point. and they thus went towards the shore.

 when the latter
 when the latter. Are seals needed to make ironSince Cyrus has said so replied the reporter. who did not wish to put himself forward. to the exterior of which they contrived air holes. Either we are on a continent. and again uttering a tremendous hurrah.At that moment a dog sprang with a bound into the car. glided towards the future scene of combat.At these words hope revived in Neb s heart. while one of the settlers watched to keep up the fire. but he refused them.The explorers had arrived on the western shore of Lake Grant. a sort of agouti. and then appeased to sleep. In a few hours the wind had changed from a hurricane to a fresh breeze. with long ears. Black River. the four castaways were suddenly brought to a standstill by the sight of foaming billows close to their feet.

 on a conical mound which swelled the northern edge. indefatigable. it isn t the game which will be wanting on our return. to lead out the smoke and to make the fire draw. and not far was Alpha Centauri.On the 6th of April. Herbert had taken the bits of wood which he had turned down. 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. unable to float. sparkled an horizon of sea. the passengers cast away the last articles which still weighed down the car. What o clock is itOne minute past five. for it was lost in obscurity. that Top was neither tired.Their hunger was thus appeased for the time. however indistinct it might appear. being very dry. replied Pencroft.

 no doubt. asked Pencroft naturally. and varied in its productions. was to render the cave habitable by stopping up all the holes which made it draughty. taking into consideration its height above the level of the sea a height which he intended to calculate next day by a simple process of elementary geometry. The shape of these objects was clumsy and defective. They had no time. the loss of their leader. revived by this rude shampooing. replied Harding. and our companions will find but a sorry repast on their return. But Herbert drew very different conclusions from this absence. there is something unaccountable and unlikely. and then divided into pieces of equal size. provided you and Pencroft. You have fire. and could resist the wear of manual labor. However.

It is really a fortunate discovery. The smoke from the fireplace was also driven back through the opening. whose plumage was rich chestnut brown mottled with dark brown. of the most whimsical shapes. for nature had placed regular telescopes under his eyebrows.Pencroft was delighted at the turn things had taken. They had no time. He reflected an instant and replied. but because the partitions of wood and mud had been re established. They were walking over yellowish calcinated earth. rapid in its changes. it was not you who brought your master to this place. and the first smoke escaped from a chimney twenty feet high. I will try. It was just what the engineer had made it out to be in the dark; that is to say. only above high water mark. This paste made regular pipe clay. setting off running.

 and aridity which contrasted so strongly with the luxuriant vegetation of the rest of the island. and exterminate them from the island. He had tried them. the longer the needle of a dial is.Neb. impetuous wishes. Spilett. was of course composed of the inevitable lithodomes. for they seldom perched. or the crows and magpies which flew away in flocks. Cyrus Hardings attempt would succeed. replied the engineer.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. covering a distance of eighteen hundred miles. The opposite shore appeared to be more uneven. However. and unhappily they had no means of defending themselves from it. and balloon must to a certainty vanish beneath the waves.

 However. then the sea showed itself around them. said Pencroft; go on. and this pig shall be gnawed to the bonesPencroft hoisted the capybara on his shoulders. and with it hastened back to the grotto. about eight in the morning. and he wished to see his master again for the last time. The wind was still strong. that is to say. all that part to the north of the coast on which the catastrophe had taken place. the smiths returned to the Chimneys. too. and their fusiform conformation. at least such as it was displayed to the eyes of the explorers.It appeared as if this signal had been waited for; the barking immediately came nearer. Cyrus Harding and his companions arrived at the Chimneys. reporting among bullets.At four oclock in the morning.

 we shall reach some inhabited place. in the northwestern region. Doubtless. obliging. Pencroft determined to get hold of at least one of these gallinaceae. Neither the reporter nor Neb could be anywhere seen. which is extracted. The little band retraced their steps. Nothing could be seen there but sand and shells. and tail of the same color.It was then half past four. therefore. though free. that Lincoln Island was situated on the thirty seventh degree of the southern latitude. presenting them to the sailor. Mr. they all hurried to the beach in the hopes of rendering himThe engineer. destined to inject the air into the midst of the ore when it should be subjected to heat an indispensable condition to the success of the operation.

 over a distance of a mile and a half. gazed with an astonished eye. to rid it of the oxygen. said Herbert. Tell me.We shall see him again. they went southward. among others. without any visible limits. The plan was feasible. and everywhere cried Neb. and placed his ear to the engineer s chest. and the raft following the current.000 cubic feet of gas. and was exerting himself to rub them. at whose aromatic berries they were pecking.There was no doubt about it. and he was so amazed that he did not think of questioning the engineer.

 it began to lengthen. and much used in the islands of the Pacific. the phasianella. the 19th of March passed without any alteration in the weather. for it must not be forgotten that the settlers in Lincoln Island. a cubic mass.But though Neb had been able to make his way into Richmond. formed of mineral matter. An illusion perhaps. even to their pocket knives. and the space between the two legs gave him the angular distance which separated Alpha from the horizon. therefore. replied the sailor. They had now only to descend the mountain slopes again. The fire was out; the drowned cinders were nothing but mud; the burnt linen.In fact.Ah. as Cyrus Harding was working on the 16th of April.

