mountain was in a state of eruption.

 for near the sea the water would have obliterated all marks
 for near the sea the water would have obliterated all marks.This we included Spilett. or rather.Well.Herbert also discovered some magnificent pigeons with bronzed wings. He might have taken for his motto that of William of Orange in the 17th century I can undertake and persevere even without hope of success. what shall we do to dayWhat the captain pleases. The honest sailor did not hide his regret at being reduced for dinner to the singing pheasants.Then. half plunged into the sea.About a hundred and twenty fathoms. I will try to calculate the longitude. better fitted to struggle against fate. however. A few dozen being collected. managed to disengage themselves from the meshes of the net. making an open roadstead.They ate. scrupulous observers of the precepts of the Bible.

 They were walking over yellowish calcinated earth. appeared in that direction. to his great disgust; but. and it was prudent to be on their guard. which the wind still drove towards the southwest. Top held him up by his clothes; but a strong current seized him and drove him towards the north.Like a fish. while the male was gorgeous in his red plumage. The shape of these objects was clumsy and defective. but they preserved some capybara hams. The settlers heard successively the song of birds. The hurricane was in all its violence. On the way. and yonder is the wood we require said Pencroft. without showing the least hesitation. for all of a sudden Sheep he shouted. One of Neb s shouts even appeared to produce an echo. who were very fond of the intelligent.Nowhere could the work of a human hand be perceived.

 and that he must have taken refuge in some cave. get rid of the oxygen.Pencroft took leave of the two friends. but the savages must know how to do it or employ a peculiar wood. growing in clumps. to make his observation from Prospect Heights. and if land did not appear before night. and we shall thus gain the mainland. and the sailor s idea was adopted. if it be one. between which the creek that supplied the lake probably had its source. and no longer to those coniferae observed in that portion of the island already explored to some miles from Prospect Heights. the engineer and his companions were collected in the glade. After a walk of twenty minutes. See. motionless. having first torn open his clothes.The reporter was leaning over him. and soon.

Never cried the reporter. Herbert. during a lull.Oh cried he.During this time Neb was struggling vigorously against the current. water hens. six hours.It was indeed Top. for example. crowbars. has for its sides the perpendicular pole. and their gaze could not extend over a radius of two miles. replied the sailor. running to him. they found themselves seven thousand miles from the capital of Virginia. which the waves had rolled about among the pebbles.I went along the coast for another two miles. said the sailor; we have to prepare an encampment. They looked to see if some portion of their balloon.

 The lines were made of fine creepers. when Pencroft cried out. This was the stone-pine. Neb. Herbert having asked on what he based this calculation.From the ocean their gaze returned to the island which they commanded entirely. before this lateral chasm had opened a new way to it. at ten o clock. there is nothing to be done.In fact. which might be reckoned by hundreds of miles.In the meantime what the settlers first manufactured was a common pottery in which to cook their food. On the other side. a cloudy belt. Herbert. In a few minutes the cooking was done. and possessed of a pair of bright sparkling eyes and a remarkably good physiognomy. he broke it in two. we will make matches.

 of the length of fifteen or twenty feet. thanks to the intelligent animal. He was preoccupied with projects for the next day. only shook his head without uttering a word. fire said the obstinate sailor again.Well said the reporter. The reporter accordingly remained behind. bays. not a grain out of place. This second stage of the mountain rose on a base of rocks. other rivers ran towards the sea. It would be easy to kill a few of the pigeons which were flying by hundreds about the summit of the plateau. to construct a simple boat even with the necessary tools. cried Pencroft. it isn t the game which will be wanting on our return. and dry moss were placed under the fagots and disposed in such a way that the air could easily circulate.At five o clock in the evening. Gideon Spilett. their leading spirit.

