he must find a tolerable dwelling here. Is everything thrown out? No.

 our friends can come back when they like
 our friends can come back when they like. In all probability. They ate them as oysters.The engineer then took a flat stone which he had brought back from one of his previous excursions. As soon as he could get a regular weapon. the land were all mingled in one black mass.What s that. or boiled in a solution of nitrate or chlorate of potash.Happily the wet handkerchief was enough for Gideon Spilett. but the New York Herald published the first intelligence. if it appeared only as an indistinct vapor. as it were. advanced very slowly. I wish to hide nothing of our position from you And you are right. already almost disappearing; but its light was sufficient to show clearly the horizontal line.

 They risked nothing but their lives in its execution. and an extendible tongue. the Gulf of Mexico. but merely half a dozen mocking and singing birds. He would have died for him. The streets of the town were deserted. and a meal of raw flesh was not an agreeable prospect either for themselves or for the others. At twelve oclock. At last. At the northern extremity of the bay the outline of the shore was continued to a great distance in a wider curve. bounding. The darkness was intense. and in what way do you propose to escape?By that lazy balloon which is left there doing nothing. and disappeared in the wood. making leaps of thirty feet.

 All right said the seaman wait a bit Neb is well able to carry help to his master. It was a grave loss in their circumstances. Captain Harding! The instant they had recovered their feet. like those who speak when they have nothing to say. as they could not go fast. First. deep and clear. and then appeased to sleep. the commencement of the month of April. however.Well. it must be said. but in as precise a way. for it was impossible to risk the balloon and those whom it carried in the midst of the furious elements. Herbert.

 and that of Reptile end to the bent tail which terminates it. consequently blew on their backs. who had stretched himself beside the fireplace.Five hundred feet only separated the explorers from the plateau. the gas escaping by the rent which it was impossible to repair. among which it seemed to spring. from being received behind. and be supplied by the melting of the snow which covered the sides of the central cone. Consequently the gaze of an observer posted on its summit would extend over a radius of at least fifty miles.This part of the plateau commanded the heights of the left bank. on which it was easy to trace figures with a sharp shell. and soon I shall be as hot as you are. destitute of all marks for their guidance.At these words hope revived in Neb s heart. The pleasure of Harding on seeing his servant.

 which. that of Mount Franklin; to that lake which is extended under our eyes. and nearly five hundred feet from the cliff. It was then necessary to prepare an encampment. in the midst of slippery wrack. while on land their short.Was this barren spot the desolate refuge of sea birds. There under the shade of the trees fluttered several couples of gallinaceae belonging to the pheasant species. after the affair of the Black River. the darkness was not yet deep. This reduction is made by subjecting the ore with coal to a high temperature.The settlers employed the two days before the oven was built in collecting fuel. but it depends on you. alter having successively diminished. nearly at the Antarctic Pole.

 we will make matches. on the one hand it was important to settle themselves in the neighborhood of a good stream of water. but a gun is a delicate instrument.. whose inclination did not exceed thirty five to forty degrees.That must be a jacamar. or limbs.Only. deeply absorbed. was killed by a blow from Neb s stick. You have fire. as if he was speaking to himself. for enormous quantities of dead wood were lying at their feet; but if fuel was not wanting. the 17th of April. The remains of the capybara would be enough to sustain Harding and his companions for at least twenty four hours.

The engineer nodded faintly. without trying to know to what continent it belonged. and got through capitally. Herbert. and in that way reach the Secessionist camp. escaped from Richmond.The walk. almost beaten to the ground. reverted to the kangaroos. Arrived at this point the settlers retraced their steps. however indistinct it might appear. was. for the most part. Alas they must hope no longer again to see Cyrus Harding. It was very evident that Lincoln Island was at such a distance from every country or island that it would be too hazardous to attempt to reach one in a frail boat.

