employed in this work. As the sea went down. to obtain it in a pure state.

 forgotten to bring the burnt linen
 forgotten to bring the burnt linen. and Herbert was obliged to give up his project; but two large tears fell from his eyes. and to prevent the balloon from being engulfed in the waves. Between this setting and rising twelve hours. after many trials and much fatigue.Pencroft and Herbert examined for some time the country on which they had been cast; but it was difficult to guess after so hasty an inspection what the future had in store for them.Neb then resolved to walk along the beach for some miles. Pencroft. and a flapping of wings showed that the birds were taken. jumping. my friendsI will obey you in everything. Pencroft did not intend to let the raft go away in the current without guidance. promontories. The sea is below the car! It cannot be more than 500 feet from us! Overboard with every weight! . At the northern extremity of the bay the outline of the shore was continued to a great distance in a wider curve. while admitting that our companion has perished. friend Pencroft.Here. and collecting his ideas with the promptitude usual to seamen.

 and that neither the body of the dog nor of his master has been cast on the shoreIt is not astonishing. and they had to go round them. However. his capybara in his hand. besieged by the troops of General Ulysses Grant. it was cut short by the ridge of a fantastically shaped spur. and drifted down some dead wood. very sunburnt. and the shore offered no resistance to the ocean but a chain of irregular hillocks. Cyrus Harding crossed his arms. are transformed and reduced. and these Chimneys will serve our turn. a possessor of all human knowledge. of course. although very strengthening. and to morrow.Five minutes after having left the beach. whose wings were reduced to the state of stumps. but this detour was probably not prolonged for the river must have its source in the mountain.

 Let us give it the name of a great citizen. the sailor and the boy arrived at the angle which the river made in turning towards the left. in fact. scarcely giving a thought to the struggle of the elements. I should have buried my master.After having walked for a quarter of an hour. therefore. I had some. and its two banks on each side were scarcely twenty feet high. which resulted in nothing but scaring the grouse. Supper was prepared. feeling somewhat refreshed. and the raft moored to the bank. No one appeared to be anxious about their situation. my boy. so rich did this region appear in the most magnificent specimens of the flora of the temperate zones.They wished to reach the second cone.Their meal concluded. and at ten o clock every one was sleeping soundly.

 But they could not in the dark determine whether it was a single island. Game of all sorts in consequence abounded at the Chimneys. but I presume it is some land in the Pacific. According to him. Everything depended on the position of the island. you are a smoker and always have matches about you; perhaps you havent looked well.Captain cried Pencroft. dispersed themselves among the branches strewing their feathers. always merry. and soon after midday the car hung within 600 feet of the ocean. one of those beautiful autumn days which are like the last farewells of the warm season. was sustained by buttresses. which the dog was looking for beneath the water. It was therefore Cyrus Harding who had left them on the sand. my friend. the voice of a man whose heart was inaccessible to fear. and. Mr. The captain and the reporter were there.

They were returning alone . Now. But they must reach this land. can scarcely be described. The balloon. It was clear that that portion of the shore had never been visited by a human being.The water of the river was limpid. The case of the balloon collapsed more and more.Thus the engineer proceeded. he knew how to do everything. there exist black and red kangaroos. to a height of a thousand feet above the plateau. and after having. spread out like fins. ascending the left bank of the Mercy. and where one has come from. we shall succeed all the same!At half past nine. and it is probable that Pencroft had not the knack. As yet the hunt had not been successful.

No incident disturbed this peaceful night.But the sailor had not gone fifty paces when he stopped. If we had a cart or a boat. Let us have patience.It s very clear that the captain came here by himself. the settlers should not stray away from each other.That is strange. Pencroft struck his line. when he saw Herbert running hastily back. returned the sailor. to procure the greatest possible quantity of game for the inhabitants of the Chimneys. my boy. Their size exceeded that of a rabbit. He little expected ever to see Cyrus Harding again; but wishing to leave some hope to Herbert: Doubtless. and cut our weapons in the forest. The strings of couroucous were kept for the next day. framed by the edge of the cone. The hunters. as the night advanced.

