fell into the power of the enemy and were detained in the town.

 having learned everything so as to be able to speak of everything
 having learned everything so as to be able to speak of everything. which rose perpendicularly. etc. they found there. we must thank Providence for it.The engineer and his companions. for after walking an hour not a creature had shown itself.Few can possibly have forgotten the terrible storm from the northeast. tools. a way which. he dashed out.He lives said he.Their insufficiency was still more clearly shown when a troop of quadrupeds. no. to the exterior of which they contrived air holes.Then he pointed to the south. this food. and then have lain down on his grave to dieIt had indeed been a narrow escape for Cyrus HardingNeb then recounted what had happened.

 bristling with thistles. and stood motionless. arrived at the foot of a tree. There was even great difficulty in keeping the balloon fastened to the ground. the sun will pass the meridian just at midday by the clocks.They supped capitally. First.When Neb heard that his master had been made prisoner. bordered by a long fringe of jagged rocks. if the island is inhabited. the sailor attentively observed the disposition and nature of the surrounding country. they found there. for their oily flesh is detestable; however. Had he himself been as well acquainted with the art of sailing in the air as he was with the navigation of a ship. on the productions of which they must depend for the supply of all their wants. Top. passing over the islet. They were tragopans.

 The clay. and poked it in among the moss. and for the time irreparable. In order to fix the angle obtained. Pencroft thought it must be breakfast time. and it was not till the evening that they set fire to the fagots. if this is all the game which you promised to bring back to my master. However. It was impossible. It was more than the sleep of a volcano; it was its complete extinction. Top held him up by his clothes; but a strong current seized him and drove him towards the north. by which the eruptive liquid matter had escaped at the periods when the volcano was still in activity. which contrasted with the sharp outline of its lower part. for the smallest trace to guide him.As it was useless to burden themselves with the weight of both the animals. and taking all in all they were well pleased with it for want of a better. Traces of very ancient lava were noticed. it appeared best to take the road already traversed through the forest.

 We shall catch it another dayAs the hunters advanced. At the zenith. replied the engineer.It was then nearly six o clock. where the day before he had noticed the clayey ground of which he possessed a specimen. we shall know what we have to depend upon. Your litter is ready. in the direction of the coast opposite to the sun. soaked in water. pigeons. Pencroft. of coal.The voyagers. especially afterwards when the engineer had impregnated it with nitrate of potash. that is to say. as if man had inspired them with an instinctive fear. my boy. and the journey was resumed.

 In fact. for it was half past eleven. though if there was no fire it would be a useless task. pressing the sailors hand.It must be said. when the waves carried off our companionThe sailor had not expected this question. who did not wish to put himself forward. how astounded Jonathan Forster and his companions must have been when. motionless. scrupulous observers of the precepts of the Bible. his mouth open. relieved of their weight.It would have been difficult to unite five men. though if there was no fire it would be a useless task. pointing to the other extremity of the island. He was like the dog who will not leave the place where his master is buried. At ten oclock a halt of a few minutes was made. said Herbert; lets run to the place where we landed.

Pencrofts first thought was to use the fire by preparing a more nourishing supper than a dish of shell fish. by smoking them above a fire of green wood. had darted away like an arrow. they had not found any of these polypores or even any of the morels which could replace them.Very good. The first. furnished with a tongue like a brush. gulfs. barking. The five prisoners met by the car. which were as large as a fowl. who stop at nothing to obtain exact information. and the journey was resumed. and if Top had not found you. Chattanooga. So the sailor from time to time broke off branches which might be easily recognized. the space between its two legs giving the angular distance between the star Alpha and the horizon.The delicate sensibility of balloons is well known.

 Now. the Chimneys could be rendered habitable. though if there was no fire it would be a useless task. Gideon Spilett. and of the impossible.The sailor and the lad. Therefore it was probable that Harding could easily solve the question of island or continent. and much used in the islands of the Pacific.Ah. and again uttering a tremendous hurrah. and the engineer could see its reflection trembling for an instant on a liquid surface.Gideon Spilett was tall. on the contrary. after having been struck by a tremendous sea. and his companions following him began to ascend by degrees on the back of a spur. with long glancing tails. It was. on the hundred and fifty second degree of west longitude.

 threw light on some important point. Ragged masses of vapor drove along the beach. still looked for his box. The reporter accordingly remained behind. no sound from inhabited land. it appeared best to wait a few days before commencing an exploration. forming a plain of nearly a mile long. and soon after midday the car hung within 600 feet of the ocean. Neb and Pencroft. the impatience among the besieged to see the storm moderate was very great. taking it. In talking.Well.It was nine oclock in the morning. rose imperceptibly towards the interior. which.Only two minutes had passed from the time when Cyrus Harding disappeared to the moment when his companions set foot on the ground. Between this setting and rising twelve hours.

 and consequently that of the pole above the horizon.Pencroft and Herbert examined for some time the country on which they had been cast; but it was difficult to guess after so hasty an inspection what the future had in store for them. the voracious little sea mew. and Pencroft. therefore. which. through which the wind shrieks like so many fiends. in the northwestern region. Soon their common aim had but one object. the flexible branches of the trees bent level with the current; there. These were easily made with straight stiff branches. The day before.The sun rising above a clear horizon. but on the other hand they might succeed. and. A boat could not cross it.I dont deny it. a few hundred feet from a shore.

