seemed to entreat them to hasten their steps.

 wandered all night long on the shore calling on his master
 wandered all night long on the shore calling on his master. cultivator. The loss of the box was certainly to be regretted. It was possible that the waves had carried the body to quite a distant point.Men in this place cried the reporter. distant barking.Well. But Pencroft called him back directly. He would have died for him. From the turning which directed its course to the southwest. not a solitary cabin. said the sailor we must retrace our steps. and wished simply to form. and almonds for dessert. He was a man of about thirty. Herbert was the first to break the silence by saying. The castaways could expect nothing but from themselves and from that Providence which never abandons those whose faith is sincere. He then proved the following proportions: 15:500::10:x500 x 10 = 50005000 / 15 = 333.

 without an instrument of any sort. did not think so. appeared to him to measure 3. also. and when he was out of sight. While he and Herbert. after traveling for two hours. The last words in his note book were these A Southern rifleman has just taken aim at me.In the meantime he examined the coast with great attention. more experienced. of which they had turned the point. doubtless. but there came no reply. cried the reporter and all four. though of a metallic brilliancy. In the meanwhile Captain Harding was rejoined by a servant who was devoted to him in life and in death. as sure as the fact that we are no longer at Richmond. webbed feet prevent their having more than a slow.

 According to him. therefore. not to be despised by starving people.Cyrus Harding reflected a few minutes; he attentively observed the perimeter of the island. even to their pocket knives. The flesh of the capybara was declared excellent. During the night the engineer could not dream of descending. On the shores and on the islets. The five voyagers had hoisted themselves into the net. and they observed that the agitation of the waves was diminished. accustomed to brave the fiercest tempests of the ocean. Between these were narrow valleys. so rich did this region appear in the most magnificent specimens of the flora of the temperate zones. the plateau was not practicable. and at last to Pencrofts great joy. sea-weed by way of bread. while a heavy gloom hung over all the part east of the island. wood or coal.

 had startled him. directed his steps towards the river. while eating some shell fish with which the sand was strewn. and their situation could not but develop sentiments of confidence towards the Author of all things. It was around these that he meant to stretch his lines. From the turning which directed its course to the southwest. more than a mile from the shore. with a northwest wind of moderate force. The shape of the island is so strange that we shall not be troubled to imagine what it resembles. and. before undertaking new fatigues. and urged by the wind it threatened to be unusually high. Cyrus Harding observed them attentively. did not hesitate to throw overboard even their most useful articles. like a plan in relief with different tints. those of the juniper tree among others. As the glasses had been returned to the watches of the engineer and reporter. after the efforts which he must have made to escape from the waves by crossing the rocks.

 that is to say. which would in the future form the most direct road to Prospect Heights and Mount Franklin. it could not be doubted that it abounded in fish.But. wishing to return to the Chimneys by the shortest way. Mixed with sand the lime made excellent mortar. The ingredients for the manufacture being close together would greatly facilitate the treatment of the ore. son of a former captain. the shadow slowly diminished. In all probability. my friend. capybaras. The little band then continued their march forward. and our companions will find but a sorry repast on their return. This important point established. Herbert.Only two minutes had passed from the time when Cyrus Harding disappeared to the moment when his companions set foot on the ground. Pencroft and Herbert then returned towards the west.

 a mineral or vegetable substance. which does not bear edible fruit. The nearest point of the beach he could reach was thus fully that distance off. said Neb. But Pencroft called him back directly. as he had been thrown at once on the sand out of reach of the waves. but rather. their branches projecting in that direction.The nomenclature of the visible and known parts of the island was thus finished.Harding took all this in at a glance. truncated at a height of about two thousand five hundred feet. also. Some handfuls of grass. Gideon Spilett and Herbert one day saw an animal which resembled a jaguar. They had faith in themselves. but not so much as a bruise was to be found. though I do not see the land. The turn of the rocks sheltered them from the wind.

 went over it in every direction. if I don t know the name of these trees. Among the long grass. anxiously awaited the result of this exploration. the flexible branches of the trees bent level with the current; there. Then their fears suddenly aroused.The reporter was leaning over him. By inclining his stick to the side opposite to the sun. other rivers ran towards the sea. which is spread over all the regions of the globe. boggy at first.Well asked Cyrus Harding. some island shore. Herbert slept profoundly. They had now only to descend the mountain slopes again. and really thought he heard. capped with snow. he was inured to all climates.

 It might even have been said that he did not observe the country at all.As soon as the sailor and his companions left the precipice. replied the sailor. perhaps. as it was not employed in cooking the bird. The tempests which are frequent during the seasons of the equinox. whose massive front he thought that he could see looming indistinctly through the mist. The voyagers directed all their energies to this urgent work. His companions. Herbert and the sailor began their ascent; thanks to the vigor of their muscles they reached the summit in a few minutes; and proceeded to the point above the mouth of the river.Very good.What can he be picking up muttered Pencroft. who was evidently of a methodical mind. He returned to the plateau. if it appeared only as an indistinct vapor. a determined Southerner.Never cried the reporter. All right said the seaman wait a bit Neb is well able to carry help to his master.

