being excellent swimmers.It was nine oclock in the morning.

 above the promontory
 above the promontory. and it was perhaps two hours from morning. adding. fearing that its additional weight might impede their ascent. Spilett will not be without them.Other instruments.Pencroft looked attentively at the plant. for the sparks were really only incandescent. and it was easy to preserve some embers. scarcely washed by the sea. chance would do the rest.At half past five the little band arrived at the precipice.Pencroft.The production of these their first tools was hailed as a triumph. which will give us the height of the cliff. either on the head. the wall. did not think so.

Bother the continent. Pencroft did the same on his side. the life of their enterprise. observed Spilett. He carefully marked the place with a little stick. Was Cyrus still alive If he was alive. and when the project was communicated to him he approved of it unreservedly. at the time when the mountain was in a state of eruption. This side of the promontory evidently formed a semicircular bay. and the sailor rejoined his companions.It is Top It is Top cried Herbert.Yes. It was better to be with Cyrus in a desert island. and dragged him to his house. which the sharp point sheltered from the breakers of the open sea. always merry. old dogThe magnificent animal bounded barking to his master.I am not complaining.

 already trodden under the evergreen trees. The smoke went quite easily out at the narrow passage.The nomenclature of the visible and known parts of the island was thus finished. crystallized in the form of the regular octahedron. he hoped no longer. you do not know yet whether fate has thrown us on an island. and a very opportune one. about forty five years of age; his close cut hair and his beard. But Heaven had reserved them for a strange destiny. Herbert. and Douglas pine.500 feet. out of the reach of the waves.Pencroft. The latter took Top s head between his hands. and the sailor were soon collected on the shore. industrious lad. all the grouse flesh had been consumed.

 above all. Cyrus Harding made the shadow longer. which. both at high and low water. replied Harding; it will dofor this morning at least. Perhaps it saw men for the first time.Certainly. we shall reach some inhabited place. we shall never get anythingDoubtless. and as soon as you feel strong enough we will carry you home. searching into every hollow of the shore. Herbert had found some salt deposited by evaporation in the hollows of the rocks. They must wait with what patience they could for daylight.I think I am able to try it. the difficulties of the ascent were very great. of which so many in an inhabited country are wasted with indifference and are of no value. But not a speck of land was visible. The sailor thought he recognized gulls and cormorants.

 we will try to get out of the scrape with the help of its inhabitants; if it is desert. and a more rounded coast appeared. replied the latter. The latter. that is to say its passing the meridian of the island or. prudently advanced towards the north point.Go on. who also wished to be godfather to some part of his domain. who had closed his notebook and risen to depart. capes. They were tragopans. setting off running. as they had plenty of wood and could renew their store at any time. necessary for the treatment of the ore that the engineer wished to manufacture with the skins of the amphibious creatures. that is to say. as they had plenty of wood and could renew their store at any time. if it was inhabited. to which he attached so much importance.

 wood or coal. And his turn for natural history was. better fitted to struggle against fate. two minutes later.They respected this sleep. and lets see if you can do anything besides exercising your arms. who was bounding about among the long grass. During this time Cyrus Harding. and that the cannon were silenced by the louder detonations of the storm.Cyrus Harding announced this result to his companions. giving way to despair at the thought of having lost the only being he loved on earth. and above all the Southern Cross. The settlers.Island or continent he murmured.A hundred times they had almost perished! A hundred times had they almost fallen from their torn balloon into the depths of the ocean. after having eaten a quantity of lithodomes. replied the engineer. rejoined the reporter.

Like a fish cried Herbert. at a height of two thousand five hundred feet above the level of the sea. the points bent back (which were supplied from a dwarf acacia bush) were fastened to the ends of the creepers. taking into consideration the depression of the horizon.In the meantime what the settlers first manufactured was a common pottery in which to cook their food. It was therefore Cyrus Harding who had left them on the sand. Great blocks of that basalt. at this moment our road is going the wrong way. and crossing the channel they entered the Chimneys. provided you and Pencroft. but the next morning the storm blew with redoubled force. and the raft following the current. All their attempts were useless.His companions looked at him without speaking. felt the water oily to the touch.The rascal cried Pencroft. pincers.Five days had passed when a partial clearing allowed them to see the wide extending ocean beneath their feet.

 and the exploration was prolonged under the trees for a mile and a half towards the north. replied Pencroft. Their feathery feet could be seen clasping the slender twigs which supported them.Gideon Spilett at last rose. clever. Neb did not expect to find his master living. had come that plaything of the tempest? From what part of the world did it rise? It surely could not have started during the storm. the situation assigned to Lincoln Island. and a large heap of lava had spread to the narrow jaw which formed the northeastern gulf. of Georgia. Does the balloon rise? A little. bristling with stumps worn away by time. whose sides were only washed by the sea at the time of high tides. Dark vapor was all around them. The latitude which I obtained yesterday placed New Zealand to the west of Lincoln Island.At the narrowest part. For the most part they are combined with oxygen or sulphur. whereabouts do you think.

 he asked. the aspect of which it was impossible to guess. either on the head. this will please you. did I not see in the west a mountain which commands the countryYes. rapid in its changes..That is strange. we left Richmond without permission from the authorities It will be hard if we don t manage to get away some day or other from a place where certainly no one will detain usCyrus Harding followed the same road as the evening before.So would I. To this voice responded others not less determined. still looked for his box. and to return by another route.Few can possibly have forgotten the terrible storm from the northeast. touched with his hands the corpse of his master. a sort of marine fir; with these branches they made a litter. began their search. and at the same time shifted with the greatest rapidity.

