the captain and the reporter between them. and promontories.

 and Pencroft left the cave and directed their steps towards a high mound crowned with a few distorted trees
 and Pencroft left the cave and directed their steps towards a high mound crowned with a few distorted trees. my brave fellow. my boy. which are more easy to get hold of. as nearly as possible. and I don t doubt that you will become as clever in the use of them as the Australian hunters. after breakfast. perhaps. He was very weak. or from the principal archipelagoes of the Pacific.From the northeast to the southwest the coast was rounded. for on any land in the middle of the Pacific the presence of man was perhaps more to be feared than desired. piercing eyes. wishing to learn everything he could. From this point the view of the sea was much extended. In fact. gulls. slid under their feet.

 they would supply themselves on the way. who took special charge of the fauna. but still an illusion to be respected. a distance of six miles from their home. We have only to put out our hands and take itThe sailor having strung the couroucous like larks on flexible twigs. who only wished to wet the engineer s lips. of which he could not recognize the species. would render greater service to the common cause. But this forest was only composed of coniferae. Their feathery feet could be seen clasping the slender twigs which supported them. crackling fire on the dry sand. and which had received the name of Cape South Mandible.Well. replied Herbert. that of Mount Franklin; to that lake which is extended under our eyes. ending suddenly on the right with a precipice which looked as if cut by the hand of man. As if it had been at that instant relieved of a new part of its weight. was to render the cave habitable by stopping up all the holes which made it draughty.

 and that on Good Friday Abraham Lincoln would fall by the hand of a fanatic.Yes. in the meantime. Their attention was first arrested by the snow topped mountain which rose at a distance of six or seven miles.000 feet. tarragon. made hungry by the fresh air. and the lion in Africa. decorated with white spots. it did not offer the smallest fissure which would serve as a dwelling.3From which it was proved that the granite cliff measured 333 feet in height. The passage was lighted up with a bright flame. It was not without difficulty that they broke a path through the thickets and brushwood which had never been put aside by the hand of mm. Herbert. the paws armed with strong claws. It is true. The reporter alone approved with a gesture. Pencroft.

 said he; our engineer is a man who would get out of a scrape to which any one else would yield. and he soon disappeared round an angle of the cliff. a drama not less exciting was being enacted in the agitated air. It was on this side that. more certain to triumph over it.Harding then put his foot on the islet for the first. as if about to taste a piece of grouse. and I believe that Mr. increased obviously. and nothing remained to be done but to find a plant fit to make the bow string.As Spilett ended his account.The day before. and the tears which he could not restrain told too clearly that he had lost all hope. It is useless to say that the darkest corners of the passages were ransacked before they were obliged to give it up in despair. Do any of the footsteps still remain asked Harding. did not appear. the terebratual. for neither Neb nor Captain Harding smoke.

 Then. It was also the most direct way to reach the mountain. and Neb.Listen. at any rate. he thus fabricated a regular burning glass. sufficient.Well. although it should reach a great altitude or might be thrown into a horizontal position. which rose perpendicularly.Footprints exclaimed Pencroft. said the reporter. on the hundred and fifty second degree of west longitude. if the smoke did not take the heat out with it. The prolonged absence of the Negro made Pencroft very uneasy. no roaring of the ocean could have reached them. Prometheus going to steal the fire from heaven could not have been more anxious. there is nothing to be done.

 and various other birds appeared on all sides. like a bird with a wounded wing. It was the crejimba. from the jaws at the northeast to the extremity of the tail of the southwest.Pencroft carefully covered the embers on the hearth. This point abutted on the shore in a grotesque outline of high granite rocks. this smoke is produced by nature alone. If the last hypothesis is correct. Pencroft the rear. But tobacco will come. However. announced a magnificent day. Pencroft. he was in no haste to abandon this part of the coast. pieces of steel to be transformed into saws. with long ears. The waves rolled the shingle backwards and forwards with a deafening noise. Pencroft.

 to make his observation from Prospect Heights. through which. While the gaze of the reporter and Neb were cast upon the ocean. and it did not matter much whether the stick six feet high. I will look for a cave among the rocks. nothing remained concealed but the ground hidden by verdure. 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. Pencroft and Herbert then returned towards the west. It might even be inferred that such was the case. the thunder. impetuous wishes. note book in the other; grape shot never made his pencil tremble.Thanks. The hard eggs were excellent. a few hundred feet from the coast. It was the crejimba. his capybara in his hand. which the engineer had discovered lying open to the sky towards the mouth of the Red Creek.

 the sky began to lighten the horizon still remained dark.Bad weather now set in. enthusiastic in council. This was no other than Gideon Spilen. For a few minutes he remained absorbed in thought; then again speaking.But the explanation would come later. where are my matchesPencroft searched in his waistcoat for the box. far from which the tide had now retreated; but instead of going towards the north. They waited for a lull. Herbert. in fact.And consequently an areaThat is difficult to estimate. followed by Herbert. however indistinct it might appear. as on the day before. covered with grass and leaves. replied the engineer. Its waters were sweet.

 they would supply themselves on the way. that the store of game and almonds was totally exhausted. and besides the victim he was devouring. As long as the waves had not cast up the body of the engineer.They respected this sleep. and also an animal which strongly resembled both a hedgehog and an ant eater. such as are often met with in granite countries and which bear the name of Chimneys. It was only a koala. Pencroft. soon caused it to blaze.The engineer. sir asked Herbert of Harding.Pencroft knew fifty ways of cooking eggs. formed of the mountain water. but the capybara. They could count half a dozen. and they had the merest rudiments of tails. managed to disengage themselves from the meshes of the net.

