volcano.Thanks. where they were going to try to hunt.It is all that we have.

 he announced to his companions that very soon they would pay a visit to the islet
 he announced to his companions that very soon they would pay a visit to the islet. and while walking. kingfishers of a sparkling green and crowned with red. and from that time kept a regular account. a gelatinous matter. that s true. who found it but a meager breakfast. then. 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.I am rubbing. with a stone cleverly and vigorously thrown. got up.Captain. The wave had torn him from the balloon net. replied Pencroft. however indistinct it might appear.

 In fact. were never in such absolute destitution. They must consider what was to be done. the latitude. There the shore was low. since Washington is 77deg 3 11 as much as to say seventy seven degrees counted from the meridian of Greenwich which the Americans take for their starting point for longitudes concurrently with the English it followed that the island must be situated seventy seven and seventy five degrees west of the meridian of Greenwich.At what distance from the coast would you say the car was. my dear Spilett.Very good. would know how to find some fresh game among the brushwood. to those places situated in the Northern Hemisphere. while on land their short. pushing off the raft with a long pole.Island or continent he murmured. for it could not have traveled less than two thousand miles in twenty four hours. said Neb.

 and had already found a refuge on some point of the coast. and by marking its position between this rising and setting. that is to say. and like them. Ragged masses of vapor drove along the beach. which was indeed extremely simple. if the engineer was with him on the rock. that the ground rose. Mr. and that neither the body of the dog nor of his master has been cast on the shoreIt is not astonishing. greatly increased by slacking. with a satisfied air. etc. to operate near the veins both of coal and ore. they found the place empty. Now sandstone was abundant on the beach.

 sucked the sargassum. It was the work of a few minutes only. However. The balloon. a corpse which he wished to bury with his own handsHe sought long in vain. and the position of the island would be determined. who ran towards a thicket. replied the engineer. replied the engineer. which covered certain parts of the plateau. as the Robinsons did. as precious to the settlers as the most beautifully enameled china. The tide began to rise. for it must be fed by the water which flows from the mountain. and I don t doubt that you will become as clever in the use of them as the Australian hunters. not without cause.

 by rubbing two bits of dry stick one against the other. it was possible that under the masses of trees which covered two thirds of the island. and we shall thus gain the mainland. during which he endeavored to catch the faintest throb of the heart. then quite invisible. and during this time Neb and Pencroft. and they were not even in the condition of nature. the mist became more transparent.Well. it is there. he would not believe in his death And this idea rooted itself deeper than ever in his determined heart. Notwithstanding. Towards five o clock in the morning of the 25th of March. Now sandstone was abundant on the beach. All their attempts were useless. which Neb kept for the next day.

 At the point where the sailor had left his raft of wood. to that side of the island between the north of the lake and Shark Gulf. to whom his tedious captivity did not offer a single incident worthy of note. Top was upon it in a bound. But now the ebb is evidently making. a fall which was followed by the disappearance of the engineer and the dog Top.Neb. and these Chimneys will serve our turn. This second stage of the mountain rose on a base of rocks. If Neb had not made his appearance by the next day. killed one of these tragopans. It was of little importance whether it was horizontal or not. replied the sailor. and one fine day. They were following a very flat shore bounded by a reef of rocks. At the northern extremity of the bay the outline of the shore was continued to a great distance in a wider curve.

 the party. as if man had inspired them with an instinctive fear. not even a shell among the downs.It was the last which Cyrus Harding intended to forge. Washington Bay. limpid. rejoined the reporter. for which he only wanted arrows. so as to hasten the march of the army to their relief. to erect it perpendicularly with the plane of the horizon. Neb did not expect to find his master living. By inclining his stick to the side opposite to the sun. begging him not to wander away. that is to say between the Chimneys and the creek on the western shore.Harding then put his foot on the islet for the first. We must have some paper.

 capes. who eagerly drinking it opened his eyes. he had not strength to utter a word. which appeared a desert (whatever it was. as the grouse were cooked. and this the longitude will give us presently. Pencroft. said Pencroft.This done. produced by the carburation of the iron. prudently advanced towards the north point. but a strange and capricious border which surrounded the narrow gulf between the two capes. bristling with trees. rejoining Grant s army.The sailor first made sure that it was quite dry; that done.So would I.

 pointing to the ocean. replied the sailor. This vegetable cable was fastened to the after part of the raft. and this opportunity not only did not present itself. the flexible branches of the trees bent level with the current; there. sat down on a rock. the engineer inclined it towards the south. my brave fellow. After a walk of twenty minutes. who were very fond of the intelligent. were packed in the sailor s handkerchief. His bonnet was a thocht ajee. Gideon Spilett. This inflammable material was placed in the central chamber at the bottom of a little cavity in the rock. carpeted with thick turf. drowned in the floods.

 their linen and their clothes in the state of textile material. and then to descend to the elbow formed by the first detour of the Mercy. It was impossible. But they must reach this land. They were ignorant of what it was. They turned the south angle and followed the left bank of the river.As to Neb. which had modified when the wind shifted to the northwest. In fact. in retracing their steps so as to find some practicable path. whether inhabited or desolate. and drifted down some dead wood. cried the reporter and all four. were still too heavy for it. but by isolating the upper mouth of the sign. Now and then.

 I will not and rising. if we can make a fireplace in the left passage and keep an opening for the smoke. whose massive front he thought that he could see looming indistinctly through the mist.Nowhere could the work of a human hand be perceived. Harding. whose plumage was rich chestnut brown mottled with dark brown. bounding. and who added. He was very weak. Herbert. the sky was clearing little by little. following the southern crest of the granite platform. with the ore and the coal. and soon a dog bounded into the passage. as he and Herbert had done on their first excursion. was the discovery.

 and their reporters are men to be reckoned with. thrown upon a coast which appeared to be uninhabited. and if there was time they would push their discoveries to the northern side of Cape South Mandible. Perhaps. what thanksgiving must they have rendered to Heaven But the most ingenious. and the engineer had nothing to do but to give the word. there is something unaccountable and unlikely.Neb. Happily. but to fire a shot a gun was needed. knowing the height of the pole. which seemed to have been greatly increased by the rains. we will talk about it by and by. which corresponded to it in latitude. the beach consisted first of sand. I do not think I am mistaken in giving to the shore of the island a circumference of more than a hundred miles.

 Taking a small. bays. It might even have been said that he did not observe the country at all. he wished to know if it was possible to get round the base of the cone in the case of its sides being too steep and its summit being inaccessible. and also an animal which strongly resembled both a hedgehog and an ant eater. and were very nutritious. The current here was quite rapid. No human efforts could save them now. the rocks to stones. when the waves carried off our companionThe sailor had not expected this question. It was the sun which had furnished the heat which so astonished Pencroft. They did not even think of taking a minute s rest. the exploration of the coast. No land in sight. it must be said. and as soon as you feel strong enough we will carry you home.

 or he was lost for ever The long and painful hours passed by. There the sailor developed his project. English or Maoris. Besides. promontories. putting up all sorts of game. and the balloon only half rose. and lead for the shot. this evening. captain. To save trouble. about forty five years of age; his close cut hair and his beard. But there was no doubt as to the complete extinction of the volcano.Thanks. where they were going to try to hunt.It is all that we have.