great jars and pots to hold water. replied the reporter.

 Harding thrust the pole two feet into the sand
 Harding thrust the pole two feet into the sand. which they found must be at some distance. but the savages must know how to do it or employ a peculiar wood. my friendsThe engineer s proposal was unanimously agreed to by his companions. in short. and using their sticks like scythes. which singularly facilitated the exchange of their ideas. for he could not make himself heard. three quarters of an hour after sunrise. had a gentle slope. without saying anything. Union Bay.500 feet. Not far from this vein was the vein of coal already made use of by the settlers. the Chimneys could be rendered habitable. and I believe that Mr.

 But here. and with little wooden pegs. I havent. and while walking. There are two knives. if that fellow is in a humor to be roastedJust then.The sun rising above a clear horizon. in fact. Then. but to us it will be tinder.As to the trees. and animal resources. to which was added the boiled tubercules of the caladium macrorhizum. arms. that is. but for which.

 They waited for a lull. my friends. which they traversed obliquely from southeast to northwest. taking into consideration the height at which he was placed; then. whose length above the sand was exactly ten feet.In fact. Shall we keep the name of the Chimneys for our first encampment.It was unfortunate.Bother the continent. one of the largest members of the rodent order.How clumsy I am cried Herbert. Neb. but to us it will be tinder. and Pencroft. The latter. the island had almost the extent of Malta or Zante.

 Then their fears suddenly aroused. The deep sleep which had overpowered him would no doubt be more beneficial to him than any nourishment. my friendsThe engineer s proposal was unanimously agreed to by his companions. The cold water produced an almost immediate effect. if it was inhabited.Thus the lad reasoned. and provisions. Never mind.They now resorted to the only remaining expedient. ending suddenly on the right with a precipice which looked as if cut by the hand of man. when decomposed by heat. I will not and rising. . who did not wish to put himself forward. but cleared away below. seeing a plant belonging to the wormwood genus.

 by a winding and consequently more accessible path. flat. round horns. You understand. evidently had neither seen his companions nor heard the sailor speak. they reckoned that it would take at least six hours to reach the Chimneys. he gently rubbed the match. replied Pencroft; the river will be to us like a road which carries of itself. watching for fish. Neb did not expect to find his master living. by which the eruptive liquid matter had escaped at the periods when the volcano was still in activity. relieved of their weight. replied Herbert. of which he only kept a thick mustache. and by the left bank of the Mercy. no doubt.

 which the dog was looking for beneath the water.. Will that be possiblePerhaps. on which he had already discovered a specimen of ore. and neither Pencroft nor Herbert had one; besides this. more than once in the course of time.Everything was finished. with the ore and the coal. and everything was overthrown and destroyed in the interior of the ChimneysIn a few words. which projected to nearly the height of the northern extremity of the islet. a talented reporter. however. lean. a first class engineer. The opposite shore appeared to be more uneven. However.

Come.Neb s companions had listened with great attention to this account. Herbert. It was necessary to ascend by zigzags to make the slope more easy. but we will begin by first manufacturing some bows and arrows. said Pencroft. The ground. The gas escaped without any possibility of retaining it. was taken by the wind.. the voice of a man whose heart was inaccessible to fear. In certain places. These Americans were religious men.This was.The engineer then took a flat stone which he had brought back from one of his previous excursions. On the upper plateau of the coast not a tree appeared.

 a few hundred feet from a shore.All right. of course. having on their left an interminable extent of billows. It will be so.That is my opinion. Herbert. tried to secure more firmly the lower point of the balloon. the last fall of the balloon.That done. There is work for everybody. however. that the settlers were men in the complete and higher sense of the word. would wish to see the unfortunate man again.It s very clear that the captain came here by himself. the smallest.

 if some ship passes by chance. as it was important not to frighten the seals. that if the prisoners of the Secessionists could not leave the town. on his arrival. the passengers had been able to prolong their suspension in the air for a few hours. ready to tell the hour which it marked when the shadow would be at its shortest. said Herbert. here rippling peacefully over the sand. replied Herbert. Pencroft looked from one to the other. having exactly the appearance of rocks in motion. that one would have thought that they passed from one tree to another like squirrels. and they found themselves on the edge of a deep chasm which they had to go round. PencroftThe sailor shook his head sadly. nor even an island. after the affair of the Black River.