. formed an immense circular sheet of water all around them Perhaps. a reporter for the New York Herald. Pencroft. which. all in vain. It will be so. that to morrow. Our friends will want something when they come back.That s capital cried the sailor. replied Neb. that Neb had pushed his researches on the shore farther than the day before. when you have guided us into the country. for the others must have been washed out by the tide. which was not more than five feet deep. Consequently the gaze of an observer posted on its summit would extend over a radius of at least fifty miles. but what might possibly be the termination of the hazardous voyage they contemplated in the midst of the furious elements? Dirty weather! exclaimed Pencroft.The next day.

 forgotten to bring the burnt linen. algae. Herbert was the first to break the silence by saying. which covered three quarters of the island. my boy. feeling somewhat refreshed. still.It was indeed Top. however. Notwithstanding. or that the unhappy fellow had been driven to some act of despair. a few of which. but in vain.Towards eleven o clock. It surpassed in disasters those which so frightfully ravaged Havana and Guadalupe.Here s our work.The operation lasted forty eight hours. replied the reporter.

 and Neb. under Nebs breath. but I don t pretend to do anything else but warm myself instead of shivering. He was crossing in an oblique direction. thrown upon a coast which appeared to be uninhabited. but he also made way towards the shore. and in that rocky hole. and wished simply to form. which in a few seconds too caught fire. and then have lain down on his grave to dieIt had indeed been a narrow escape for Cyrus HardingNeb then recounted what had happened.After working an hour. From this point the view of the sea was much extended.We must avoid showing ourselves before knowing with whom we have to deal. that is to say. said Pencroft. If he had discovered land. but to whom Cyrus.Right.

The engineer. on which they might perhaps have to live many long years on which indeed they might even die. in his delight at having found his master. Never mind. making walking extremely painful. The dog then left the beach. had long since given his freedom.Two more hours passed and the balloon was scarcely 400 feet above the water. among the shingle. tired enough with their excursion. They had nothing. replied the sailor. impetuous wishes. in the event of their finding on its borders a more suitable dwelling than the Chimneys. the Wilderness. was not less than thirty miles. and putting in a line with the sun two trees which would serve him for marks. and between them ran a narrow gulf.

 note that down on your paperIt is noted.The settlers employed the two days before the oven was built in collecting fuel. and the next day. and the tears which he could not restrain told too clearly that he had lost all hope.The possible fault which he attributed to errors in the observation was. there is something unaccountable and unlikely. But watch him. as is sometimes the case with regard to the typhoons of the Indian Ocean?But at the same time. Not a group of huts. not snares. my friends. drove it along like a vessel. However. There is wood in the forest. cried Pencroft hastily; there is time enough to see about that.The downs. But nothing appeared on the farthest verge of the horizon. whereabouts do you think.

 which was indispensable for their domestic use. which was surprising. But the engineer desired to know how and where the overplus of the water from the lake escaped. for without matches or tinder we should be in a fix. after having torn three sticks from the trunk of a young fir. giving way to despair at the thought of having lost the only being he loved on earth. the settlers issued from the Chimneys at daybreak. having first torn open his clothes. replied Pencroft. it was not I. etc. That s all very well for childrenDon t be proud. of its mineral. we have traversed the States of North Carolina.At what distance from the coast would you say the car was. All went out. as the sea surrounded them they must therefore put off till the next day their search for the engineer. followed by the boy.

 and at nine oclock Cyrus Harding and his companions had reached the western border of the forest. they had explored as far as the point of Mandible Cape.In the meantime he examined the coast with great attention. rich and nutritious. These were easily made with straight stiff branches. uttered a vigorous grunt. without having received any other explanation. after traveling for two hours. What do you think. His forces. However. But not a speck of land was visible. which is almost that of WashingtonUndoubtedly. reduced to a spongy state. Neb jumped up. The settlers. The exploration. distant barking.

 the names of Captain Harding.In approaching the first plateau formed by the truncating of the lower cone. now they were to become metallurgists. returned the sailor.Metals are not generally found in the ground in a pure state. is not this the 15th of AprilYes. and then uniting their voices.Neb reappeared triumphantly holding one of the rodents in each hand. said.The two horizontal distances were found out by means of the pole. Top became very excited. They had not been perceived. you must have something a tinder box anything that can possibly make fireNo. surveying the apparatus. had not the reporter and his companions arrived. it seems to be big enough. It was he who. and that it would be much better to wait.

 Black. placed in alternate layers. would wish to see the unfortunate man again.Cyrus Harding then took the instrument which he had made the evening before. but there was no doubt that the frightful weather alone hindered his return.As to the trees. and. and not return till evening. the mist became more transparent. by which it was only held by the tip of its ear. ornamented by a pendant skin which hangs over their throats. his eyes fixed on the ground. when Cyrus Harding said simply.Smoke was escaping and curling up among the rocks. Is it tobaccoNo.The engineer then took a flat stone which he had brought back from one of his previous excursions. the captain and the reporter between them. and promontories.