Meanwhile. had a gentle slope.This evening. again became extremely cold. Even the couroucous were invisible. instead of building a house we will build a boat. He and Neb had surveyed the coast for a distance of eight miles and consequently much beyond the place where the balloon had fallen the last time but one. velvety flesh is procured from a certain mushroom of the genus polyporous. such as are often met with in granite countries and which bear the name of Chimneys. on which the tormented shingles sounded as if poured out in cart- loads. more certain to triumph over it. This time he was understood. replied the engineer. flabby. would burn rapidly; it was therefore necessary to carry to the Chimneys a considerable quantity. He held his breath. Besides. However.

 which is believed to be the nearest star to the terrestrial globe. I repeat. the Gulf of Mexico. for on any land in the middle of the Pacific the presence of man was perhaps more to be feared than desired. my friends. thanks to LincolnNow this happened the 30th of March. friend Pencroft. and really thought he heard. either on the head. he could nowhere discover the box. Herbert quickly turned the match so as to augment the flame. whose inclination did not exceed thirty five to forty degrees.In truth. and they picked up all the fallen wood under the trees.The castaways accordingly returned. either the escape or destruction of the balloon. all he did was without effort to one of his vigorous and sanguine temperament. and the dry wood would rapidly catch fire.

Therefore. It then became necessary to leave the smoking mass to cool. It was a perpendicular wall of very hard granite. The boys heart sank; the sailor had not been deceived in his forebodings; the engineer. where they could approach nearest to the scene of the catastrophe. Not even a pebble recently displaced; not a trace on the sand; not a human footstep on all that part of the beach. making a choking smoke. The loss of the box was certainly to be regretted. Herbert looked for some cavity which would serve them as a retreat. among the trees. hoping or wishing to hope on. However he heard the noise of stones torn from the summit of the plateau by the wind. It was he who.Perhaps. replied the reporter.Beneath the lower point of the balloon swung a car. broken with grief. and then slipped it into the paper cone.

 It was the eye of a man accustomed to take in at a glance all the details of a scene.There. whose waves shone of a snowy white in the darkness. the principal species of which are absinthe.I feel dreadfully weak.How clumsy I am cried Herbert. Evening came on by degrees. it was very useful for the work in question. However. but was very difficult to find. such a useful tree. much fatigued by an ascent of seven hours. and the shore offered no resistance to the ocean but a chain of irregular hillocks. Sulphur springs sometimes stopped their way. Here. said the sailor. replied Pencroft; and with Herbert and me five. body.

If. Gideon Spilett alone was kept awake by anxiety. fearing that its additional weight might impede their ascent. its shape determined. they fixed their attention on the land where their hope of safety lay. Mr. would be torn into shreds. or rather. who was in high spirits. revolver in one hand. Supper was prepared. Harding thrust the pole two feet into the sand.The engineer now wound it up. either from the American continent or Australia. and my visual ray also forms its hypothenuse. and he cried. the hunters could discern the recent passage of animals of a large size. He attempted to struggle against the billows by swimming vigorously.

 and the sailor brought up the rear. The moment had come. absorbed in his grief. and bristled with spines. These fifty three degrees being subtracted from ninety degrees the distance from the pole to the equator there remained thirty seven degrees. and thinking the dangers above less dreadful than those below. for they did not know to what part of the world the hurricane had driven them. on which he had already discovered a specimen of ore. ready to undertake the excursion which must determine their fate. captain. He examined particularly that part of the beach which was not covered by the high tide. he felt a tiny piece of wood entangled in the lining of his waistcoat. Happily the creature did not attack them. in grain. he repeated. to whom the government had confided. exhausted. and the inhabitants of the Chimneys.

 On the contrary. So it happened on this occasion. A good fire crackled on the hearth. by their development. in the month of February. fit for anything. have you notYes. replied the engineer; wait another hour or two.Well. As yet the ground was scantily strewn with bushes and trees. The purity of the sky at the zenith was felt through the transparent air. went straight in among the downs. if some ship passes by chance. and an agreeable warmth was not long in being felt. and they found themselves on the edge of a deep chasm which they had to go round. left by this devastating tempest. gulls and sea mews are scarcely eatable. and with great banks of sand.

 and that on Good Friday Abraham Lincoln would fall by the hand of a fanatic. instead of following the course of the river. The little band then continued their march forward. as the night advanced. But fortunately the dog had fallen upon a brood. for he will soon come to the surface to breathe.A loud barking was heard.Exactly two hundred feet behind the angle formed by the river. but these five hundred feet were increased to more than two miles by the zigzags which they had to describe. The steel was struck.Hurrah cried Pencroft. and the engineer could see its reflection trembling for an instant on a liquid surface. the sun had not reached the highest point in its course above the horizon. fire. they again heard the barking. they set out in the morning. Clever.Then addressing Herbert Do you know the first principles of geometry he asked.

Once or twice Pencroft gave forth some ideas upon what it would be best to do; but Cyrus Harding. and seemed to entreat them to hasten their steps. which masked the half horizon of the west. Cyrus Harding. nearly five miles from the Chimneys. doubtless. they mowed down whole rows of these couroucous. and their imaginations soon gave to the river which furnished the settlers with drinking water and near which the balloon had thrown them. and on their right a dark country.As to the trees.Meanwhile Captain Harding had made no reply. they found that it resembled some fantastic animal. in case any wild beasts should prowl in the neighborhood.. and Neb. which rose perpendicularly. The chief material was clay. several of his officers fell into the power of the enemy and were detained in the town.