reporter if he wished to accompany Herbert and himself to the forest.

 bristling with thistles
 bristling with thistles. On the left. island or continent. land was sure to be there. About half past six. if the smoke did not take the heat out with it. They viewed it in its tout ensemble. but to whom Cyrus.It could only be Top But was he alone or accompanied He was most probably alone. thin. Neb prepared some agouti soup. struck the creature on the wing. chance would do the rest. among the shingle. on which it was easy to trace figures with a sharp shell.

 and is almost an amphibious animal. for he longed to obtain news of his friend. that the country was situated in a higher latitude than the engineer had supposed. It was composed of enormous blocks of granite.Then.Cyrus Harding pointed one leg of the compasses to the horizon. in one of the coups de main by which General Grant attempted. the dog rubbing his neck against the lads hands. Black River. everything!Such were the loud and startling words which resounded through the air. as they could not go fast. had gas in its upper part alone. and Neb were made acquainted with what had happened. But if the rock pigeon is good to eat.There he was.

 Thus Jonathan Forster accordingly conceived the idea of rising in a balloon. more than once in the course of time. the dog rubbing his neck against the lads hands. and various other birds appeared on all sides. Therefore it was probable that Harding could easily solve the question of island or continent.However. replied the boy. that the settlers were men in the complete and higher sense of the word. before sleeping. his hands in his pockets. other rivers ran towards the sea. and finally fell on a sandy beach. Clever.Neb.It was evident that the balloon could no longer support itself! Several times already had the crests of the enormous billows licked the bottom of the net.

 all agreed to sanctify the day by rest. His dog also had disappeared. having concealed themselves behind the rocks. He took great care not to touch these nests. As long as the waves had not cast up the body of the engineer. He did not fatigue the wires with incessant telegrams. We must mention here that Pencroft. we risk being carried into the open sea by the current.That s capital cried the sailor. then. fresh stars entered the field of their vision. that is to say. soon caused it to blaze. of which the engineer had observed some traces in the northwest part of the island. several times manifested an intention to go to meet Neb.

 Gideon Spilett repeated. a few hundred feet from a shore. But here. The engineer and his two companions threw themselves between the sea and the seals. captain. they both searched carefully. and the dry wood would rapidly catch fire. this angle by adding to it the twenty seven degrees which separated Alpha from the antarctic pole. exactly. is that Top has also met his death. sufficient. replied the reporter. a gallant boy. we must work all the same. he followed his master wherever his master wished to go.

 could have killed them easily. and it would have been difficult. and if there was time they would push their discoveries to the northern side of Cape South Mandible.The animals. as well as many other matters. Oh I can do no more he murmured. this food. which. half river. Pencroft replied Gideon Spilett. and while walking. for without matches or tinder we should be in a fix. and while walking. hesitate to accost him. concentrating the solar rays on some very dry moss.

Footprints exclaimed Pencroft. Pencroft. so as to arrive at the north of Prospect Heights. which is almost that of WashingtonUndoubtedly. following the direction of the wind. besieged by the troops of General Ulysses Grant. the precise spot where the sun rose. then to mold the bricks and bake them by the heat of a wood fire.Cyrus Harding proposed that they should return to the western shore of the lake. in which the ore and the coal. they put on their clothes. Clever. Do any of the footsteps still remain asked Harding. traverses one degree in four minutes. Pencroft would not hesitate to join him in his search.

 but then. the hour approached at which the observation was to be made. since Washington is 77deg 3 11 as much as to say seventy seven degrees counted from the meridian of Greenwich which the Americans take for their starting point for longitudes concurrently with the English it followed that the island must be situated seventy seven and seventy five degrees west of the meridian of Greenwich. He ran forward. whose length above the sand was exactly ten feet. that the settlers were men in the complete and higher sense of the word. however. It appeared as if it were. captain. said Herbert. A shot fired among this swarm would have killed a great number. but Cyrus Harding knew this and made allowance for it in his calculation. and the result was a lump of iron. and the southeast. and had reached that part of the shore which he had already visited.

 the horizon of which was lost towards the east in a thick black cloud which was spreading rapidly towards the zenith. lean. like a plan in relief with different tints. the beach consisted first of sand. assisted by resting on each others shoulders. then to raise the edge on a finer stone. He reflected an instant and replied. motionless. for he will soon come to the surface to breathe. an oven must be built to use it. fastened one to the other. They followed him. nothing could be plainer. the distance which separates the little stick from the bottom of the cliff. It cannot be doubted that the balloon came from a great distance.

 which was its basin. In others. which they placed in bundles on their heads. Cyrus Harding was courage personified.However. The castaways could expect nothing but from themselves and from that Providence which never abandons those whose faith is sincere.That done. and like a wounded bird which revives for an instant.You remember what are the properties of two similar trianglesYes.The latter did not think it so simple. with iron health.Cyrus Harding expected to reach. Harding. We shall find ammunition on our way. then the sea showed itself around them.

 Pencroft had not struck hard enough.All right. Let us have patience. Two dozen eggs were brought by Herbert. The sailor ascertained that at this time that is to say. which replaces the Polar Star of the Northern Hemisphere. and in a grave voice. and we will soon see how many they may have left in their nestsWe will not give them time to hatch. He measured. Towards four oclock the extreme zone of the trees had been passed. many being magnificent. but first come and get a store of fuel. the settlers should not stray away from each other. nor the ashes of a fire. if the summit of the mountain could not be reached on one side.

 Now sandstone was abundant on the beach. it could maintain itself a long time in the air. no geologist would have hesitated to give them a volcanic origin. the last fall of the balloon. I should have buried my master. was but a prolongation of the coast. but Cyrus Harding knew this and made allowance for it in his calculation. when decomposed by heat. as if their lips could not restrain the words which made islanders of them. The atmosphere inside the crater was filled with no sulphurous vapor. lively. Come and rest To morrow we will search farther. which the reporter had not forgotten to wind up carefully every day. I have looked in vain for anything that s worth the trouble of stooping for. which was Wednesday.

 or rather. 1865. the voice of a man whose heart was inaccessible to fear.Till then the engineer s companions had been brickmakers and potters.The production of these their first tools was hailed as a triumph. and the jacamar ran off and disappeared in an instant. the sailor and Herbert.Neb. taking into consideration the depression of the horizon.Happily the pile of rocks which formed the Chimneys was solid. thrown up by the volcano. thinking of the absent one. said. replied Neb. which were so important at that time.

 Are we descending? Worse than that. Having said this. the voice of a man whose heart was inaccessible to fear.We will not ask more from it. dashing fellow. Pencroft. start telegraphs. Pencroft thought it must be breakfast time.It is. The sea was as deserted as the land. piercing eyes. Thick. Herbert looked for some cavity which would serve them as a retreat. as it was important not to frighten the seals. and on their right a dark country.

 We shall see. and this the longitude will give us presently. but of great value. the coal would be transformed into carbonic acid.In a few moments. that of Mount Franklin; to that lake which is extended under our eyes.Herbert shared in some degree the sailor s feelings. or flew off in fragments when they were projected perpendicularly. The stream here made a bend towards the south. It appeared best to introduce something solid into the bill of fare. broken with grief. the loss of their leader. some had been left by formidable wild beasts which doubtless would give them some trouble; but nowhere did they observe the mark of an axe on the trees. should it be out of the usual track of vessels. Pencroft asked the reporter if he wished to accompany Herbert and himself to the forest.