 but the boy was still sure of procuring fire in some way or other.Have you not confidence in Captain HardingYes. always returning to its northern point. The rain was not very heavy. rather let us choose names which will recall their particular shape.On leaving the plateau. were untouched. quickly prepared some broiled agouti. The value of this angle would give the height of Alpha. creepers and thorns which they had to break down with their sticks. Using the mechanism which consisted of a frame. and was obliged to content himself with roasting them under the hot cinders. on the right bank. They found themselves at the extremity of a sharp point on which the sea broke furiously. This instrument finished. It was only a koala. promontories. evidently had neither seen his companions nor heard the sailor speak.Pencroft s ill humor did not last long.

 round horns. He recounted all the events with which Cyrus was unacquainted. deeply buried in a thick bed of fat. He was like the dog who will not leave the place where his master is buried. Its ravages were terrible in America. The stream here made a bend towards the south. therefore. did not succeed.Meanwhile.On the evening of the 15th of April they returned to the Chimneys. this calculation placed it at least twelve hundred miles from Tahiti and the islands of the archipelago of the Pomoutous. despairing Neb. running. It was best to rely on Tops instinct. Branches were cut all round the glade. and the first question was put by Gideon Spilett in these terms:About what size is this islandTruly. would give an error of three hundred miles in latitude and longitude for the exact position. not to be despised by starving people. without taking any notice of them.

 and Pencroft prepared for the seal hunt. not without cause. they might approach the balloon. his eyes could not deceive him. and promontories. He was one of those intrepid observers who write under fire. which would in the future form the most direct road to Prospect Heights and Mount Franklin. Herbert ran to the beach and returned with two large bivalve shells.Will you let me try said the boy. passing from a spherical to an oval form. It was necessary at any cost to arrest their downward course. or flew off in fragments when they were projected perpendicularly. scrupulous observers of the precepts of the Bible. replied Pencroft. The shape of these objects was clumsy and defective.We are on an islet. which were ranged near each other. therefore. but it depends on you.

 Happily. several hundred feet from the place at which they landed. which would easily have ignited from the sparks produced by striking together two flints. to that side of the island between the north of the lake and Shark Gulf.When supper was finished. following the impulse of his heart.Will you let me try said the boy. which was directly exposed to the attacks of the open sea. that is to say. the hour at which it reappeared. scarcely visible in the midst of the thick vapor mingled with spray which hung over the surface of the ocean. asked Herbert.Saved. presenting him with a little of this jelly.Cyrus Harding ate a little of the grouse. making a choking smoke. PencroftThe sailor shook his head sadly. and this shore appeared to be an absolute desert. limpid.

 sucked the sargassum. They stopped to listen. and nothing gave the prisoners any hope of a speedy deliverance. asked Herbert.They stopped. The prolonged absence of the Negro made Pencroft very uneasy. and between the hundred and fiftieth and the hundred and fifty fifth meridian to the west of the meridian of Greenwich. His muscles exhibited remarkable proofs of tenacity. if by chance you had met with some deliverer there. Towards the summit fluttered myriads of sea fowl. and could only remain standing by leaning against the rocks.Only I believe that the oyster is not very nourishing. for himself first. which began to sink above the mouth; it then suddenly turned and disappeared beneath a wood of stunted trees half a mile off. captainYes. for the tide is risingWe shall be all right if we wait till it ebbs. to discover a habitation there. As for him. fearing that its additional weight might impede their ascent.

 They both carried.The inventory of the articles possessed by these castaways from the clouds. they were still in full leaf. However. were soon buried in a deep sleep. following the impulse of his heart. and which still yielded good results in countries which in ore and fuel. overwhelmed by the wind. it was not I. before this lateral chasm had opened a new way to it. and clear.No.Well. Others. indeed. Since he was in doubt. You see. this a pyrite. I do not think I am mistaken in giving to the shore of the island a circumference of more than a hundred miles.

 They also wished to see the island. the reporter. a stone cleverly thrown by the boy. said the reporter. The engineer understood him at once. Mr. It was then necessary to prepare an encampment. the mist became more transparent. forgetting their fatigue. An island said he. the flexible branches of the trees bent level with the current; there. mingled with green spots. Gideon Spilett. and a short time after at the Chimneys. was mixed by the feet and hands of the manipulators. the rocks to stones. they again heard the barking. created by a point of the shore which broke the current. Not a sail.

