The first furnace having proved a failure, he proceeded to erect another out of does. There he burnt more wood, spoiled more drugs and pots, and lost more time, until poverty stared him and his family in the face. After the operation he went to see the pieces taken out; and, to his dismay, the whole of the experiments were failures. But though disappointed, he was not yet defeated; for he determined on the very spot to "begin afresh."