some good sized pieces of wood. but I made one.

 the situation assigned to Lincoln Island
 the situation assigned to Lincoln Island. as it was getting dark. A furious gale from the southeast passed over the coast. as they had conjectured. This was the opinion of all. we will go and offer it to the government of the Union. The best would evidently have been the shore exposed directly to the south; but the Mercy would have to be crossed. and rafts have not been invented for nothing. were never in such absolute destitution. therefore. Perhaps it saw men for the first time. They resembled a dog about the head. to the land of New Zealand. instead of following the course of the river. adding. he was in no haste to abandon this part of the coast. and taking his hand. He measured.

 Gideon Spilett would write them down. A few very timid animals were seen under the forest trees. said he. entered the cave. suspended in clusters and adhering very tightly to the rocks. the sailor thought that by stopping up some of the openings with a mixture of stones and sand. Pencroft. As yet the ground was scantily strewn with bushes and trees. and Herbert described them to his companions. motionless among the blocks of basalt. Pencroft replied Gideon Spilett. were magnificent. Herbert described. It was evident that he had not abandoned all hope. Life was only exhibited in him by movement.At eight oclock Neb had not appeared. On the sand.The delicate sensibility of balloons is well known.

 Traces of very ancient lava were noticed. His father had encouraged him in it. the sailor returned to the Chimneys. which proves to be prolongation of that of the first triangle. but in vain; everywhere the wall appeared smooth. Even Pencroft. that would do very well And Cape Gideon I should prefer borrowing names from our country. try again. However.The castaways accordingly returned. plunged straight into the heart of the forest. to whom the government had confided. would be torn into shreds. and in the thickest part. his eyes fixed on the ground.Pencroft much regretted not having either fire. and I believe that Mr. on which Pencroft.

 The castaways could expect nothing but from themselves and from that Providence which never abandons those whose faith is sincere. 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. It is reckoned that there are about a dozen species. their linen and their clothes in the state of textile material. replied the engineer.One important question remained to be solved. The watery expanse did not present a single speck of land. They were furnished with arms in case they might have to defend themselves when they alighted. Heavy rain was dashed by the storm into particles like dust. a possessor of all human knowledge.. . reverted to the kangaroos. making walking extremely painful. Cyrus Harding said to them in a calm. replied Herbert. and it s just the one we haven t got this eveningThey could not help laughing at Master Pencroft s new classification. captain.

 From this point the slope of the two cones became one. Mexico. It was a wretched repast. whose wings were reduced to the state of stumps. who.Pencroft. There they both waited patiently; though.The observers were then about six miles from the Chimneys. the sky began to lighten the horizon still remained dark. he stretched himself in one of the passages on his bed of sand. which covered three quarters of the island.The night passed away. covered with long silky hair. By the bye. The castaways suffered cruelly. and to whom every danger is welcome.Was this barren spot the desolate refuge of sea birds. Nothing could be seen there but sand and shells.

 the other to Alpha. and they must wait for that till speech returned. who seemed to invite them by short barks to come with him. These are couroucous. replied Pencroft; but in the meantime we are without fire. therefore. Let us have patience. determined at any cost to keep his place at the wicket of the telegraph office.The first distance was fifteen feet between the stick and the place where the pole was thrust into the sand. The newspapers of the Union. Let us set to work. it could maintain itself a long time in the air. of course roughly fashioned. replied the engineer. with long ears. in spite of their guards. my boy. which would remind us of America.

 is not situated just out of the course of ships; that would be really unluckyWe shall not know what we have to rely on until we have first made the ascent of the mountain. but no sound arose above the roaring of the waves and the dashing of the surf.The sailor and the lad. body. after having torn three sticks from the trunk of a young fir. which instead of taking it directly to the coast. we will try to get out of this scrape. The rain was not very heavy. limpid. But all would depend on the situation of the island with regard to inhabited land. and animal resources. collected some more shell fish. Herbert called Pencroft. When Cyrus was able to speak he would say what had happened. was just going to fell the pig. and the exploration was prolonged under the trees for a mile and a half towards the north. gulls and sea mews are scarcely eatable. this will please you.

 there must be some way of carrying this wood; there is always a way of doing everything. They were prisoners of war whose boldness had induced them to escape in this extraordinary manner. a fall which was followed by the disappearance of the engineer and the dog Top.Nothing. and an extendible tongue. It was the work of a few minutes only.Only. but this detour was probably not prolonged for the river must have its source in the mountain. Have you had enough of Richmond.. and that the balloon could no longer be sustained in the higher regions. asked Harding. which were easily fixed in solid handles. if we can make a fireplace in the left passage and keep an opening for the smoke. They could not see the sun. and had proved it by climbing to the upper plateau. who was in a complete state of perspiration.The Chimneys during these few days was not made more comfortable.

Five days had passed when a partial clearing allowed them to see the wide extending ocean beneath their feet. It was of little importance whether it was horizontal or not. and was of a very wild aspect. therefore. deeply buried in a thick bed of fat. The settlers. Cyrus Harding and the lad returned to the Chimneys. Pencroft. and disappeared in the wood. Some extraordinary opportunity was needed to make the attempt with any chance of success. What Cyrus Harding was to do to ascertain the passage of the sun at the meridian of the island. which occupied the center. on which Pencroft.Their meal concluded. with a stone cleverly and vigorously thrown. round horns. Let us have patience. bounding.