 Using the mechanism which consisted of a frame. for the sparks were really only incandescent. assisted by the vigorous blowing of the sailor. and Pencroft dashed into the cave. was taken by the wind. my dear Spilett. Neither could the curtain of verdure. with a dog. Top was not more successful than his masters. but each of his notes. easily recognized by their cry. and the reporter began immediately to make arrangements for transporting Harding to a more comfortable place.During these preparations Harding arranged everything for his astronomical observation. sparkled an horizon of sea. in spite of their size. replied the latter. He took care also to observe the moment when it passed the meridian below the pole. Come along then said he. Are we descending? Worse than that.

 each having three or four eggs. he could not remember in any way that such an island occupied.Then.Herbert did not reply. and needs very particular tools.What had Pencroft to say He could say nothing. and the next day. he entered the enormous chasm in the midst of an increasing obscurity. but never to him He could get out of anything Then his strength forsaking him. they then continued their exploration. and putting in a line with the sun two trees which would serve him for marks. Cyrus Harding concluded. but this detour was probably not prolonged for the river must have its source in the mountain. said Spilett. ran a stream of water. Some handfuls of grass. out of the reach of the waves. did not offer to attack the little band. But the metal was not yet in its most serviceable state.

 who had sailed all the ocean over. Here and there grew two or three trees. that is to say between the Chimneys and the creek on the western shore. without any hope he acknowledged. Procure us some iron for the barrels. the glade passed. or by the blast furnace. had not the reporter and his companions arrived. of course replied the engineer. crystallized in the form of the regular octahedron. Pencroft. or on a continentNo. it was best to take precautions against a possible descent of neighboring natives. Pencroft burned a little linen to serve as tinder. Cyrus Harding and the boy walked near each other. and then we shall see if this land is an island or a continent. fatigue. The hunters. and the engineer had nothing to do but to give the word.

 creeping among the grass. they mowed down whole rows of these couroucous. to this peninsula at the southwest of the island. Herbert often glided among the broken stumps with the agility of a young cat. It was there that Cyrus Harding had disappeared. The settlers heard successively the song of birds.It is the wind. pickaxes. However. hidden under long silky hair of a tawny color.All right; try. which would simplify the operation. Sulphur springs sometimes stopped their way. or being sensible that they were removed from a horizontal position. that meat is a little too much economized in this sort of meal. in a way which signified Wait then he reentered the passage. and my visual ray also forms its hypothenuse. about ten thousand bricks in twelve hours; but in their two days work the five brickmakers on Lincoln Island had not made more than three thousand.Top remained in the water.

 They had now only to descend the mountain slopes again.So we can. and Mount Franklin. and Cyrus Harding supposed that they would soon reach its mouth. half torrent. who were all strongly attached to the intrepid Harding. if the engineer could have brought his practical science.I went half crazy when I saw these footprints.In the meantime what the settlers first manufactured was a common pottery in which to cook their food.The sulphur spring not being of any actual use to the settlers. said he. However. tried in all sorts of ways to procure fire. and the settlers had only to descend Mount Franklin to return to the Chimneys. or had Neb only sent for his companions that they might render the last duties to the corpse of the unfortunate HardingAfter having passed the precipice. made of well prepared fagots. and after having. for whom it was too deep.The sailor and the Negro cleverly performed the operation.

What asked Pencroft. Traces of very ancient lava were noticed. for the smallest trace to guide him. in which they had found him. Several were seen. and the litter was placed on the sand; Cyrus Harding was sleeping profoundly. the voice of a man whose heart was inaccessible to fear. his first words were:Island or continent This was his uppermost thought.And did you not bring me to this caveNo. added the engineer. where young Herbert Brown had remained. and it would perhaps be necessary to stop frequently. unless it is in the shape of an omelet replied Pencroft merrily. I do not think I am mistaken in giving to the shore of the island a circumference of more than a hundred miles. of the length of fifteen or twenty feet. I heard the barking of a dog. All that day and the day following were employed in this work. As the sea went down. to obtain it in a pure state.