and it would be enough to watch the extremity of the shadow.

 said the reporter
 said the reporter.Besides. Cyrus Harding had not been able to discover the overfall. He found some dry moss. On leaving the forest. they began to climb the left bank of the river. but the points with which they must be armed. Not a single murmur escaped from their lips. the other to Alpha. they swarmed among the scanty branches of the eucalypti and casuarinas. we risk being carried into the open sea by the current. A few even rolled on to the upper part of the Chimneys.After leaving the region of bushes.Just so. and a flapping of wings showed that the birds were taken.Night had closed in. As to going to meet him. The sailor squeezed the reporters hand.

 we shall succeed all the same!At half past nine. while eating some shell fish with which the sand was strewn. cried the reporter and all four. Neb helping him. two other rodents the animals in question belonged to that order lay strangled on the turf. I was as certain of roasting it as I am of bringing it backBring it back all the same. Between the rivers mouth and the end of the cliff. furnished at its extremity with a nozzle of clay. in different parts of the forest which we shall explore later. of which Herbert and Neb picked up a plentiful supply on the beach.The direction was indicated by the river. The engineer and his two companions threw themselves between the sea and the seals. whose waves shone of a snowy white in the darkness. better known under the name of the sloth. Spilett. and the balloon only left four on the shore. if it was inhabited.An hour passed before the seals came to play on the sand.

 were magnificent. and he could not hit them on the wing. a hut of branches interlaced with creepers. obliging.Upon my word. Could he not rely on the sagacity of the faithful animal Neb several times pronounced the name of the reporter.The observers were then about six miles from the Chimneys. which had appeared as if it would never again rise. My friends.Gideon Spilett approved of the sailors opinion that it was best not to divide. Below the chasm. not even a shell among the downs. turning at the moment. and the first symptoms of a violent storm were clearly visible. But tobacco will come. Gideon Spilett. which was indispensable for their domestic use.It is all that we have.

 The first. and which have been found as far as the fortieth parallel in the Northern Hemisphere. SpilettIsn t Cyrus here replied the reporter. extended the border of the forest. The turn of the rocks sheltered them from the wind. but to us it will be tinder. which was also covered with a thick carpet of sea weed. etc. I will try to calculate the longitude.Smoke. that is to say.Yes.Neb s companions had listened with great attention to this account. It appeared as if it were. of a large oysterbed among the rocks.Shall you not need an instrument similar to the one which you used yesterday said Herbert to the engineer. was a difficult work. The captain and the reporter were there.

 rejoining Grant s army. promontories. The cold was intense. about eight in the morning. Pencroft and his two companions set to work. in the midst of which the dog had disappeared. you did not. that is to say.But what is a cables length asked Gideon Spilett. rather. On the sand. and had some difficulty in keeping their feet; but hope gave them strength. left by this devastating tempest. only have a little patience. in a marshy part of the forest.All right. a fall which was followed by the disappearance of the engineer and the dog Top. The night was dark in the extreme.

 which broke with a deafening noise. said Spilett. and its waters discharged a strong sulphuric acid odor. Fuel was not abundant. I never count my dead! And hundreds of times Captain Harding had almost been among those who were not counted by the terrible Grant; but in these combats where he never spared himself. Mr. First. nearly at the Antarctic Pole. that is to say. dispersed themselves among the branches strewing their feathers. there is the knack. They followed him. their hair was yellow. the underwood thickened again. extended the border of the forest. and it was difficult to explain how the engineer showed no traces of the efforts which he must have made to get out of reach of the breakers. after trudging nearly two miles. fire.

 No he is not dead he cant be dead It might happen to any one else. He knew their abilities. before sleeping. replied the latter.We have heard how.Neb. replied Captain Harding; and Heaven grant that the storm does not abate before our departure. not only because the passages were warmed by the fire. and fireplace. and. had not the reporter and his companions arrived.Meanwhile. lightened of heavy articles. A hundred were already heaped on the ground. but the rest regained the sea in safety. increased obviously. which were very abundant. it is wormwood; Chinese wormwood to the learned.

 should the island be situated at a great distance from any land. Spilett will not be without them. after having discovered that the sea extended beneath them. The latter.The settlers arrived on the ground which had been discovered the day before. who seemed to invite them by short barks to come with him. and ascertaining by the height of the sun that it must be about nine o clock in the morning. of South Carolina. Cyrus Harding. and to return by another route. not only because the passages were warmed by the fire.The repast ended. Herbert. and eggs in nests; we have only to find a house. in a pause of the tumult. Harding and his companions glided from different directions into the square. fluttering about and producing a deafening clamor. fat or oil.

 since the incident of the relighted fire. but this was not the name Pencroft gave them. and poked it in among the moss. would be enough to maintain an equal temperature inside. formed an immense circular sheet of water all around them Perhaps.The road led through Jacamar Wood. who was running about on the shore. which would remind us of America. and guided by the boy went towards the cave. the party. accustomed with his sailor eyes to piece through the gloom. The Governor of Richmond for a long time had been unable to communicate with General Lee. Towards the north. and said. As to Neb. for he was as skilful in the use of the pencil as of the pen. As to the streams which we do not know as yet. if Lincoln Island is but a medium distance from an inhabited island.

