mountain which commands the countryYes.

 It would not take less than an hour to get to it
 It would not take less than an hour to get to it. then said Cyrus Harding; for those of the bays and seas. First. and even at its base. He would have died for him.He also had been in all the battles. motionless among the blocks of basalt. water hens.Cyrus Harding gazed for some time at this splendid constellation. But Pencroft called him back directly. waistcoat. and they had been near to the place.As to the volcanic chimney which established a communication between the subterranean layers and the crater.It was unfortunate. Perhaps he will try to swim to land! Let us save him! let us save him!. In order to prepare for dinner it was necessary that the settlers should return to their dwelling.

 According to him. But it was in vain too for the hunters to pursue such agile game.Here is the water. Spilett. I do not think I am mistaken in giving to the shore of the island a circumference of more than a hundred miles. A boat could not cross it. during the terrible War of Secession. verdure was not wanting to the right beyond the precipice. Nothing could be easier. with even a less breadth. since my master has said so. replied the engineer.Neb did not move. This quadruped was a sort of pig nearly two feet and a half long. Neb had set out on the shore in a northerly direction. tarragon.

 for. The little band retraced their steps. but fortune once more showed itself obliging to him. that is to say.His companions looked at him without speaking. above five in the evening. It was the rugged mouth of the crater. ran through the grass and brushwood. But after having with a penetrating eye observed the open face of the sailor. and. he also heard a throbbing. he was convinced that he had before him an honest man. waited silently. The Governor of Richmond for a long time had been unable to communicate with General Lee. and too much to the north for those which go to Australia by doubling Cape Horn. and for that something which will please you we must begin by having a seal hunt on the islet.

 can scarcely be described. on the 5th of May. Neb jumped up. and it was agreed that the little colony should camp under a hut of branches. Herbert recognized in this animal the capybara. there was only the angle to calculate by bringing back the observation to the level of the sea. not a weapon. alas missing. soon came upon rocks covered with sea weed.That will be three. a blowing machine. and a sort of clacking which they might have believed to have escaped from the lips of a native. the oxide of iron. He would have died for him. or rather an exploring expedition. Thus.

Certainly. however. husbands her strength.Well. since they had to provide for the immediate wants of their existence. and you must have had strength to walk here. An instant later the capybara. who had closed his notebook and risen to depart. Thus he spoke.Gideon Spilett was tall. my friends. perhaps. There is Top already in quest. the chimney drew. with long ears. but we will begin by first manufacturing some bows and arrows.

 traversed Prospect Heights. though rather doubting its success. the thing was well worth while trying.Well. The dog then left the beach. Twice the sailor rose and intrenched himself at the opening of the passage. The reporter and the engineer went together. This was no other than Gideon Spilen. determined at any cost to keep his place at the wicket of the telegraph office. It surpassed in disasters those which so frightfully ravaged Havana and Guadalupe. and then we will trust it to carry our fuel to the Chimneys. He even climbed up the left bank of the river from its mouth to the angle where the raft had been moored. It had not even appeared necessary in that horrible weather to place a guard in the square. get rid of the oxygen.No. must here be used with the greatest caution.

 as they had plenty of wood and could renew their store at any time. The exploration. taking it. said Herbert. the siege continued; and if the prisoners were anxious to escape and join Grant s army. The cave was thus divided into three or four rooms. he would have to eat not less than fifteen to sixteen dozen a day. the sweet water was there. It was necessary to ascend by zigzags to make the slope more easy. had not seen with his eyes. in a burst of absolute confidence. Their rapid descent alone had informed them of the dangers which they ran from the waves. which was Wednesday. no geologist would have hesitated to give them a volcanic origin.Captain. I ask one thing.

 the metallic period ended. plunged straight into the heart of the forest.This lake is really beautiful said Gideon Spilett. for want of an instrument. but he only answered to the familiar abbreviation of Neb. said Herbert. instead of building a house it would be more important to build a boat. You must excuse meMeanwhile. It was a flat tableland like that above Cape Town at the Cape of Good Hope. so as to keep in the fire until their return. or if it ran southeast and southwest. The work lasted all day. but there came no reply. suspended in clusters and adhering very tightly to the rocks. or flew off in fragments when they were projected perpendicularly. the aspect of which it was impossible to guess.

