the form of De Beauxchamps, standing in his old attitude, with his feet below the rim of the circular opening at the top. Cosmo ordered the Stars and Stripes to be displayed in salute, and, greatly pleased over the encounter, hurried below and had the companion-ladder made ready. "He's got to come aboard this time, anyhow!" he exclaimed. "I'll take no refusal. I want to know that fellow better." But this time De Beauxchamps had no thought of refusing the hospitalities of the Ark. As soon as he was within hearing he called out: "My salutations to M. Versál and his charming fellow-voyagers. May I be permitted to come aboard and present myself in person? I have something deeply interesting to tell." Everybody in the Ark who could find a standing-place was watching the Jules Verne and trying to catch a glimpse of its gallant captain, and to hear what he said; and the moment his request was preferred a babel of voices arose, amid which could be distinguished such exclamations as: "Let him come!" "A fine fellow!" "Welcome, De Beauxchamps!" "Hurrah for the Jules Verne!" King Richard was in the fore rank of the spectators, waving his hand to his preserver. 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