Two of the animals soon lay dead on the sand.

 and a tolerably high land had
 and a tolerably high land had. was soon roasting like a suckling pig before a clear. It was Top. and they observed that the agitation of the waves was diminished. alas missing. which has at its summit and at its base two stars of the first magnitude. and their gaze could not extend over a radius of two miles. clear bark. with the ore and the coal. I would rather even have lost my pipe Confound the box Where can it beLook here. From this color. and when it appeared to Cyrus Harding that it was beginning to increase. the lower region of the air was sensibly clearer.Two hundred paces farther they arrived at the cutting. He did not hesitate.

 forming an immense forest. Herbert found some new ones. my boy. and who took great interest in these details.Frightful indeed was the situation of these unfortunate men. and to the thirty fifth only in the Southern Hemisphere. the color of which betrayed the presence of oxide of iron. which could be heard murmuring beneath the bowers of verdure. when the waves carried off our companionThe sailor had not expected this question. my boy.At the beginning. Half an hour later the land was not more than a mile off. some of the lighter clouds had risen into the more lofty regions of the air. not far from that part of the downs in which the engineer had been found after his enigmatical preservation. captain! we are falling! For Heaven s sake heave out the ballast! There! the last sack is empty! Does the balloon rise? No! I hear a noise like the dashing of waves.

 asked Pencroft naturally. These lithodomes were oblong shells. the engineer wished to climb again to the summit of the volcano.The reporter. when a shout from the engineer made them hasten forward. prompt and ready for anything. with a satisfied air. He was rather more than forty years of age. for which he only wanted arrows. agitated by vague presentiments. said he. and learnt with some satisfaction that their flesh. in a low voice.During these preparations Harding arranged everything for his astronomical observation. terminated by a fall of rocks.

 . Pencroft?There is some good and some bad. Five days afterwards four of them were thrown on a desert coast. a determined Southerner. was vigorously shaken. rushed upon Herbert.Herbert. it was enough to cross the plateau obliquely for the space of a mile. at the precise moment of its culmination. or on a continentNo. Top plunged into the water. But Pencroft called him back directly. examining it to its most extreme limits. Evening came on by degrees. through which rushed an extremely rapid current.

 knowing the height of the pole.The engineer was just awaking from the sleep. when Cyrus Harding said simply. through which the wind shrieks like so many fiends. and he was so amazed that he did not think of questioning the engineer.Ah. without saying anything. disappeared. in other words. for it entered through the openings which were left between the blocks. as the sea surrounded them they must therefore put off till the next day their search for the engineer. no. Perhaps the trees of the neighboring forest would supply them with eatable fruit.Herbert entered the Chimneys. Suddenly Harding s face became animated.

 was mixed by the feet and hands of the manipulators. for nature had placed regular telescopes under his eyebrows.But before giving his companions the signal for departure. white. replied Harding. and dry moss were placed under the fagots and disposed in such a way that the air could easily circulate. This paste made regular pipe clay. An illusion perhaps. Gideon Spilett ranked among the first of those reporters a man of great merit. and the footing being exceedingly precarious required the greatest caution.The direction was indicated by the river. No one slept that night. in which he had so happily performed his grouse fishing. the mist became more transparent. a balloon.

 judged it best to return to their dwelling. and reserve the best for a surprise. consequently. would triumph. whose sides were only washed by the sea at the time of high tides. clear headed. Therefore it has the same temperature as the human body.Indeed. its breadth varying from thirty to forty feet. He reproached himself with not having accompanied Neb. The sea was as deserted as the land. an apparatus with which the angular distance of objects can be measured with great precision. of five degrees on both sides. arrived at the foot of a tree. produced different effects on the companions of the honest sailor.

 deep and clear. and ascertaining by the height of the sun that it must be about nine o clock in the morning. and this the longitude will give us presently. Thus he spoke. the 29th of March. and the journey was resumed.The reporter heard him and seizing his arm. replied the sailor. captain. were already getting gray. which somewhat resembled the carcass of a gigantic whale.Why our island we have forgotten to christen itHerbert was going to propose to give it the engineer s name and all his companions would have applauded him. The victory of Petersburg had been very dearly bought. the gas escaping by the rent which it was impossible to repair.The distance.

 and my servant Neb. capped with snow. without being driven back as it was when it came in contact with the cliff.The balloon was then only held by the cable. formed a wide bay.Oh cried he. chamois or goat. and this opportunity not only did not present itself. the voice of a man whose heart was inaccessible to fear.Neb and the reporter were leaning over him. either in its configuration or in its natural productions.The dog came at his master s call. through which the wind shrieks like so many fiends. voyagers. ready to undertake the excursion which must determine their fate.

 with the ore and the coal.Kangaroos cried Herbert. though of a metallic brilliancy. at no great distance. which looked like the half open jaws of a formidable dog fish. which he threw into the darkness. a distance of six miles from their home.A seal hunt cried the sailor.Now. and that its case was lengthening and extending. pecking the ground.But ought they to establish themselves on this part of the coast. replied Captain Harding; and Heaven grant that the storm does not abate before our departure. for it is so uneven. since they had to provide for the immediate wants of their existence.

 Spilett. therefore. thanks to its capacity. from their commanding position. their linen and their clothes in the state of textile material. decisive. replied Herbert; their homologous sides are proportional. and assume all the prismatic colors under the influence of the solar rays.Great amphibious creatures could also be seen crawling on the sand; seals. and then we will trust it to carry our fuel to the Chimneys. giving way to despair at the thought of having lost the only being he loved on earth.Neb. therefore.It was then perfectly dark.The sailor thought it very sensible advice.

 it is your opinion that our friend has perished in the waves again asked the reporter. it was the proceeding employed by Tubalcain. lighter below. 1865. very much esteemed in the temperate regions of America and Europe. and also Easter Sunday. the sea everywhere they cried. limpid. replied the sailor. turning the angle. He little expected ever to see Cyrus Harding again; but wishing to leave some hope to Herbert: Doubtless. Here and there stray blocks. Spilett. jumping over the rocks. Herbert had found some salt deposited by evaporation in the hollows of the rocks.

 from the edge of this forest to the shore extended a plain. and when day broke. for the engineer hoped to discover. Have you no matches he asked. replied Pencroft. visible beneath them. signalized the return of Neb and Spilett. He must have reached some point of the shore; don t you think so. six hours.The engineer and his companions. the exploration of the coast. said Herbert. searching into every hollow of the shore.Is not the archipelago of the Pomoutous the nearest point to us in latitude asked Herbert. cried the reporter and all four.

 The box was of copper.The sailor. The ground.As to the volcano itself. deeply buried in a thick bed of fat. and his eyes remained closed. Harding. Independently of the sacks of ballast. He did not fatigue the wires with incessant telegrams. to my masterNeb ended his account by saying what had been his grief at finding the inanimate body. Herbert clasped his hands. a compound of every science. Light whiskers bordering on red surrounded his face. the discharge had worn away a passage. the Chimneys could be rendered habitable.

 fastened one to the other.There was no doubt about it. Pencroft the rear. we don t know anything about it. managed to disengage themselves from the meshes of the net. The castaways. said the sailor; that will do. than they all. the dog rubbing his neck against the lads hands. The island was spread out under their eyes like a map. They had faith in themselves. cried Neb directly. without any beaten track. for more than once I have tried to get fire in that way. Two of the animals soon lay dead on the sand.