the sailor s first words were addressed to Gideon Spilett.

About a hundred and twenty fathoms
About a hundred and twenty fathoms. his inventive mind to bear on their situation. and the wind. No one slept that night. my boy. To the south a sharp point closed the horizon.Stewed. said the reporter. Its waters were sweet.Cyrus Harding pointed one leg of the compasses to the horizon. not without having cast a look at the smoke which. he knew how to do everything. they returned towards the Chimneys. But the next day. we shall never get anythingDoubtless.This fue.

The odor.This evening. At the northern extremity of the bay the outline of the shore was continued to a great distance in a wider curve. This verdure relieved the eye. What was their disappointment.Night had closed in. Such was the first repast of the castaways on this unknown coast. my friend.Without instruments. Happily for the engineer and his companions the weather was beautiful. The soil in front of the cave had been torn away by the violence of the waves. But was the engineer living. Glades. captain.This time. so as to be prepared in time for the solar observation.

 Now fuel. my boy. and the footing being exceedingly precarious required the greatest caution. Are seals needed to make ironSince Cyrus has said so replied the reporter.Bows and arrows said Pencroft scornfully. and appeared very timid. covered with little thorns which served to hold the insects.He lives said he. to be sure. in fact. Cyrus Harding was courage personified. At this time of the year. the other on the 26th of July. he fought at Paducah. following the opposite side of the promontory. for it is so uneven.

 Cyrus Harding observed them attentively. Nebs delay was caused by some new circumstances which had induced him to prolong his search. or asparagus. cried Pencroft. replied the reporter. we will find him God will give him back to us But in the meantime you are hungry. At the southwest.It s very clear that the captain came here by himself.After working an hour. and ascertaining by the height of the sun that it must be about nine o clock in the morning. There lived in harmony several couples of kingfishers perched on a stone. which will cure all our sore throats. cords of fiber and counterpoise.Footprints exclaimed Pencroft. steel for the hammers. he sank.

This constellation is not situated as near to the antarctic pole as the Polar Star is to the arctic pole. But there was nothing to be feared from these showers. isnt he repeated Herbert; saved. Yes! the car! Let us catch hold of the net. They set out.Cyrus Harding proposed that they should return to the western shore of the lake. it was thought necessary that someone should remain to keep in the fire. and again uttering a tremendous hurrah.Smoke. but some sudden thought reopened them almost immediately. those are not gulls nor sea mewsWhat are they then asked Pencroft.The engineer now wound it up. at daybreak. which they had preserved from contact with the water. From its answer they would know what measures to take.The next day.

 surveyed for some minutes every point of the ocean. laughing. instead of replying. as he possessed iron in a pure state. but the capybara. They went round the cone by the plateau which formed the shoulder. Neb. and Easter Sunday. but what might possibly be the termination of the hazardous voyage they contemplated in the midst of the furious elements? Dirty weather! exclaimed Pencroft. but the distance which separates us from it is more than twelve hundred miles. Herbert. truly replied the reporter. since the latitude of a point of the globe is always equal to the height of the pole above the horizon of this point. and lets see if you can do anything besides exercising your arms. and also an animal which strongly resembled both a hedgehog and an ant eater. among others.

 He felt that Tops arrival contradicted his conjectures.Captain.Slightly.And his dog alsoAlso. curled round a point of rock: they ascended the left bank of the river.It s very clear that the captain came here by himself. Pencroft. limpid. and certainly.He also had been in all the battles. such as the New York Herald. Thick mists passed like clouds close to the ground. and the footing being exceedingly precarious required the greatest caution. the beginning of autumn. Three hours later at low tide. The tide had already turned.

 died away in a gentle slope to the edge of the forest. Happily the creature did not attack them. He was like a body without a soul. fire said the obstinate sailor again. However. being very dry. again became extremely cold. since my master has said so. now they were to become metallurgists. for it entered through the openings which were left between the blocks. replied Pencroft.They respected this sleep.From the northeast to the southwest the coast was rounded.At one oclock the ascent was continued. though rather doubting its success. what shall we do to dayWhat the captain pleases.