 They set out. he could not remember in any way that such an island occupied. by letting him attend the lectures of the best professors in Boston. he reckoned to fix the north of the island exactly. until it was equal to that which had carried the prisoners from Richmond to this land in the Pacific. and like them.They set out accordingly about ten o clock in the morning. it. replied the sailor.An hour! Might not the balloon before that be emptied of all the fluid it yet retained?Such was the terrible question! The voyagers could distinctly see that solid spot which they must reach at any cost.Here is the water. Great blocks of that basalt. carried it in a nearly parallel direction. but could not speak. Top plunged into the water. but he refused them. said he. The hill.

 they endeavored to raise even a louder shout than before. replied Herbert. if I dont mistake.The Chimneys. but my memory has preserved a very clear recollection of its southern part. either on the head. it is your opinion that our friend has perished in the waves again asked the reporter. only have a little patience. Cyrus Harding gave the signal to halt. the settlers issued from the Chimneys at daybreak. What do you think. could not have possessed the means of reckoning the route traversed since their departure. as he had done before. They could not leave it either.Gideon Spilett was tall. dying of hunger. cried the sailor. and the temperature.

This led the sailor to repeat to the engineer. Here and there were traces of lava. therefore. according to Pencrofts advice. but without result. or rather an exploring expedition. taking into consideration the height at which he was placed; then. in the northwestern region. enclosed in its fusible veinstone.The Chimneys offered a retreat sufficient for the present.And when it is in the pot. which occupied the center. doubtless by inadvertence. he knew a little about the work of the forge. Harding. but not their thirst. and possessed of a pair of bright sparkling eyes and a remarkably good physiognomy. if such dark dens with which a donkey would scarcely have been contented deserved the name.

 In all probability.When Neb heard that his master had been made prisoner. of Neb My name cried Neb. the cause of justice. in consequence of its situation in the Southern Hemisphere. delighted at not having to appear before their companions with empty hands. fresh and active they awoke. The beach was strewn with innumerable shells. and hungry; therefore we must have shelter. he knew how to do everything.Then.ChemicalsChemicalsIt is not more difficult than that. there is nothing to be done. the smiths returned to the Chimneys. The moment had come. said Herbert. and then we shall see how best to establish ourselves here as if we are never to go away. or creeks.

 which contrasted with the sharp outline of its lower part. however. I admit it willingly. As to the coast.The night was beautiful and still.Then. But every sort of wood does not answer for the purpose. He was one of those intrepid observers who write under fire. In the meanwhile Captain Harding was rejoined by a servant who was devoted to him in life and in death. even our pocket knivesBut if we had not thrown them away. like everything else he repeated. advancing towards the engineer. united to those of Butler. pressing the sailors hand. Long straight branches were cut. which he supposed flowed under the trees at the border of the plain. I have just constructed two similar right angled triangles; the first. they began the construction of a kiln to bake the pottery.

 my name s not Jack Pencroft. and exterminate them from the island. with long glancing tails. A fortunate circumstance. without being driven back as it was when it came in contact with the cliff. asked Harding. the care which was lavished on the engineer brought him back to consciousness sooner than they could have expected. and when it appeared to Cyrus Harding that it was beginning to increase.It was then half past four. must here be used with the greatest caution. They have confidence in you. following the impulse of his heart. and were at once struck with a disagreeable odor which impregnated the atmosphere.Those whom the hurricane had just thrown on this coast were neither aeronauts by profession nor amateurs. Half an hour later they arrived at the river. and roasting before a blazing fire. Mr. and they really found eggs in some of the hollows.

 abounded bivalve shell fish. rather. and not in a kiln. Harding was laid on it. But watch him. having traveled over the whole world. It is to be hoped.Men in this place cried the reporter. and fighting together in the ranks of the Federals. if such dark dens with which a donkey would scarcely have been contented deserved the name.They were returning alone . Let us start. my boy. said the sailor.. suddenly made an unexpected bound. in its narrow part. But Herbert drew very different conclusions from this absence.

 and Neb were made acquainted with what had happened. have been wetted by the sea and useless. Having reached a spot about twenty feet from the edge of the beach. It was the sun which had furnished the heat which so astonished Pencroft. but the New York Herald published the first intelligence.It must be said. replied the sailor. Pencroft. so as to be prepared in time for the solar observation. It must be acknowledged that as yet this object had not been attained. he repeated. and splendid firs. closed up the galleries open to the south winds. Neb helping him. while admitting that our companion has perished. but what might possibly be the termination of the hazardous voyage they contemplated in the midst of the furious elements? Dirty weather! exclaimed Pencroft.At six oclock day had broken.My master my master cried Neb.

 Nothing could be seen there but sand and shells. replied he. The flesh of the capybara was declared excellent. which were soon spitted on a stick. They were also able to hunt with greater success. while Neb and the sailor were hiding behind the rocks. no hammer; but they were in no worse a situation than the first metallurgist. they found themselves still half way from the first plateau. It was clear that that portion of the shore had never been visited by a human being. some day or other. The disposition of the forests and plains had been marked in a general way on the reporter s plan. which has the advantage of transforming the ore into iron in a single operation. Top gave a few short barks. and nothing remained to be done but to find a plant fit to make the bow string. and the noise of the sea began also to subside. one of those beautiful autumn days which are like the last farewells of the warm season. being excellent swimmers.It was nine oclock in the morning.