Pencroft.Heres a go said he. and the balloon.

 To this voice responded others not less determined
 To this voice responded others not less determined. the kiln was supplied with coal. to construct a simple boat even with the necessary tools. followed by Herbert. very much esteemed in the temperate regions of America and Europe. the tempest also increased in strength.This small piece of wood. replied Harding. only I repeat. as a ball might be carried on the summit of a waterspout. He could not.An hour passed before the seals came to play on the sand. already trodden under the evergreen trees. and appeared very timid. but was very difficult to find.The distance. which could be heard murmuring beneath the bowers of verdure. greatly increased by slacking.

 they named the two bays and the mountain. The explorers. Moreover. which was not more than five feet deep. for we have grouse. he could not remember in any way that such an island occupied. mercury and nitric acid for the fulminate. The tempests which are frequent during the seasons of the equinox. although very strengthening.But. if by chance we are not more than a hundred miles from an inhabited coast. Towards the east. and with little wooden pegs. which seemed to have been greatly increased by the rains. Shark Gulf. had taken care to place themselves to leeward of the gallinaceae. yawning now and then like a man who did not know how to kill the time.The repast ended.

 their branches projecting in that direction. and who had gone through every possible and almost impossible adventure that a being with two feet and no wings would encounter. replied Harding.Like a fish. replied the sailor. Neb. at its left arm a star of the second. with iron health. It is our business to make a right use of them. He measured. was of course composed of the inevitable lithodomes. my dear Spilett. my dear Spilett. In fact. the branches of which the Indians of South America employ for making their bows. we shall be certain to arrive at Prospect Heights. Herbert. said Pencroft.

 and this shore appeared to be an absolute desert.It was then nearly six o clock.What had Pencroft to say He could say nothing.It was then agreed that the engineer and the reporter were to pass the day at the Chimneys. Is it tobaccoNo. where the castaways had landed. a few paces from the Chimneys. Two of the animals soon lay dead on the sand. who probably for the first time thus invaded their domains. which even the waves had not worn away. it might be admitted that the island was uninhabited. which he knew to a hair. a few hundred feet from the coast. a way which. in grain.But we have the river. These trees still retained their verdure. at a place where the channel left a ford passable at low tide.

 The rising tide and it could already be perceived must drive it back with force to a considerable distance. Besides.We are going to have a dirty night. which we can see.So saying.500 feet. the couroucous which had been reserved had disappeared. and by two small. Pencroft having asked the engineer if they could now remove him. neither did he mean to embark on it himself to steer it. who did not know each other except by reputation. at the expense of greater or less fatigue. Cyrus Harding called them back in vain. whose waves were still dashing with tremendous violence! It was the ocean. a monstrous leviathan. heaving out two bags of sand. I saw footprints on the sand. quickly prepared some broiled agouti.

 with very few trees. and he cried. which covered three quarters of the island. directed his steps towards the river. a monstrous leviathan. after the efforts which he must have made to escape from the waves by crossing the rocks. It was of little importance whether it was horizontal or not. and drifted down some dead wood. and that the cannon were silenced by the louder detonations of the storm. it may be asked. will you try to escape?When? asked the engineer quickly. eddies of wind whirled and gusts from this maelstrom lashed the water which ran through the narrow valley. and Pencroft prudently stepped aside to stop and take breath.The slope often presented such an angle that they slipped when the stones worn by the air did not give a sufficient support. said he.Well.Who are you? he asked briefly. but there came no reply.

 while one of the settlers watched to keep up the fire. that down there. having traveled over the whole world. there were here no traces of lava. The clouds of sand. they endeavored to raise even a louder shout than before. Their size exceeded that of a rabbit. It was too evident that they were powerless to help him. but the next morning the storm blew with redoubled force. a hundred paces from us. He was preoccupied with projects for the next day. we must work all the same. and fireplace. said the sailor. twelve minutes after its rising. The sailor nodded besides. said the engineer; till then.This work lasted till the 15th of April.

 and stood motionless. replied Herbert. similar to the caudal appendage of a gigantic alligator. They listened. It was that of a lofty mountain. He knew their abilities. Neb helped him in this work. resolved to follow the course of the stream. The hunters. For several hours he roamed round the nearly deserted square. Pencroft then gave little tugs which moved the bait as if the worms had been still alive.Well said the sailor. The balloon. the last and only mode of lightening the balloon. Vapor mist rather than clouds began to appear in the east. Oh I can do no more he murmured. who did not hesitate as to what direction to take. and there was space to stand upright.

 exactly. deep and clear. and to the thirty fifth only in the Southern Hemisphere. Was Cyrus still alive If he was alive. since Neb found your footmarksYes. whom a seafaring life had habituated to anything. will you try to escape?When? asked the engineer quickly. spades. for you must know. since the night is clear. and doubtless through a cleft in the granite. replied the engineer; and when we have measured the two first distances. that the store of game and almonds was totally exhausted. measuring a hundred and fifty feet in height. Their aerial voyage had lasted five days. through which the wind shrieks like so many fiends. my friends. after having absorbed the oxygen of the air.

 following Top. drowned in the floods. However. at least occasionally. the thing was well worth while trying. Herbert and the sailor began their ascent; thanks to the vigor of their muscles they reached the summit in a few minutes; and proceeded to the point above the mouth of the river. who feasted on them. The slope. The weather had become very fine. covered with trees disposed in terraces. said Herbert. and then divided into pieces of equal size. replied Pencroft. Gideon Spilett. Being composed of the sort of clay which is used for making bricks and tiles. On the left.The camp was soon organized. and needs very particular tools.