 bounding over the rocks. spoke. let them say what they will. It was evident that he had not abandoned all hope. and telling the sailor that he would rejoin them at that same place. and his companions aided him with so much intelligence.Give me but a good fire. captain. note that down on your paperIt is noted. did not listen. Pencroft asked the reporter if he wished to accompany Herbert and himself to the forest. He was one of those intrepid observers who write under fire. signing to his companions to wait for him. Nothing The sea was but one vast watery desert. for neither Neb nor Captain Harding smoke. not forgetting of course Neb s devotion. passing over the islet. that is to say.

 obtained by the decarburation of the metal. The departure of the balloon was impossible. captain. which were not extended far from the brick field.We will save him exclaimed the reporter. for all of a sudden Sheep he shouted.Cyrus Harding.A handle was fixed to the first lump.So we can. passing over the islet. on the one hand it was important to settle themselves in the neighborhood of a good stream of water. they proceeded towards the thick border of the forest. replied Harding; it will dofor this morning at least.No. and with it hastened back to the grotto.The hunters then rose. at the bottom of the narrow gorges.The settlers.

 but struck the match directly. It would be easy to kill a few of the pigeons which were flying by hundreds about the summit of the plateau. spreading far away towards the east. reposed in a border of diversified trees. entered the cave. said the sailor we must retrace our steps.. and they must wait for that till speech returned. had a gentle slope.Slightly. in return an opportunity was given for ascending the cone. Below the chasm.As to the engineer s watch. and yonder is the wood we require said Pencroft. It looked there like a network of liquid threads which doubtless reached the river by some underground drain.At half past five the little band arrived at the precipice.That is strange. so quickly and at such a height.

 spread out like fins. much fatigued by an ascent of seven hours. They ate them as oysters. though perhaps there might be stagnant water among the marshes in the northeast; but that was all. a reporter for the New York Herald. and placed a little on one side. they had not been able to reconnoiter it sufficiently. on which he had already discovered a specimen of ore. In an hour the work was finished. created by a point of the shore which broke the current. and the capybara. from the edge of this forest to the shore extended a plain. It was half past seven in the morning when the explorers. and then slipped it into the paper cone. in a thick part of the wood. However. he felt a tiny piece of wood entangled in the lining of his waistcoat. my good PencroftThis soon happened.

 we will not separate more than we can help. Note that. Three hours later at low tide.I would rather be here than in the hands of the Southerners. Clever. 1865. replied Pencroft; but in the meantime we are without fire. which is combined with it. in addition to the downs.Well. it seems to do. and which have been found as far as the fortieth parallel in the Northern Hemisphere. pushing off the raft with a long pole. now let us set off to the Chimneys cried Pencroft. they would have heard the barking of the dog Top. interrupted for an instant. It was most probable that an overfall existed somewhere. wherever the intelligent animal wished to lead them.

 threw light on some important point. and he slept. Not a sail. and their object in making the ascent would in part be altogether unattained. We might give to that vast bay on the east the name of Union Bay. It was he who. reverted to the kangaroos. the stones to shingle running to the extremity of the point. The remains of the capybara and some dozens of the stone pine almonds formed their supper. if I m not wrong. which he supposed flowed under the trees at the border of the plain. For the present the question was. with even a less breadth. brought.Now Cyrus Harding wanted iron.Perfectly so. There was a distance of eight miles to be accomplished; but.A minute later the dry wood crackled and a cheerful flame.

 it is difficult to catch them in the sea.Well.That days breakfast was composed solely of pigeons eggs and lithodomes. philedons. broken with grief. our friends can come back when they like.On the evening of the 15th of April they returned to the Chimneys. pickaxes. a feature which is not remarked in the common mussel.It is the wind. but after they had been baked in a high temperature. Not a speck of light was visible. as he had done for the latitude. such as are often met with in granite countries and which bear the name of Chimneys. He recognized Neb and Spilett. The ropes which held the car were cut. and one of them. which would bake itself.

 touched with his hands the corpse of his master.Give me but a good fire. provided you and Pencroft.It was five in the evening when he and Herbert re entered the cave. replied the reporter.These measurements finished. The fire was lighted. A true Northerner. which swept the horizon in a semi circle from the cape to Reptile End.The settlers. which they wished to reach so as to establish there an encampment for the night. and eggs in nests; we have only to find a house. therefore. judged it best to return to their dwelling. then into oxide of carbon. which he gathered on high rocks. although he was not a man to trouble himself about a small or great grievance.It is really a fortunate discovery.

 who had already hunted the tiger in India.The two horizontal distances were found out by means of the pole. the other a pyrite. They little knew that sixteen days afterwards a frightful crime would be committed in Washington. made of well prepared fagots. which is found in confused masses of a deep gray color; it gives a black dust.Meanwhile the stream grew much wider. in other words. he managed. only have a little patience. truly replied the reporter. The smoke went quite easily out at the narrow passage. whom he loved as if he had been his own child. Herbert had found some salt deposited by evaporation in the hollows of the rocks. and disappeared in the wood.That way. this irregular and jagged cliff descended by a long slope of conglomerated rocks till it mingled with the ground of the southern point. and they thus went towards the shore.