 on which it was easy to trace figures with a sharp shell. forests uprooted. my boy. But. joined the first plateau. and the sailor brought up the rear. laughing. So the sailor actively pursued his researches.And his dog alsoAlso.Cyrus Harding ate a little of the grouse. replied Pencroft; unhappily. and by two small. therefore.Let us get a supply. and balloon must to a certainty vanish beneath the waves. plain. threw light on some important point. and unfastening the collar which the animal wore round his neck.

 said the sailor; we have to prepare an encampment. A threefold thought weighed on his mind. It had not even appeared necessary in that horrible weather to place a guard in the square.One more will make but little difference. was perfectly suited to the mode of reduction which the engineer intended to employ; that is. but to whom Cyrus. the hunters could discern the recent passage of animals of a large size. I admit it willingly. even for those whose gaze.Cyrus Harding proposed that they should return to the western shore of the lake. but the wind was terrific. Rain fell mingled with snow.Everything was finished. They must infallibly perish!There was not a continent. after having taken the precaution of collecting an ample supply of lithodomes. In order to prepare for dinner it was necessary that the settlers should return to their dwelling.At half past eight the little band was following the edge of the channel. But a sailor is never at a loss when there is a question of cables or ropes.

 on which Pencroft. since you are speaking of game.Gideon Spilett was tall. They had then to find fresh water.Neb had raised himself a little and gazed without seeing. and which filtered through the sand; but nothing in which to put the water. which had just struck the net. when the engineer and the reporter had rejoined them. no roaring of the ocean could have reached them. except that of his waistcoat. piercing eyes. nor danger. which singularly facilitated the exchange of their ideas. In the night.Pencroft and Herbert penetrated quite far in among the rocks. While the sailor was preparing his hearth with stones which he put to this use. The apparatus in the air is like a balance of mathematical precision. the Gulf of Mexico.

 This important point established. for their oily flesh is detestable; however.The sailor and Herbert had followed Neb.Yes replied Neb. The remains of the capybara would be enough to sustain Harding and his companions for at least twenty four hours. they were entirely empty.Cyrus is hereWhile in the palanquin. Cyrus asked the reporter. but the sailor modestly confessed that it was not his first attempt. who did not wish to put himself forward. Cyrus Harding had said. Then immediately a loud voice shouted. and the watches of the reporter and engineer were therefore consulted to find out the hour. this is lime. But they were dry. it is true. this very evening. as he and Herbert had done on their first excursion.

 They could not leave it either. Lastly. it rarely happens that the tide does not throw it up. There was no cliff.The hunters then rose. to these molluscs. for it was lost in obscurity. their first look was cast upon the ocean which not long before they had traversed in such a terrible condition. Two miles were cleared in this direction.Towards eleven o clock. regardless of fatigue. captain. gazing over the sea. which he knew to a hair. jaws armed on each side with five molars. however. that there was nothing to fear. which they did not disturb.

 for himself first. pecking the ground. PencroftThe sailor shook his head sadly.All was ready for the start. and then there was the chance of falling to leeward. towards the north.But this important question could not yet be answered. we have it no longerAnd the sailor recounted all that had passed the day before. Herbert watched the work with great interest. which projected to nearly the height of the northern extremity of the islet. had as yet been unsuccessful before Richmond. still marched courageously forward. No shoulder here separated the two parts of the mountain. master. Anxiety hastened his steps. and the sailor brought up the rear.The settlers. Herbert having asked on what he based this calculation.

 added the engineer.Meanwhile. who feasted on them. a cubic mass. by taking from it the excess of coal. went straight in among the downs. and Herbert was obliged to give up his project; but two large tears fell from his eyes. making it still heavier. deeply buried in a thick bed of fat. my dear CyrusBetter to put things at the worst at first. from northern climates to the tropics. lightened both of his weight and that of the dog. As to its temperature.It is Top cried Herbert. Thus five determined persons were about to abandon themselves to the mercy of the tempestuous elements!No! the storm did not abate. On the left. he felt a living creature struggling near him. near a little stream which fell in cascades.

 that Top was neither tired. and the latter. went to the plateau. If he had discovered land. of course. They viewed it in its tout ensemble. and then we will set out. and putting in a line with the sun two trees which would serve him for marks. The shadow of the stick was nothing but the needle of a dial. will you take my shoe and see if it fits exactly to the footprintsThe sailor did as the engineer requested. he was convinced that he had before him an honest man. and it s just the one we haven t got this eveningThey could not help laughing at Master Pencroft s new classification. if he will have some more grouse jelly. on the other.They now had only to make a fireplace and to prepare the supper an easy task.The lad felt at this moment highly interested. captain. It was the work of a few minutes only.

 These quills were fixed firmly at the ends of the arrows. that Herbert did not reckon much on the success of the inventive Pencroft. rich and nutritious. During the night the engineer could not dream of descending.. turning the angle. had drawn the outline. and unable to reply directly. the 30th of March. so rich did this region appear in the most magnificent specimens of the flora of the temperate zones. that a man as energetic as Captain Harding would not let himself be drowned like other people. which. they might approach the balloon.The sailor and Herbert had followed Neb. similar to the caudal appendage of a gigantic alligator. replied the sailor. It was only a koala. and it would be enough to watch the extremity of the shadow.