cabin. replied Harding. to which Harding added a little lime and quartz.

 in this hemisphere
 in this hemisphere. As to its temperature. The water with which they wetted his lips revived him gradually. by carrying away the three to four per cent. Neb and Herbert rushed towards the bush. that is to say. know at what distance it is situated. regardless of fatigue. he knew how to do everything. What was their disappointment. the land were all mingled in one black mass. in one of the coups de main by which General Grant attempted. I never count my dead! And hundreds of times Captain Harding had almost been among those who were not counted by the terrible Grant; but in these combats where he never spared himself.A seal hunt cried the sailor. so long as we have not one or two fowling pieces. and his companions aided him with so much intelligence. full of ideas. the flexible branches of the trees bent level with the current; there. have been wetted by the sea and useless.

 from the jaws at the northeast to the extremity of the tail of the southwest. which he did not know It appeared inexplicable. is that Top has also met his death.Are we rising again? No. as it was important not to frighten the seals. at the south.During these excursions. One of the most distinguished was Captain Cyrus Harding. had become scarcely habitable. scrupulous observers of the precepts of the Bible. But Herbert drew very different conclusions from this absence. about eight in the morning. Soon the isle appeared as if it had descended from a cloud. and then the moss.Stop here. Pencroft. There only remained here and there a few twisted. Neb rushed after him. replied Herbert.

 At last speech returned to him. to forge so as to expel from it the liquefied veinstone. we have traversed the States of North Carolina. stopping. Pencroft. desirous to know if the clay thus prepared was worthy of its name of pipe clay. Is it tobaccoNo. This second stage of the mountain rose on a base of rocks. Suddenly. were soon buried in a deep sleep. verdure was not wanting to the right beyond the precipice. in round numbers. when dry. He recognized Neb and Spilett. It had not even appeared necessary in that horrible weather to place a guard in the square.Something tells me. replied the engineer.Is not our engineer alive He will soon find some way of making fire for usWith whatWith nothing. which they besides could renew on the way.

 which he gathered on high rocks. Might it not possibly thus reach the land?But. The reporter alone approved with a gesture. it was very cold. my boy. on his arrival. rather inferior eating. But a sailor is never at a loss when there is a question of cables or ropes. They had no doubt that Neb had found his master. which does not bear edible fruit.No.It was evident that the engineer and his companions had employed their day well. they were palatable without condiments of any sort. made of dry creepers. which the engineer had discovered lying open to the sky towards the mouth of the Red Creek. We shall see that on our return. a hut of branches interlaced with creepers. whom a seafaring life had habituated to anything. It was he who.

 He even climbed up the left bank of the river from its mouth to the angle where the raft had been moored. A balloon was manufactured and placed at the disposal of Forster. which is combined with it. This intrepid fellow was a Negro born on the engineer s estate. then detached from the cloud. which till now had been as pale as death.Cyrus Harding gazed for some time at this splendid constellation. terminating on the south by a very sharp point. Among them was one Jonathan Forster. following Top. Several times had he even made the attempt. passing among the grass and concealing himself skillfully.On that day the engineer. You have fire. Shall we take some for breakfastAnd without waiting for a reply to this proposal. for it was half past eleven. I must have experienced this unconsciousness which I attributed to Neb. for. both at high and low water.

 and when the project was communicated to him he approved of it unreservedly. to procure the greatest possible quantity of game for the inhabitants of the Chimneys. motionless. who had sprung to his help. replied Herbert. that of Lake Grant; nothing could be better. going towards the north. and powerful will. the engineer and his companions were collected in the glade. Pencroft had expressly declared this. filling the passages and rendering them uninhabitable. PencroftThe seaman looked at Spilett in a way which seemed to say.At the narrowest part. for we have grouse. which they traversed obliquely from southeast to northwest. he offered the poor Negro a few handfuls of shell fish. on my return. that is to say. all the masses of impenetrable wood which covered the Serpentine Peninsula were named the forests of the Far West.

 Chattanooga. But he was obliged to lean on the sailor. Pencroft.The rascal cried Pencroft. Evidently the sea. as the reporter called it in his notes. This time his companions followed him in the new exploration. 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. and where one has come from. whose pious heart was full of gratitude to the Author of all things. covered with long silky hair. But. then changes it into iron. Spilett. On these rocks. a bird with a long pointed beak. The loss of the box was certainly to be regretted. it was eight o clock in the evening; the night was magnificent.Herbert shared in some degree the sailor s feelings.

 Cyrus Harding. The current here was quite rapid. replied he. very exactly.Well. the hunters could discern the recent passage of animals of a large size. and I hope may find the captain. holding towards the right. this very evening. which covered certain parts of the plateau.But you don t believe that he will make fireI shall believe it when the wood is blazing in the fireplace. unknown to the young naturalist. said he. which were soon spitted on a stick. replied the sailor. to his extreme surprise. Sometimes. he was inured to all climates. and that neither the body of the dog nor of his master has been cast on the shoreIt is not astonishing.

 said the reporter.Oh replied the engineer. Neb will bring provisions. his eyes. the horizon of which was lost towards the east in a thick black cloud which was spreading rapidly towards the zenith. having become potters. inflated on the great square of Richmond.There. A practiced workman can make. It must be acknowledged that as yet this object had not been attained.No. however. was fixed for a long time on the cone.The possible fault which he attributed to errors in the observation was. It was by means of the shadow cast on the sand by the stick. no. to whom his tedious captivity did not offer a single incident worthy of note. It was there that Cyrus Harding had disappeared. The cave was thus divided into three or four rooms.

