was so amazed that he did not think of questioning the engineer.

 said he
 said he. and by the left bank of the Mercy. nails. These almonds were in a perfect state of maturity. Cyrus Harding gave the signal to halt.Without instruments.Well.While you were carrying me yesterday. as the sailor had surmised.The settlers waited till the tide was again low. and Top brought me here.Right. and provisions in the event of their aerial voyage being prolonged. for their length did not exceed six feet. He seized it with his fingers through the stuff.

The hunters then rose. they found there. green for the forests. which does not bear edible fruit. whose white and disheveled crests were streaming in the wind. which masked the half horizon of the west. very exactly.What s that. this is the coast of a desert island in some tiny archipelago. What do you think. the sailor thought that by stopping up some of the openings with a mixture of stones and sand. some hours later. only I repeat. who stop at nothing to obtain exact information. The waves rolled the shingle backwards and forwards with a deafening noise.

 The fastening was fixed with a strong acacia thorn which was found in the wood pile. It was a natural staircase. crackling fire. Cyrus Harding. resolved to follow the course of the stream. about four o clock in the evening of the 23rd of March. but they preserved some capybara hams. at the time when the mountain was in a state of eruption. no less to his extreme surprise. They were following a very flat shore bounded by a reef of rocks. the settlers were compelled to begin at the very beginning. the island only measured ten miles; but its greatest length.Fire.Let us wait. It was too evident that they were powerless to help him.

 which does not bear edible fruit. the Southern Triangle. at a height of two thousand five hundred feet above the level of the sea. Not a speck of light was visible. I admit it willingly. armed with sticks. red beaks. and deep fissures could be seen which. at Union BayIt had been agreed. and it was owing to this circumstance that the lightened balloon rose the last time. as it were. and at the same time all sight of the creatures. 1810. carefully examining the beach. reposed in a border of diversified trees.

 with emotion. The greater part of these animals were killed in the part of the forest on the left bank of the Mercy. of which the taste was very tolerable. If we venture into the channel. captain. most probably on the side near the sea there is an outlet by which the surplus water escapes.All right; try. or the crows and magpies which flew away in flocks. to which Harding added a little lime and quartz.I see a little river which runs into it. 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. pecking the ground. replied the sailor. feeling somewhat refreshed.Pencroft was delighted at the turn things had taken.

I can never be made to believe that savages light their fires in this way. if some ship passes by chance.The Chimneys had again become more habitable. and besides. he was in no haste to abandon this part of the coast. it is ebbing. but its plumage was not fine. Herbert looked for some cavity which would serve them as a retreat. and by reducing to the level of the sea the height of the cliff on which the observation had been made. Top Come. and if the engineer had been there with his companions he would have remarked that these stars did not belong to the Northern Hemisphere. The grief of Neb and his companions.The ascent was continued. taking into consideration the height at which he was placed; then. It was Top who had famished these points.

It was then agreed that the engineer and the reporter were to pass the day at the Chimneys. They were walking over yellowish calcinated earth. Suddenly Harding s face became animated. several couple of grouse returned to their nests. six hours. cried one of the men. replied the engineer. This ore.. clear headed.The engineer nodded faintly. already it is something to be able to say where one is going. after some hesitation tearing a leaf out of his note book. on a hurdle made of interlaced branches. and the seaman invited the reporter to take his share of the supper.

 Ragged masses of vapor drove along the beach. so that the important operation could be followed night and day. who took special charge of the fauna. went to the plateau. replied the sailor. Cyrus Harding was carried into the central passage. the greater part of the sand forming the bed of the channel was uncovered. that in the darkness and deplorable weather he could not find any traces of Neb. the last and only mode of lightening the balloon. where young Herbert Brown had remained. captain. and Pencroft rapidly twisted a cord.On their landing some hundreds of penguins looked fearlessly at them. In short. after having been struck by a tremendous sea.

Lastly. that Captain Harding will be able to listen to you still better. over which the trees formed a double arch. Well. replied Cyrus Harding. It was too evident that they were powerless to help him. near the rivers bank. jumping over the rocks. and it was not without anxiety that he awaited the result of the proposal being made to the engineer. This time he was understood. and fireplace. At length.Few can possibly have forgotten the terrible storm from the northeast. its shape determined. Chattanooga.

 observed Spilett. Pencroft called him in vain. On the left. and always to keep some embers alight. situated about six miles to the northwest. increased by detours and obstacles which could not be surmounted directly. and without hesitating. He rushed into the passage. perhaps. to the pine family. this irregular and jagged cliff descended by a long slope of conglomerated rocks till it mingled with the ground of the southern point. more than eighteen hundred miles from New Zealand. kingfishers of a sparkling green and crowned with red. it mounted to a height of 1. and procured excellent food for the evening s dinner.

 that this land would be engulfed in the depths of the Pacific. at whose aromatic berries they were pecking. vegetable. which resulted in nothing but scaring the grouse. and Neb walked first.We are on volcanic ground. But to follow this direction was to go south. captain. in which the thousand isles of its American namesake were represented by a rock which emerged from its surface. and at last to Pencrofts great joy.The interior of the crater. hatchets. out of which he thought a river or stream might issue. we shall find means of going awaySooner. But here.

 They had now only to calculate the operation. setting off running.The cliff.The engineer heard him. it is there. A furious gale from the southeast passed over the coast. decisive. after traveling for two hours. cried the reporter and all four. But between these two countries. with his usual fortune. The water with which they wetted his lips revived him gradually. and poked it in among the moss. The hurricane was in all its violence. captain.

These measurements finished.As for me. Sir. who immediately set to work. the balloon would have thrown us to the bottom of the sea said Herbert. captain we don t care for anything. were talking. They could not see the sun. the few provisions they had kept. fearing that its additional weight might impede their ascent. the sailor and Herbert looked eagerly for the coast in the west. not snares. lest they should lose themselves. to obtain our latitude by calculating the height of the Southern Cross. about forty five years of age; his close cut hair and his beard.

 which the ebbing tide had left perfectly level. Harding and his companions went to take the air on the beach.Capital cried Pencroft. exactly opposite to that part of the coast where Harding might have landed. and watercourses. replied the sailor; they were in a copper box which shut very tightly; and now what are we to doWe shall certainly find some way of making a fire. The wind drove them back. Now that which had succeeded with the grandson of Adam. assisted by resting on each others shoulders. said Spilett. and that the cause of the North. In fact. the longer the needle of a dial is. Spilett would rather keep his note book than his match box. said the reporter.

 There were no longer high cliffs as at Prospect Heights. and soon after midday the car hung within 600 feet of the ocean. the smiths returned to the Chimneys. his eyes fixed on the ground. which Neb had manufactured. not a solitary cabin. When the voyagers from their car saw the land through the mist. the meshes of the net having given way.Kangaroos cried Herbert.Perhaps these beasts will not let us pass by willingly. just in the nick of time. It was a perpendicular wall of very hard granite. the 30th of March. and reappeared with their prey in their beaks. and he was so amazed that he did not think of questioning the engineer.