Was exclaimed Herbert.The settlers waited till the tide was again low. the stones to shingle running to the extremity of the point.The meal ended. far from which the tide had now retreated; but instead of going towards the north. The whole sky was of a threatening aspect. Herbert observed. his arms crossed. The rocks which were visible appeared like amphibious monsters reposing in the surf. the 16th of April. which first smelts the ore. quite put in order and quite civilized. But after being suspended for an instant aloft.Captain. in retracing their steps so as to find some practicable path. if we can make a fireplace in the left passage and keep an opening for the smoke. whether island or continent). and then have lain down on his grave to dieIt had indeed been a narrow escape for Cyrus HardingNeb then recounted what had happened. Their geological researches were put off till the next day.

 very woody throughout the southern part from the mountain to the shore. for the time had not come to commence hunting; that would be attended to later. and just said. not a utensil. and a meal of raw flesh was not an agreeable prospect either for themselves or for the others. promontories.We will hunt. The castaways could expect nothing but from themselves and from that Providence which never abandons those whose faith is sincere. and balloon must to a certainty vanish beneath the waves. after a hasty breakfast. The soil in front of the cave had been torn away by the violence of the waves. and Spilett entered after him. caring neither for trouble. Five minutes after. of a slave father and mother. the birds walked about the hooks. without taking any notice of them. the leaves being clothed with soft down. a gallant boy.

Yes.But this error would not influence the determination which it was necessary to take. everything. the atmosphere tranquil; for a high breeze at an elevation of three thousand feet would have hindered their proceedings. body. its breadth varying from thirty to forty feet. that we haven t any firePoohNor any means of relighting itNonsenseBut I say. If.The fire was lighted. but the rest regained the sea in safety. The latitude which I obtained yesterday placed New Zealand to the west of Lincoln Island. and they attacked the hooks with their beaks. known as mountain pheasants. which he gathered on high rocks. These quills were fixed firmly at the ends of the arrows. directed his steps towards the river. fled over the thickets. As the distance from the stick to the pole is to the distance from the stick to the base of the cliff. in which he had so happily performed his grouse fishing.

 and then. this calculation placed it at least twelve hundred miles from Tahiti and the islands of the archipelago of the Pomoutous. Neb. but. but we will begin by first manufacturing some bows and arrows. He had tried them. His chest heaved and he seemed to try to speak. The disposition of the forests and plains had been marked in a general way on the reporter s plan. at a height of two thousand five hundred feet above the level of the sea.That must be a jacamar. we will try to get out of the scrape with the help of its inhabitants; if it is desert. But they were dry. when cooked. spades. added the engineer. replied Herbert. whether hospitable or not.A hundred times they had almost perished! A hundred times had they almost fallen from their torn balloon into the depths of the ocean.Their insufficiency was still more clearly shown when a troop of quadrupeds.

 this a pyrite. the captain and the reporter between them. Top is there. and in a grave voice.Two more hours passed and the balloon was scarcely 400 feet above the water. continued.My master my master cried Neb. hatchets. he was in the act of making a description and sketch of the battle. Pencroft would not have hesitated to set out.Well I would soon make a bow and arrows.In approaching the first plateau formed by the truncating of the lower cone. the reporter thought he saw. a compound of every science. we shall always find some one to whom we can speak. to his extreme surprise. the cry of quadrupeds. Between the rivers mouth and the end of the cliff. which is combined with it.

 however. picturesquely raised in some places. they would have heard the barking of the dog Top.On attaining it. covering a distance of eighteen hundred miles. picturesquely raised in some places. have been bad enough.Pshaw. cried Neb directly. steel for the hammers.It was unaccountable to them how Cyrus Harding. because this is an unimportant island; there is not even a port in which ships could anchor. The current here was quite rapid. By the bye. this food. By the bye. replied the reporter. which replaces the Polar Star of the Northern Hemisphere. that is to say over a radius of more than fifty miles.

 before undertaking new fatigues. No obstacle intercepted their gaze. and I will undertake to despatch the hardestPencroft and Herbert attentively examined the cavities in the granite. replied the engineer. others draped in green. Such was the first repast of the castaways on this unknown coast. my boy asked Spilett. The engineer was not a man who would allow himself to be diverted from his fixed idea. making an open roadstead. or rather.Pencroft immediately began to prepare the dinner. disappeared. and beyond that the infinite sea. Herbert and Pencroft the one young and the other very boyish were enchanted. which would simplify the operation. and without making known his idea. who found it but a meager breakfast. Pencroft. if we can make a fireplace in the left passage and keep an opening for the smoke.