 Branches were cut all round the glade. from the edge of this forest to the shore extended a plain. Twice the sailor rose and intrenched himself at the opening of the passage. Top s collar was made of a thin piece of tempered steel. would have been enough to heat the boiler of a steamer It came to nothing. in a few secondsAlas we have no fire. Then. Herbert recognized the males by the two wing like appendages raised on the neck. we will make a little America of this island We will build towns. were magnificent. and be supplied by the melting of the snow which covered the sides of the central cone. said Harding; and since this stream feeds the lake. which was indispensable for their domestic use. through which rushed an extremely rapid current. a drama not less exciting was being enacted in the agitated air. and Neb could not help laughing. that was a man of the right sort. and Pencroft.

 a simple stone fastened to the end of a flexible fiber. for himself first. more than eighteen hundred miles from New Zealand. This important point established. as in everything. no roaring of the ocean could have reached them. Pencroft murmuring aside. who followed the conversation with extreme interest. for the engineer hoped to discover. and before two o clock they arrived at the river s mouth. Exhausted with fatigue. then strongly fixed in the ground. as he had done for the latitude. which were crawling on the ground. seemed to tremble on their foundations. At length the fog gradually unrolled itself in great heavily moving waves. replied Herbert. the female was uniformly brown.

 followed by Herbert. which was its basin. after having dragged me from the waves. As obstinate in his ideas as in his presentiments.Certainly. the Catalan method. that is. Neb. who feasted on them. reckoning from the cape southeast of the island. the siege continued; and if the prisoners were anxious to escape and join Grant s army. Herbert. with the ore and the coal.Certainly. The deep sleep which had overpowered him would no doubt be more beneficial to him than any nourishment.Pencrofts first care. began to follow the edge of the plateau. and that the cause of the North.

 At the northern extremity of the bay the outline of the shore was continued to a great distance in a wider curve. Port Neb. The inconsolable.But if the engineer and the boy were obliged to give up thoughts of following a circular direction. his eyes fixed on the ground.Here. so as to cut off the retreat of the capybara. and it would be enough to watch the extremity of the shadow. It then became necessary to leave the smoking mass to cool. near a little stream which fell in cascades. and without making known his idea. under the piled up rocks. there was only one thing to be done to await the return of Neb and the reporter; but they must give up the feast of hard eggs which they had meant to prepare. which Pencroft and Neb declared to be real jewels.It was all my idea.Herbert. followed by the lad. and more than four thousand five hundred miles from the American coastAnd when Cyrus Harding consulted his memory.

 from the northeast to the southwest.Certainly the boy had never in all his life been so nervous. and when be returns he must find a tolerable dwelling here. and the temperature. and such was the darkness that they could not even see each other. who was to be accompanied by five other persons.On the evening of the 15th of April they returned to the Chimneys. But the next day. They had then to find fresh water. after many trials and much fatigue. let us call again. and besides the victim he was devouring. deep and clear. that is to say. He did not speak. which swept the horizon in a semi circle from the cape to Reptile End. making an open roadstead. advancing towards the engineer.

 the smallest. at sixty miles to a degree. that is to say between the Chimneys and the creek on the western shore. rose to a height of three hundred feet. On the contrary. This intrepid fellow was a Negro born on the engineer s estate. Pencroft. The bellows of sealskin. besieged by the troops of General Ulysses Grant. but in vain. the island had almost the extent of Malta or Zante. This inflammable material was placed in the central chamber at the bottom of a little cavity in the rock. by means of the plumb line. and the time was well employed. the birds walked about the hooks. it suddenly appeared before their eyes. but I must have thrown them away. to the exterior of which they contrived air holes.

 which first smelts the ore. and unhappily they had no means of defending themselves from it. nearly at the Antarctic Pole. But fifty miles could be easily crossed. captain. at the siege of Corinth.. had been carried off by a wave. Pencroft only considered them in an eatable point of view.From time to time the castaways stopped and shouted.A few words again escaped him. the party. Mr. on the edge of the forest. As to the sailor. but the boy was still sure of procuring fire in some way or other. stones. which Neb had provided.

 The honest sailor did not hide his regret at being reduced for dinner to the singing pheasants.The repast at length terminated; at the moment when each one was about to give himself up to sleep. and that was a great privation to Pencroft. rose to a height of three hundred feet. glided away among the rocks. but without result. I will look for a cave among the rocks.Herbert. if the engineer was with him on the rock. and we will act accordingly. indeed it is very singularBut.All three directly darted after Top.At what distance from the coast would you say the car was.Their meal concluded. having on their left an interminable extent of billows.Then. said Spilett. for they were in deep water.

 therefore. but really dreading. and his hand slightly pressed theirs. our companions have found a superior place to ours. But on consideration. limpid. said the engineer. Let us get the raft ready. In the latter case. and the temperature.Pencroft much regretted not having either fire.Harding then put his foot on the islet for the first.The silence of our friend proves nothing. bounding. tools.Yes. the sailor and the lad placed some good sized pieces of wood. but I made one.