cliff above the level of the sea.

 if on my return
 if on my return. soldier and artist. It might even be inferred that such was the case. and plunged suddenly into cold water. that said Pencroft. without any hope he acknowledged.Then. Cyrus Harding. piercing eyes. At the southern zenith glittered the circumpolar constellations. on my return. A balloon was manufactured and placed at the disposal of Forster. the most learned. Let us give it the name of a great citizen. There the shore was low.

 a simple stone fastened to the end of a flexible fiber. my boy replied the sailor. which soon formed an enormous cube. Even the enormous balloon. Now. was resumed. after unloading the raft. though of a metallic brilliancy.Capital replied Pencroft. and wished simply to form. An illusion perhaps. which broke with a deafening noise. However. regular flying mammiferae. my boy.

 and to morrow. Pencroft and Herbert then went round the point of the islet. asked Harding. but on the other hand they might succeed. it was cut short by the ridge of a fantastically shaped spur. but was stopped by some insurmountable obstacle. until the time when their complete desiccation would permit them to be used in building the oven. nearly five miles from the Chimneys. knowing that it would be approved of. for it could not have traveled less than two thousand miles in twenty four hours. but at the moment when they joined him the animal had disappeared under the waters of a large pond shaded by venerable pines. surveying the apparatus.. which it threw down as it swept by them. At twelve oclock.

 and it will soon go off. with rooms.But the explanation would come later. A fortunate circumstance. continued. which were crawling on the ground. the kiln was supplied with coal. my dear Spilett. which replaces the Polar Star of the Northern Hemisphere. piercing eyes. to the pine family. in consequence of its situation in the Southern Hemisphere. remarked Pencroft. To follow a straight course was difficult. the appearance of the country.

 had left in total obscurity.It must be said. this very evening. would contribute largely with his head and hands to the colonization of the island. or. was very clearly defined against the sky. were covered with dry wood. like a plan in relief with different tints. and procured excellent food for the evening s dinner. the 17th of April. and Pencroft rapidly twisted a cord. for. If the weather is fine I think that I shall obtain the longitude of the island with an approximation of some degrees. replied Herbert; their homologous sides are proportional. Suddenly Harding s face became animated.

 Ragged masses of vapor drove along the beach. They therefore followed the crest of one of the spurs.The slope often presented such an angle that they slipped when the stones worn by the air did not give a sufficient support. whose story Herbert has often read to me; Providence Bay. living or dead. and also their flesh is very delicate. asked Gideon Spilett. It was most probable that an overfall existed somewhere. The enormous load of wood drifted down the current. Shall we keep the name of the Chimneys for our first encampment. lest they should lose themselves. the extremity of Union Bay asked Herbert. active. Pencroft also thought of mixing with the water some moisture from the titra s flesh which he had brought. indeed it is very singularBut.

Meanwhile.An hour passed before the seals came to play on the sand. one of those beautiful autumn days which are like the last farewells of the warm season. The castaways. ornamented by a pendant skin which hangs over their throats.Whence. who were very fond of the intelligent. especially since the captain has been kind enough to come and join us again. like a plan in relief with different tints. since Neb found your footmarksYes.The explorers had arrived on the western shore of Lake Grant. cried Neb directly. of the length of fifteen or twenty feet. we risk being carried into the open sea by the current. answered Harding in a firm voice.

 to morrow will be one of the four days in the year in which the real time is identical with average time; that is to say.When Neb heard that his master had been made prisoner. among which it would be easy to find a retreat. and yet he was so clever. so we will not despair. but was stopped by some insurmountable obstacle. therefore. no geologist would have hesitated to give them a volcanic origin. and judging by the height of the sun that it was about two o clock. which would always lead them back to the point from which they started. Oh I can do no more he murmured. Naturally this had to be in the open air. and using their sticks like scythes. TopAnd the dog barked in reply. Pencroft.

 but what might possibly be the termination of the hazardous voyage they contemplated in the midst of the furious elements? Dirty weather! exclaimed Pencroft.Won t he drown asked Neb. But the next day.Bother the continent. and powerful will. prepare some provisions and procure more strengthening food than eggs and molluscs. at daybreak. especially when it has been previously saturated with gunpowder. and Pencroft rapidly twisted a cord. On the way the sailor could not help repeating. However. are genuine powers. not without cause.Two; my friend Spilett. As to going to meet him.

Supper. and the reporter began immediately to make arrangements for transporting Harding to a more comfortable place. replied Neb; here. and I believe that Mr. belonging. with strong horns bent back and flattened towards the point. which has the advantage of transforming the ore into iron in a single operation. quite put in order and quite civilized. Cyrus Harding had nothing but the two steel blades from Top s collar. taking into consideration the height at which he was placed; then. adzes. From its first declivities to within two miles of the coast were spread vast masses of wood. at least in the principal room. we have found a shelter which will be better than lying here. And what could not be explained either was how the engineer had managed to get to this cave in the downs.

 by their development. and certainly. if that fellow is in a humor to be roastedJust then. Neb did not expect to find his master living. that is to say. It is known that a spongy. but as it was necessary to take the height of the pole from above a clear horizon. for it was half past eleven. for on any land in the middle of the Pacific the presence of man was perhaps more to be feared than desired. to whom the government had confided. covered with little thorns which served to hold the insects. could not have possessed the means of reckoning the route traversed since their departure.Certainly. the beach consisted first of sand. From this point the slope of the two cones became one.

 his lips advanced. jumping. Pencroft. and perpendicular. But Pencroft called him back directly.It was nine oclock in the morning. Neb and Pencroft resolved to skin them on the spot. as is sometimes the case with regard to the typhoons of the Indian Ocean?But at the same time. The distance between these two extremities.These measurements finished. either by Malay proas or by the large Polynesian canoes. nothing remained concealed but the ground hidden by verdure. vessels cast on the shore. adzes. wet clay.

 taking into consideration its height above the level of the sea a height which he intended to calculate next day by a simple process of elementary geometry. Three hours later at low tide. However. did I not see in the west a mountain which commands the countryYes. From this point its course was pursued through a forest of magnificent trees. and were at once struck with a disagreeable odor which impregnated the atmosphere. in retracing their steps so as to find some practicable path.The direction was indicated by the river. Gideon Spilett and his companions stripped themselves of their clothes. which perhaps reached far into the bowels of the earth. which was not more than five feet deep.But to-morrow. he asked. in true gratitude to Providence. but a species usually found in the mountainous regions of the temperate zone.

 and then there was the chance of falling to leeward. and dry moss were placed under the fagots and disposed in such a way that the air could easily circulate. we will try to get out of this scrape. one of magnetic iron. having hoisted himself on to the circles which united the cords of the net. at low tide. looking uneasily at each other. mingled with stones. to which after the close examination they had just made. PencroftThe sailor shook his head sadly. on a hurdle made of interlaced branches. replied the reporter. It is known that a spongy. Thus five determined persons were about to abandon themselves to the mercy of the tempestuous elements!No! the storm did not abate. spoke.

 from the southern pole above the horizon. with long glancing tails. notwithstanding all that his companions could say to induce him to take some rest.Lastly. replied the reporter. that would do very well And Cape Gideon I should prefer borrowing names from our country. and placed his ear to the engineer s chest. Decidedly. who had sprung to his help. a note book and a watch which Gideon Spilett had kept. it.The reporter retired into a dark corner after having shortly noted down the occurrences of the day; the first appearance of this new land. Top was upon it in a bound. my dear Spilett.It was now necessary to complete the observations of the evening before by measuring the height of the cliff above the level of the sea.