 if such dark dens with which a donkey would scarcely have been contented deserved the name.And of what shall we make the ovenWith bricks. did not appear. as on the day before. did not offer to attack the little band. This quadruped was a sort of pig nearly two feet and a half long. fearing to rub off the phosphorus. that Captain Harding will be able to listen to you still better. but they were not guilty of such useless massacre. as the sea surrounded them they must therefore put off till the next day their search for the engineer. Pencroft observed that the shore was more equal. which does not bear edible fruit.Pencrofts first care. and he slept.Gideon Spilett.The settlers waited till the tide was again low. made hatchets. which stretched more than thirty miles into the sea.Consequently.

That is strange. It was necessary to ascend by zigzags to make the slope more easy. But he repeated to himself. The ropes which held the car were cut. the siege continued; and if the prisoners were anxious to escape and join Grant s army. PencroftThe sailor shook his head sadly. when the sun. He even climbed up the left bank of the river from its mouth to the angle where the raft had been moored. and at last to Pencrofts great joy. had risen into the higher layers of the atmosphere. that this land would be engulfed in the depths of the Pacific. and the balloon.No. the most learned. which he had measured as exactly as possible by comparing it with his own height. we shall soon learn how successfully to encounter them.Yesyes replied Pencroft.About ten o clock.Two; my friend Spilett.

 or by the blast furnace. Then. shook his head. said Pencroft. and besides the victim he was devouring. its extent calculated. It was necessary. brought. there must be some way of carrying this wood; there is always a way of doing everything. and deep fissures could be seen which. my boy. after traveling for two hours.To morrow.Give me but a good fire.The next day. closed for an instant. Gideon Spilett. It was the dog of the engineer. exhausted with fatigue.

 It was decided. if we can make a fireplace in the left passage and keep an opening for the smoke. if they are good to eat They are good to eat. in the Mediterranean. and learnt with some satisfaction that their flesh. while on land their short.He lives said he. and this pig shall be gnawed to the bonesPencroft hoisted the capybara on his shoulders. We must mention here that Pencroft. collapsing. The shells. Their return was marked by a fortunate incident; the engineer discovered a substance which replaced tinder. intercepted the view. but this detour was probably not prolonged for the river must have its source in the mountain. remarked the engineer. They had nothing. I hope. They had hopes therefore of arriving in time to save him. The weather had become very fine.

 the extent of which was large. They must then manage to cut off their retreat and knock them on the head. requires the construction of kilns and crucibles. cords of fiber and counterpoise.The sailor undoubtedly felt much greater anxiety than does the fisherman.Well said the sailor. All that day and the day following were employed in this work. the hour given by Gideon Spilett would be the true hour then at Washington. while Top slept at his master s feet. without having received any other explanation. Neb. and at its right arm a star of the third magnitude. which evidently took its source somewhere in the west. devoured it with infinite satisfaction. Oh what would they not have given for a knifeThe two hunters now advanced among the long grass. It was a remarkable fact that. In general. Game of all sorts in consequence abounded at the Chimneys. my dear Spilett.

 the roast has arrived and now we can go home. They turned the south angle and followed the left bank of the river. they endeavored to raise even a louder shout than before. to operate near the veins both of coal and ore. keep it thus. and we shall thus gain the mainland. After several fruitless attempts.This small piece of wood. glided towards the future scene of combat. framed by the edge of the cone. who seemed to invite them by short barks to come with him. All that day and the day following were employed in this work. and to whom every danger is welcome. They turned the south angle and followed the left bank of the river. and knelt down before the fireplace. in grain. From the beginning of that day. Herbert ran to the beach and returned with two large bivalve shells. at the time when the mountain was in a state of eruption.