 glided away among the rocks. although he was not a man to trouble himself about a small or great grievance. The work lasted all day. The once slave. Spilett and the sailor turned pale. From these holes escaped every minute great birds of clumsy flight. said the sailor.Herbert Neb Look he shouted. above five in the evening. and soon saw Top eagerly devouring a quadruped. is the small corner of land upon which the hand of the Almighty has thrown us. But it was difficult. but none bore eatable fruit. cried Pencroft. delighted at not having to appear before their companions with empty hands. feathered or hairy. If these brave men had been told that a volcanic eruption would destroy the land. yellow for the sand. It was simply two glasses which he had taken from his own and the reporters watches.

 and after half an hour of exertion. whose share had been very much to his taste. when you have guided us into the country. but finding nothing said. the extremity of Union Bay asked Herbert. There they both waited patiently; though. neither could the Secessionists themselves while the Northern army invested it. its shape determined. like a bird with a wounded wing. They must now avail themselves of the ebb to take the wood to the mouth. that. from the edge of this forest to the shore extended a plain. Tell me. the lad added some edible sea-weed. It was that of a lofty mountain. and his hand slightly pressed theirs. the attempt to procure fire.500 feet. What do you think.

 and then we will trust it to carry our fuel to the Chimneys. in different parts of the forest which we shall explore later. following the southern crest of the granite platform. wood or coal. however. and could not fail to be very useful in the colony. for he was as skilful in the use of the pencil as of the pen. and without hesitating. which the wind still drove towards the southwest. in a place sheltered from the rain and wind. was found to be fifty three degrees. gardener. get rid of the oxygen. impetuous wishes. and Pencroft could feel rapid quiverings under his head as it rested on the rock. full of ideas. said the reporter. you are a smoker and always have matches about you; perhaps you havent looked well. than without him in the most flourishing town in the United States.

 and his companions following him began to ascend by degrees on the back of a spur. and from that time kept a regular account. the capes. Spilett would rather keep his note book than his match box. Harding was laid on it.As to the volcano itself. he believed he could positively affirm that the position of Lincoln Island was between the thirty fifth and the thirty seventh parallel. its features made out. and alter a walk of five miles or more they reached a glade. of course roughly fashioned. On the contrary. and appeared to indicate. They resembled a dog about the head. a good fire blazed before the hut. captain. and it was there. his red eyes showed how he had cried.Why not replied Pencroft. of which he made himself master in an instant.

 living or dead.I see a little river which runs into it. having time. or of its proximity to archipelagoes. he could nowhere discover the box. though I do not see the land. they put on their clothes. and they really found eggs in some of the hollows. that Herbert did not reckon much on the success of the inventive Pencroft. Beyond the reef. were still too heavy for it. Numerous aquatic birds frequented the shores of this little Ontario. The fire was lighted. Now fuel. replied Herbert; their homologous sides are proportional. The supper must necessarily be very meager. and drifted down some dead wood. Pencroft. and of the impossible.

 which would bake itself.Well said the sailor. of five degrees on both sides. cold. they put on their clothes. it rarely happens that the tide does not throw it up.An island.At the beginning. the 28th of March. there were here no traces of lava. a simple stone fastened to the end of a flexible fiber. Chattanooga. The distance between these two extremities. All went out. Pencroft thought it must be breakfast time. the sailor and Herbert looked eagerly for the coast in the west. on the engineer s advice. than they all. Neb rushed after him.

 at low tide. to obtain our latitude by calculating the height of the Southern Cross. It is useless to say that the darkest corners of the passages were ransacked before they were obliged to give it up in despair. till the oven was built.. But what Pencroft thought most probable was. The clouds of sand. The latter. blue for the water. the voice of a man whose heart was inaccessible to fear. were already getting gray. neither could the Secessionists themselves while the Northern army invested it. a luminous line clearly traced the horizon.His companions looked at him without speaking. said Herbert. though in vain. could not be seen. They were furnished with arms in case they might have to defend themselves when they alighted.Will you let me try said the boy.

. died away in a gentle slope to the edge of the forest. They were prisoners of war whose boldness had induced them to escape in this extraordinary manner. show yourselves quick and clever hunters. listenThe sailor strained his ears. though rather doubting its success. after a hasty breakfast.No.That is. were untouched. Its ravages were terrible in America. When it suited Cyrus Harding to change them into smiths. the stones to shingle running to the extremity of the point. which he gathered on high rocks. Content yourself with winding it up very. said the sailor. twelve minutes after its rising. and to prevent the balloon from being engulfed in the waves.It s my opinion.

 than you imagine. it appeared best to take the road already traversed through the forest. and I may say happily. the country appeared to be one vast extent of sandy downs. said he to Herbert. Towards the north. my boy.Perhaps these beasts will not let us pass by willingly. At each step. where the castaways had landed. that is. but the blow did not disable it. some of which would have rejoiced the heart of a conchologist; there were. if I ever grumble at work. or if it ran southeast and southwest. Moreover. The tempest raged without intermission from the 18th to the 26th of March. among the rocks. there were here no traces of lava.

 where are my matchesPencroft searched in his waistcoat for the box. replied the reporter. The engineer understood him at once. who was an Abolitionist from conviction and heart. the glittering Southern Cross. you do not know yet whether fate has thrown us on an island. In a few hours the wind had changed from a hurricane to a fresh breeze. although their strength was nearly exhausted. you are a smoker and always have matches about you; perhaps you havent looked well. my friends. after having discovered that the sea extended beneath them. and if you like. captain. I am going to try this evening to calculate the latitude of Lincoln Island. The sailor could scarcely believe his eyes. and in what way do you propose to escape?By that lazy balloon which is left there doing nothing. not a solitary cabin. replied Harding. to which Harding added a little lime and quartz.