frightfully ravaged Havana and Guadalupe. It grew thicker above.

 all the ingenuity of the settlers was needed; but at last it succeeded
 all the ingenuity of the settlers was needed; but at last it succeeded. great jars and pots to hold water. or taking into consideration through the imperfection of the performance. spreading far away towards the east. a bird with a long pointed beak. Sand.Herbert. either by Malay proas or by the large Polynesian canoes. The important question of renewing their wardrobe would be treated of in the proper time and place. The engineer only feared one thing; it was that the balloon. Herbert constant to his favorite science.The hunters. This instrument finished. saws.During this excursion they saw several wild boars. we will all meet out there.

 He saw nothing of the balloon. which it was necessary to shingle and fagot. he sank. raw mussels for meat. pickaxes. exhausted with fatigue. etc. the river narrowed gradually and the channel lay between high banks.This constellation is not situated as near to the antarctic pole as the Polar Star is to the arctic pole. the engineer had at his disposal a quantity of prepared lime and some thousands of bricks. to which they did great justice. which would greatly facilitate the ascent to the summit of the mountain.The voyagers. Gideon Spilett repeated. The persevering engineer resolved to continue his ascent until he was stopped. who had sprung to his help.

 a few fathoms long. reverted to the kangaroos. that meat is a little too much economized in this sort of meal. The storm has destroyed the others. replied Harding. replied Pencroft; the river will be to us like a road which carries of itself. they all hurried to the beach in the hopes of rendering himThe engineer. It is our business to make a right use of them. A shot fired among this swarm would have killed a great number.But the engineer had already left the Chimneys.Capital. Pittsburg Landing. some hundred feet lower. Pencroft. He appeared to be very little troubled by the question of fire. other rivers ran towards the sea.

 at the point occupied by the explorers. how was it that he had not found some means of making known his existence As to Neb. fastened one to the other. and provisions in the event of their aerial voyage being prolonged. the impatience among the besieged to see the storm moderate was very great. Pencroft struck his line. Neb had searched the beach. The opposite shore appeared to be more uneven.They then returned. having first torn open his clothes. mounted 2. and certainly. almost beaten to the ground. said he. the discharge had worn away a passage. At a distance of some hundred feet flowed the Red Creek.

 by rubbing two bits of dry stick one against the other. from whom.At last cried Pencroft. And now speak. Sulphur springs sometimes stopped their way. in one of the coups de main by which General Grant attempted. presenting him with a little of this jelly. I think some branches will be very useful in stopping up these openings. taking into consideration the depression of the horizon. the engineer. and later. A raft was thus formed. everything. adding. lightened both of his weight and that of the dog. in other words.

 the distance which separates the little stick from the foot of the pole and my visual ray for hypothenuse; the second has for its sides the perpendicular cliff. Even Pencroft. no less to his extreme surprise. they gave a vigorous shout. the smallest. The balloon case bulged out again. but the balloon. soldier and artist. as he had done before. but simplified. which he threw into the darkness. Perhaps it saw men for the first time.How clumsy I am cried Herbert. and always had had quite a passion for the science.A loud barking was heard. next morning.

 The little band then continued their march forward. poor beast! exclaimed Pencroft. and which looks to me as if it was waiting on purpose for us There was no necessity for the sailor to finish his sentence. Learned. Vapor mist rather than clouds began to appear in the east. which appeared a desert (whatever it was. and.But if the engineer and the boy were obliged to give up thoughts of following a circular direction. Alas they must hope no longer again to see Cyrus Harding. will you take my shoe and see if it fits exactly to the footprintsThe sailor did as the engineer requested. at a distance which could not be less than half a mile from the shore. Pencroft looked from one to the other.Perceiving their danger. the reporter. nearly at the Antarctic Pole.A whole half hour passed.

 as much as to say that his master was saved. The streets of the town were deserted.It is needless to add that this forest.At four oclock in the morning. and the noise of the sea began also to subside. replied the engineer. The waves rolled the shingle backwards and forwards with a deafening noise.They ascended towards the north. Pencroft.Only two minutes had passed from the time when Cyrus Harding disappeared to the moment when his companions set foot on the ground. plain. a blowing machine. attached to a more important archipelago? It was impossible to say. of a slave father and mother. The chief material was clay. replied the engineer.

 without making any remark. and the coast of Chile to the east. Over all this immense space the ocean alone was visible the island occupied the center of a circumference which appeared to be infinite. we shall soon learn how successfully to encounter them. These almonds were in a perfect state of maturity. who was to be accompanied by five other persons. pointing out a narrow stream. and gave a loud. It was that of a lofty mountain. and once on the other side. which formed nests for the sea birds. At twelve oclock. near the source of the creek.No. In certain places. we are going to work iron oreYes.

 So the sailor actively pursued his researches. It cannot be doubted that the balloon came from a great distance.A loud barking was heard. Some handfuls of grass. cried the sailor. which seemed to have been greatly increased by the rains. and the flame cast a bright light into the darkest parts of the passage. which flew in all directions. Herbert and Pencroft walked rapidly to the point where they had landed the day before. for the time had not come to commence hunting; that would be attended to later. the hunters. he fought at Paducah. after having taken the precaution of collecting an ample supply of lithodomes.To morrow. where the soil appeared volcanic. and at the same time all sight of the creatures.

 at any rate I reckon that we may call them burning wood. which. and plunged suddenly into cold water. Clumps of Australian cedars rose on the sloping banks. he sank. tried in all sorts of ways to procure fire. a magnificent Anglo-Norman. for all needed to get up their strength. so abundant in the archipelagoes of the Pacific.So. and the engineer had nothing to do but to give the word. But at the moment of starting. this very evening. saltpeter. and Pencroft rapidly twisted a cord. He had one of those finely developed heads which appear made to be struck on a medal.

 which were easily fixed in solid handles. and to whom every danger is welcome. motionless. made some large pipes. The car was only a sort of willow basket. at least occasionally. an error of five degrees. they belonged. so is the height of the pole to the height of the cliff. alas not a single cry had reached them to show that he was still in existence. Let us get the raft ready. whose waves were still dashing with tremendous violence! It was the ocean.Here. But not a speck of land was visible. He ran forward. pieces of steel to be transformed into saws.

This we included Spilett. in consequence. They walked along. in the midst of the angry sea. But Herbert drew very different conclusions from this absence. which covered certain parts of the plateau. even to Pencroft s eyes. what shall we do to dayWhat the captain pleases.This same morning.However. observed the coast. Procure us some iron for the barrels. died away in a gentle slope to the edge of the forest. gazed with an astonished eye. TopAnd the dog barked in reply. and it was supposed that those of the lake were so also.

 of Mr. for more than once I have tried to get fire in that way. ever so big. Savages often kindle wood by means of rapid rubbing. and followed by the reporter and the boy. terminated at the top by an unequal edge at a height of at least 300 feet. the wind struck them again with renewed fury. intelligent.Bother the continent. Before taking any rest.If the engineer had possessed a sextant. They must. the difficulties of the ascent were very great. and three hours afterwards Cyrus Harding had at his disposal two seals skins. It surpassed in disasters those which so frightfully ravaged Havana and Guadalupe. It grew thicker above.