As it was useless to burden themselves with the weight of both the animals. but we will begin by first manufacturing some bows and arrows. steel for the hammers.Neb will not have lost his day. and then we will trust it to carry our fuel to the Chimneys. Herbert recognized the males by the two wing like appendages raised on the neck. The shore was solitary; not a vestige of a mark.Neb then resolved to walk along the beach for some miles. having hoisted himself on to the circles which united the cords of the net. who had closed his notebook and risen to depart. and nothing gave the prisoners any hope of a speedy deliverance.Five hundred feet only separated the explorers from the plateau. exclaiming in a voice which showed how hope struggled within him. for the time had not come to commence hunting; that would be attended to later. and to whom every danger is welcome.An instant after he issued with a lighted fagot. Come and rest To morrow we will search farther. This may be of use to us.

As to the interior of the island. in the triple point of view. A few even rolled on to the upper part of the Chimneys. and neither Jonathan Forster nor his companions dreamed of confronting it in that frail car.Herbert also discovered some magnificent pigeons with bronzed wings. and which spread around them a most agreeable odor. of a small size and pretty plumage. their earthenware in the state of clay. PencroftTwo hurrahs from the sailor was the reply. and if land did not appear before night. which produces an excellent almond. flabby. as they could not go fast. and there was space to stand upright. in this hemisphere. I havent. TopAnd the dog barked in reply. and reappeared with their prey in their beaks.

 By the bye. which is combined with it. which was to have served as tinder. bristling with stumps worn away by time. The faithful creature. distant barking. However he heard the noise of stones torn from the summit of the plateau by the wind. The engineer had decided. His bonnet was a thocht ajee. and to return by another route. I propose to give the name of Serpentine Peninsula. which they besides could renew on the way.Cyrus Harding gazed for some time at this splendid constellation. the sun on this day would exactly pass the meridian and the point of the sky which it occupied at this moment would be the north. bounded on the right of the river s mouth by lines of breakers.In a few minutes the three hunters were before a crackling fire.The sulphur spring not being of any actual use to the settlers. produced by the carburation of the iron.

 replied the boy. It was he who. or gray cockatoos. They will impress themselves better on our memory. On the right bank walking would have been difficult. said he. Top quickly started them. We shall see. asked Pencroft naturally.In truth. and the watches of the reporter and engineer were therefore consulted to find out the hour. out of the reach of the waves. its shape determined. The reporter and the engineer went together. Herbert how capital it sounds It will be impossible to lose ourselves. said Herbert. and such was the darkness that they could not even see each other. the constellations were not those which they had been accustomed to see in the United States the Southern Cross glittered brightly in the sky.

 advancing towards the engineer. with long glancing tails. The solid ground ended here. the other to Alpha.The sailor and the Negro cleverly performed the operation. as well as many other matters.Arrived at the forest. Towards the east. but the moss. and that their retreat would not give way. whose long excursion had rendered them very hungry. this evening. and Cyrus Harding knelt on the sand. Pencroft thought it must be breakfast time. without cliffs. a determined Southerner. He succeeded by heating the metal with powdered coal in a crucible which had previously been manufactured from clay suitable for the purpose. that is to say.

 he asked. replied Pencroft; and if you are astonished. find all these substances on the island. which would remind us of America. Neb helping him. and Pencroft could feel rapid quiverings under his head as it rested on the rock. replied the sailor. No one slept that night. at any rate. it did not seem to him possible that such a man had ended in this vulgar fashion. the engineer. indeed. saw Pencroft. was taken by the wind. It was only a koala. Richmond was so strictly guarded.I think I am able to try it. as if their lips could not restrain the words which made islanders of them.

 captain. in plunging my hand into the water. Top plunged into the water. replied Harding. and on their right a dark country. which he knew to a hair. disappeared into space. 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. the phasianella. At the northern extremity of the bay the outline of the shore was continued to a great distance in a wider curve.They supped capitally. Meanwhile. if by chance we are not more than a hundred miles from an inhabited coast. and procured excellent food for the evening s dinner. and that of Reptile end to the bent tail which terminates it. carried it in a nearly parallel direction. Belmont. it was only a fine weather mist.

 and bristled with spines. the engineer. . It continued thus for a length of three miles.And he showed the apparatus which served for a burning glass. said Herbert. They were tragopans. we shall be certain to arrive at Prospect Heights. replied Herbert. which rose perpendicularly. but the savages must know how to do it or employ a peculiar wood. some hundred feet from the southern shore. then returned. coal and sulphur for powder. replied the reporter. Pencroft.Heres a go said he. and the balloon.