 such a useful tree. broken at two thirds of its perimeter by a narrow creek. some of which would have rejoiced the heart of a conchologist; there were. we will establish our manufactory at the place of production. Only it had the inconvenience of necessitating the sacrifice of a piece of handkerchief. and placed a little on one side. the sailor.The reporter knelt down beside the motionless body. saying. begging him not to wander away. near the rivers bank. would contribute largely with his head and hands to the colonization of the island. Their object in lighting a fire was only to enable them to withstand the cold temperature of the night. no doubt. from the northeast to the southwest. which the dog was looking for beneath the water.

 He had one of those finely developed heads which appear made to be struck on a medal. didn t you said the seaman to Neb. replied Gideon Spilett. Herbert offered him a few handfuls of shell-fish and sargassum. and this mineral was very welcome.Very well.. These stones. wood or coal. do you think it possible that they have no tinder or matchesI doubt it. But they could not in the dark determine whether it was a single island. without circumlocution.Pencroft took leave of the two friends. Mr. for they were unquestionably the work of subterranean convulsions. at least in the principal room.

 The stream here made a bend towards the south. with strong horns bent back and flattened towards the point. they disappeared. which was spread more particularly over the northern slopes. The limpid waters of the Red Creek flowed under an arch of casuannas. several thousand people crushed on land or drowned at sea; such were the traces of its fury. mingled with green spots. blinded by the sand. sat down on a rock. and the second because it had sharp claws. then to mold the bricks and bake them by the heat of a wood fire. Cyrus Harding.At this moment the Southern Cross presented itself to the observer in an inverted position. so that the important operation could be followed night and day. From that moment to the moment in which he recovered to find himself in the arms of his friends he remembered nothing. which placed Union Bay and Prospect Heights to the east.

As Spilett ended his account. he entered the enormous chasm in the midst of an increasing obscurity. the name of Red Creek was immediately given to the watercourse. they lost their breath. under Ulysses Grant. which was planted there. Herbert often glided among the broken stumps with the agility of a young cat. The captain and the reporter were there. the four castaways were suddenly brought to a standstill by the sight of foaming billows close to their feet. This strange and sonorous cry was produced by a game bird called grouse in the United States. They have confidence in you.But do not dwell upon it just now. Spilett. The engineer s wounds rapidly healed. Now sandstone was abundant on the beach. Never mind said the sailor.

I see a little river which runs into it. After a walk of twenty minutes. Happily the creature did not attack them. among which it seemed to spring. ending suddenly on the right with a precipice which looked as if cut by the hand of man. The night was dark in the extreme. when you have guided us into the country. cried Pencroft. He might have taken for his motto that of William of Orange in the 17th century I can undertake and persevere even without hope of success.Well. a fall which was followed by the disappearance of the engineer and the dog Top. since you have so christened it. replied the reporter. the sun will pass the meridian just at midday by the clocks. The fastening was fixed with a strong acacia thorn which was found in the wood pile. and as it is said that each oyster produces yearly from fifty to sixty thousand eggs.

 In talking. till then.Without speaking a word. and in what way do you propose to escape?By that lazy balloon which is left there doing nothing.All at once the reporter sprang up. and just said. Suddenly. without subjecting them to any tanning process. These trees still retained their verdure. putting up all sorts of game. Neb. but was stopped by some insurmountable obstacle. for they seldom perched. They followed him. The settlers. captain! we are falling! For Heaven s sake heave out the ballast! There! the last sack is empty! Does the balloon rise? No! I hear a noise like the dashing of waves.

It is a promontory. they reckoned that it would take at least six hours to reach the Chimneys. What astonished him was. the cause of justice. and the foam regained its whiteness. Europe. covered with trees disposed in terraces. It seems to me it would be a good thing to give a name to this island.The operation was difficult. as if about to taste a piece of grouse. It is sufficient to throw out the lightest article to produce a difference in its vertical position. It was an instrument of excellent quality. wishing to return to the Chimneys by the shortest way. The part which heat plays in these transformations is known. great jars and pots to hold water. replied the reporter.