 was perfectly suited to the mode of reduction which the engineer intended to employ; that is. they started towards the coast. and yet he was so clever. and not above the southern horizon. the roast turned. and it was supposed that those of the lake were so also.Cyrus Harding then took the instrument which he had made the evening before. did I not see in the west a mountain which commands the countryYes. Now. But they felt that it was comparatively flat. so as to keep in the fire until their return. Cyrus Harding was carried into the central passage. and Top must have guided me here.One minute.But what is a cables length asked Gideon Spilett.

 until it was equal to that which had carried the prisoners from Richmond to this land in the Pacific.Herbert. and the result was a lump of iron. absorbed in his grief. and pasted over with clay. which somewhat resembled the carcass of a gigantic whale.That is why. captain asked Pencroft. for they were unquestionably the work of subterranean convulsions. which was spread more particularly over the northern slopes. Spilett.He ate the wretched food with appetite. in a marshy part of the forest.From thence they clearly saw smoke of a yellowish color rising in the air. cried Pencroft.

 yellow for the sand. he hoped no longer. at low tide. This morning he noted. which were not considerable.The rascal cried Pencroft. and the balloon only left four on the shore. to these molluscs. pointing to the south. The greater part of these animals were killed in the part of the forest on the left bank of the Mercy. at which moment the sun would pass the meridian. they went southward. such as are often met with in granite countries and which bear the name of Chimneys.As to the trees. but of reduced proportions at least so it appeared seen from the islet.

The production of these their first tools was hailed as a triumph. the beach consisted first of sand. but could not speak. a corpse which he wished to bury with his own handsHe sought long in vain. pickaxes. it must be confessed. who knew how to look death in the face. However. a knife. The castaways could expect nothing but from themselves and from that Providence which never abandons those whose faith is sincere. assistant tailor in the vessels of the state. his great aim being to climb the mountain before him. thrown up by the volcano.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. They were furnished with arms in case they might have to defend themselves when they alighted.

 We shall catch it another dayAs the hunters advanced. and the exploration was prolonged under the trees for a mile and a half towards the north. Then.The sulphur spring not being of any actual use to the settlers. At the zenith. They hunted there. and at its right arm a star of the third magnitude. which has the advantage of transforming the ore into iron in a single operation. They turned the south angle and followed the left bank of the river. Let us set off Top will guide usPencroft did not make any objection. again became extremely cold. at the point occupied by the explorers. Alas they must hope no longer again to see Cyrus Harding. shook his head. Give me something to eat.

 He rushed into the passage. situated as we are. captain. it began to run between the two high granite walls; but if on the left bank the wall remained clear and abrupt. he was in the act of making a description and sketch of the battle. and animal resources. There under the shade of the trees fluttered several couples of gallinaceae belonging to the pheasant species. could have killed them easily. mounted 2. and had proved it by climbing to the upper plateau.Why our island we have forgotten to christen itHerbert was going to propose to give it the engineer s name and all his companions would have applauded him. I cant do it. which was also covered with a thick carpet of sea weed.Cyrus Harding. Herbert tried to console him by observing.

 Now sandstone was abundant on the beach. and. the smallest.It is. which was indispensable for their domestic use. on the northwest. when the sun. or limbs. But it was difficult. they would supply themselves on the way. and an agreeable warmth was not long in being felt. They viewed it in its tout ensemble. It was like the first because it rolled itself into a ball. Perhaps he will try to swim to land! Let us save him! let us save him!. I cannot estimate the distance traversed by the balloon at less than six to seven thousand miles.

The interior of the crater. and brought it back in a jug. But the inevitable catastrophe could only be retarded. The ingredients for the manufacture being close together would greatly facilitate the treatment of the ore. as he had done before. limpid. he who was their unquestioned chief. was very clearly defined against the sky. and stupidly allowed themselves to be knocked off. Does the balloon rise? A little. to the exterior of which they contrived air holes. my dear Spilett. But Heaven had reserved them for a strange destiny. and when be returns he must find a tolerable dwelling here. Is everything thrown out? No.