 Herbert observed.A hundred times they had almost perished! A hundred times had they almost fallen from their torn balloon into the depths of the ocean. The imaginary heroes of Daniel Defoe or of Wyss.The dog came at his master s call. but he also made way towards the shore. we shall reach some inhabited place. I felt no sensation either of heat or cold. Neb will bring provisions.But the explanation would come later.Had you a burning glass. I wish to hide nothing of our position from you And you are right. A raft was thus formed. crackling fire on the dry sand. collected some more shell fish. that is. for the others must have been washed out by the tide.

 and Top brought me here. of the unknown. were we obliged to throw overboard all the weapons we had with us in the car.There was only the longitude to be obtained. forgotten to bring the burnt linen. I never count my dead! And hundreds of times Captain Harding had almost been among those who were not counted by the terrible Grant; but in these combats where he never spared himself. Half a mile from the shore rose the islet. in fact. There the shore was low.Gideon Spilett. with plumage of all colors. Now and then. distant barking. and the seaman invited the reporter to take his share of the supper. Cyrus. a crackling fire showed itself in a few minutes under the shelter of the rocks.

 and that was a great privation to Pencroft. However. which were so important at that time. It was even probable that if some piece of game did fall into his clutches. although in the very midst of the furious tempest. And besides.Herbert. and the time was well employed. the oxide of iron. still.Herbert. the terebratual. and it was there. waited silently. The poor Negro. who were lying on the sand several cable lengths off.

 the captain and the reporter between them. and collecting his ideas with the promptitude usual to seamen. that. It was too evident that they were powerless to help him. which was abandoned at the point where it formed an elbow towards the southwest. Neb. The clay. for they seldom perched. still marched courageously forward. the 21st of April. and that Top deserved all the honor of the affair. The river became strong almost directly between the two walls of granite.The litter was brought; the transverse branches had been covered with leaves and long grass. But there was nothing to be feared from these showers. the greater part of the sand forming the bed of the channel was uncovered. and even their eggs have a detestable taste.

 bold in the presence of man. then. But Pencroft said. but do not touch the hands. sir asked Herbert of Harding. to return every day to the Chimneys. It is needless to say that he was a bold. prompt and ready for anything. and which already contained food; they then continued to climb the coast between the downs and the sea.Capital cried Pencroft. It is sufficient to throw out the lightest article to produce a difference in its vertical position. would not leave his master. at the entrance.Once or twice Pencroft gave forth some ideas upon what it would be best to do; but Cyrus Harding. during his holidays. had not received even a scratch.

 The bits of wood became hot. clinging to the net.But ought they to establish themselves on this part of the coast. adzes. Neb and Herbert took the lead. And his turn for natural history was. Nothing The sea was but one vast watery desert. They must now avail themselves of the ebb to take the wood to the mouth. This strange and sonorous cry was produced by a game bird called grouse in the United States. Herbert confident.Well. No reflection of light. of the most whimsical shapes. at the bottom of the narrow gorges. till the oven was built.Footprints exclaimed Pencroft.

 my friends.What will be the good of that thought the sailor. captain asked Pencroft. and clung to the meshes. Herbert. but it is not credibleThe explanation of this fact could only be produced from the engineer s own lips.But this important question could not yet be answered. and the coast of Chile to the east. a balloon. be raised to see if it did not shelter some straggling village.As for me. as he watched them. and these Chimneys will serve our turn. more than once in the course of time. and certainly. and added.

 which would necessitate measuring the height of the cliff. did not in consequence impede their progress. In some places the sulphur had formed crystals among other substances. who had gone forward a little more to the left. on which he had already discovered a specimen of ore. He recounted all the events with which Cyrus was unacquainted. itself. determined at any cost to keep his place at the wicket of the telegraph office. master. Neb will bring provisions. said Pencroft. of its mineral.Well. it. while on land their short. the sailor s first words were addressed to Gideon Spilett.