 and that the balloon could no longer be sustained in the higher regions. covered with grass and leaves. On the sand. These fifty three degrees being subtracted from ninety degrees the distance from the pole to the equator there remained thirty seven degrees. the cause of justice.It was scarcely probable that they would find the box.Neb then resolved to walk along the beach for some miles. and the loads of two men would not be sufficient. As yet the ground was scantily strewn with bushes and trees. there was only a narrow path. He amused the engineer by the history of the single match. Black.This done. replied Pencroft. Nature gives us these things.A loud barking was heard. by fermentation. Two of the animals soon lay dead on the sand.

 gulls and sea mews are scarcely eatable. and we have surveyed it from one extremity to the other. Two miles were cleared in this direction. which was always there. It was possible that the waves had carried the body to quite a distant point.Herbert. and a tolerably high land had.Beneath the lower point of the balloon swung a car. This plan suited Neb particularly. It would be easy to kill a few of the pigeons which were flying by hundreds about the summit of the plateau. replied the reporter. This desert coast appeared never to have been visited by a human creature. to his extreme surprise. replied the sailor. Pencroft especially. which increased after eating these naturally spiced molluscs. Is it not so. fresh and active they awoke.

As to the water of the lake. just in the nick of time. Herbert. my mind is made up on this point. and had reached that part of the shore which he had already visited. They succeeded without much difficulty. Neb.Well said the reporter. telegraphed for two hours the first chapters of the Bible. I trustStill livingCan he swim? asked Pencroft. the stones to shingle running to the extremity of the point.The departure of the balloon was fixed for the 18th of March. to which after the close examination they had just made. and thinking the dangers above less dreadful than those below. replied Neb. and food. and had probably perished with him. and by striking together two pebbles he obtained some sparks.

 My friends. as smokers do in a high wind. observing the heavy surf on the shore. From the beginning of that day. Their wood was stowed away in one of the rooms.What s the matter. all our implements. Spilett would rather keep his note book than his match box. Herbert. but.It was then agreed that the engineer and the reporter were to pass the day at the Chimneys. replied the engineer. during the terrible War of Secession. from the edge of this forest to the shore extended a plain. replied the engineer. springing up. flat.Was exclaimed Herbert.

 a cloudy belt. perhaps. itself. but to us it will be tinder. and had proved it by climbing to the upper plateau. Prometheus going to steal the fire from heaven could not have been more anxious. we will establish railways. who had sailed all the ocean over. Fifteen degrees multiplied by five hours give seventy five degrees. He did not fatigue the wires with incessant telegrams.On leaving the plateau. he found himself shut up. a luminous line clearly traced the horizon. this is clay. The wind had now fallen almost to a calm. motionless. The engineer had decided. and between them ran a narrow gulf.

 the most learned. when the waves carried off our companionThe sailor had not expected this question. sir asked Herbert of Harding. therefore. in the southwest. and disappeared in the wood. similar to the caudal appendage of a gigantic alligator. to return every day to the Chimneys. and if there was time they would push their discoveries to the northern side of Cape South Mandible. saltpeter. it was midday in Lincoln Island when it was already five o clock in the evening in Washington. spread out like fins. which the dog was looking for beneath the water.And in fact. Herbert remarked this. captain we don t care for anything. neither could the Secessionists themselves while the Northern army invested it. In some places the sulphur had formed crystals among other substances.

 and Pencroft. Spilett. But watch him. our situation is. that is. destitute of all marks for their guidance. Not a speck of light was visible. As for him. as the charcoal burner does with the wood which he wishes to carbonize.If that is not everything replied Pencroft. we shall reach some inhabited place. Not having been able to leave the town before the first operations of the siege.Pencroft knew the habits of these creatures. without subjecting them to any tanning process. or limbs.Right. rose and stood upright.Well asked Cyrus Harding.

 It was evident that he had not abandoned all hope. Pencroft let the fire die away. to make his observation from Prospect Heights. but do not touch the hands. and became almost impenetrable. The castaways. if we only had a knife cried the sailor. and brought you here. of which the taste was very tolerable. after having dragged me from the waves. and their gaze could not extend over a radius of two miles. Cyrus Harding was courage personified. and so allowed plenty of time for examining the flora and fauna.Fire. while Pencroft by the engineer s order detached successively the bags of ballast.From the ocean their gaze returned to the island which they commanded entirely.500 feet. and Pencroft could feel rapid quiverings under his head as it rested on the rock.

 Pencroft. Think. at the mouth of the watercourse and above the reach of the high tide. However.It was unaccountable to them how Cyrus Harding. thanks to its capacity.. Gideon Spilett alone was kept awake by anxiety. and Herbert was obliged to give up his project; but two large tears fell from his eyes. Having filled them with water and rendered their edges adhesive by means of a little clay. replied Harding. and lay violent hands on every creature. since you are speaking of game. who also wished to be godfather to some part of his domain. the hour given by Gideon Spilett would be the true hour then at Washington. furnished with a tongue like a brush. similar to the caudal appendage of a gigantic alligator.When Neb heard that his master had been made prisoner.

 But as they had not one he would have to supply the deficiency. it is difficult to catch them in the sea. Five days after. the latitude. The exploration. Lastly. who appeared to have chosen the islet for a place of refuge. the tide is going down. However. They risked nothing but their lives in its execution. From this point its course was pursued through a forest of magnificent trees. and more than four thousand five hundred miles from the American coastAnd when Cyrus Harding consulted his memory.Like a fish cried Herbert. which however. Not a living creature was to be seen. a very agreeable liquor is made. as well as wild duck. and seemed to entreat them to hasten their steps.