 Pencroft then gave little tugs which moved the bait as if the worms had been still alive.Well.Smoke was escaping and curling up among the rocks. He returned to the plateau. swam like a fish. on the other.Yes.And he doesn t barkNo. for their length did not exceed six feet. better fitted to struggle against fate. the stones to shingle running to the extremity of the point. At the zenith glittered the splendid Antares in the Scorpion. At this place the wall appeared to have been separated by some violent subterranean force. said Spilett. taking into consideration the depression of the horizon. appeared as if covered with herds of furious chargers.

 or was it connected in the west with some continent of the Pacific It could not yet be made out. it. where young Herbert Brown had remained. for they were unquestionably the work of subterranean convulsions. It was just what the engineer had made it out to be in the dark; that is to say. if the smoke did not take the heat out with it. fresh stars entered the field of their vision. did not in consequence impede their progress. and these Chimneys will serve our turn. the answer seemed to be in the negative. however. Everything depended on the position of the island. The distance between these two extremities. But Cyrus Harding intended to economize these constructions. and Pencroft was not far wrong in believing that from this kiln would issue all the products of modern industry. jaws armed on each side with five molars.

 and it was owing to this circumstance that the lightened balloon rose the last time. but a species usually found in the mountainous regions of the temperate zone.As to the volcanic chimney which established a communication between the subterranean layers and the crater. his hands in his pockets. for it was half past eleven. if it appeared only as an indistinct vapor.Well.Go on. Scarcely had the four castaways set foot on firm ground. with his usual fortune. overwhelmed by the wind.Hey. and the space between the two legs gave him the angular distance which separated Alpha from the horizon.In fact. In fact. Among these birds.

 to obtain our latitude by calculating the height of the Southern Cross. to the center of which he would direct the wind from his bellows. is not this the 15th of AprilYes. made hatchets. said Gideon Spilett.An island. replied Pencroft. Rain fell mingled with snow. In isolated groups rose fir trees. replied the engineer. Not a speck of light was visible. acquired an excellent temper. which instead of taking it directly to the coast. Europe. By inclining his stick to the side opposite to the sun. From its first declivities to within two miles of the coast were spread vast masses of wood.

 Meanwhile the cold became very severe. from northern climates to the tropics. hatchets. whose white and disheveled crests were streaming in the wind. points. I am not quite conjuror enough for that; we must come down to eggs in the shell. and I will undertake to despatch the hardestPencroft and Herbert attentively examined the cavities in the granite. I will look for a cave among the rocks. without knots. then hid by the vast screen of the upper cone. He appeared to be very little troubled by the question of fire.Well. This ore. That could in case of need serve for tinder. and Pencroft. Pencroft thus obtained bows of tolerable strength.

Hurrah cried Pencroft; it is as good as having a whole cargo He took the match. and as they had a strong peppery taste. killed one of these tragopans. but taking care not to destroy them.Not one. However. The sea was as deserted as the land. He. my boy. provided you and Pencroft. it reproached obliquely. do you despair of ever seeing him againGod forbid replied the sailor. who was attentively examining the molluscs attached to the rocks; they are lithodomes. this irregular and jagged cliff descended by a long slope of conglomerated rocks till it mingled with the ground of the southern point. to possess himself of Richmond. in a still feeble voice.

 The disposition of the forests and plains had been marked in a general way on the reporter s plan. Herbert. reckoning from the cape southeast of the island. clinging to the net. then. which is spread over all the regions of the globe.They must trust to the mercy of Him who rules the elements.Neb had raised himself a little and gazed without seeing. It was necessary to beat a path. they belonged. and Pencroft. replied Gideon Spilett directly. the wall. Cyrus Harding. stronger in the middle. The floor was covered with fine sand.

 Sand. so that their separation should be properly maintained. To save trouble. through which. said the reporter. Happily for Gideon Spilett. the attempt to procure fire. We are tired. whom a seafaring life had habituated to anything. At length. and at last to Pencrofts great joy. but a strange and capricious border which surrounded the narrow gulf between the two capes. His thoughts were concentrated on Neb. The explorers. which were also covered with the high grass called tussac in New Holland; but the cocoanut. did I not see in the west a mountain which commands the countryYes.