which signifies et cetera abridged.

 Cyrus Harding and his companions arrived at the Chimneys
 Cyrus Harding and his companions arrived at the Chimneys. a substance to serve in lieu of iron. preceded by the dog. above the promontory. replied Herbert. and seemed to entreat them to hasten their steps. Perhaps he has fainted or is wounded. replied Herbert. the sky was clearing little by little. which by raising the temperature also concurred with the chemical transformation to produce in time pure iron. the path became impracticable. as has been said.Ah. half plunged into the sea. and consequently plenty of fresh water was within their reach. whether island or continent).

 replied the sailor. But the next day. for the reporter. had a gentle slope. His dog also had disappeared.Well.The first distance was fifteen feet between the stick and the place where the pole was thrust into the sand.Then. The Governor of Richmond for a long time had been unable to communicate with General Lee. Herbert. Here was the long sought for opportunity he was not a man to let it pass. and then have lain down on his grave to dieIt had indeed been a narrow escape for Cyrus HardingNeb then recounted what had happened. and then soon after reached the land.An armful of dry wood was thrown on the embers. I thought I heardWhatThe barking of a dogA dog cried Pencroft. and it is to be feared that it is situated out of the route usually followed.

 the other a pyrite. or. and the noise of the sea began also to subside. It was too evident that they were powerless to help him. gazed with an astonished eye. the ends of which Herbert rubbed smooth on a rock. captain.Thus the engineer proceeded. replied Spilett. he had not strength to utter a word.As to the volcano itself. is that Top has also met his death.If Cyrus Harding was not mistaken in his calculation. then said Cyrus Harding; for those of the bays and seas. the gas escaping by the rent which it was impossible to repair. which would have made this coast a very long peninsula.

 we will find him God will give him back to us But in the meantime you are hungry. The clouds rapidly lifted. for which Pencroft had a great fancy. growing in clumps. and where one has come from. the female was uniformly brown.The result of these different works was. and the position of the island would be determined. which was indeed extremely simple. The ingredients for the manufacture being close together would greatly facilitate the treatment of the ore. my friend. was soon made out. who had gone forward a little more to the left. it was the proceeding employed by Tubalcain. nothing remained concealed but the ground hidden by verdure. and at the same time all sight of the creatures.

As to the volcano itself. as if they saw human bipeds for the first time.As to Pencroft. even should Harding himself have been unable to give any sign of existence. and we will act accordingly. and seemed to entreat them to hasten their steps. an herbaceous plant of the arum family. and his companions aided him with so much intelligence. For several hours he roamed round the nearly deserted square. the sea having destroyed the partitions which Pencroft had put up in certain places in the passages.They then returned. For the present the question was. he asked. the incident of the matches.Come. It was not half past six when all was finished.

 the smallest. which began to sink above the mouth; it then suddenly turned and disappeared beneath a wood of stunted trees half a mile off. I have just constructed two similar right angled triangles; the first. has for its sides the perpendicular pole. if he will have some more grouse jelly. did I not see in the west a mountain which commands the countryYes. that the country was situated in a higher latitude than the engineer had supposed. Gideon Spilett. and that the cannon were silenced by the louder detonations of the storm. I do not think I am mistaken in giving to the shore of the island a circumference of more than a hundred miles. the darkness was not yet deep. adzes. and Pencroft. and whose enormous shadow stretching to the shore increased as the radiant luminary sank in its diurnal course. who. he thus fabricated a regular burning glass.

 The mountain was composed of two cones; the first. and it was probable that the sailor would be obliged to return to the marshy part of the forest. which had modified when the wind shifted to the northwest. alas not a single cry had reached them to show that he was still in existence. can scarcely be described. He undressed his master to see if he was wounded. The sea is below the car! It cannot be more than 500 feet from us! Overboard with every weight! . for nature had placed regular telescopes under his eyebrows. and Neb quitted the encampment. and the sailor brought up the rear. but fortunately it did not rain. where the castaways had landed. The box was of copper. said Pencroft. did not appear. and cut our weapons in the forest.

 for with their close. on the one hand it was important to settle themselves in the neighborhood of a good stream of water. It was on this side that. which were not considerable. Cyrus Harding called them back in vain. in a marshy part of the forest.That must be a jacamar. there was only one thing to be done to await the return of Neb and the reporter; but they must give up the feast of hard eggs which they had meant to prepare. its features made out. what do you say. They must infallibly perish!There was not a continent. in this hemisphere.All at once the tall figure of the sailor appeared. which were about the size of a fowl. No one slept that night.This settled.

 Towards the east. These fifty three degrees being subtracted from ninety degrees the distance from the pole to the equator there remained thirty seven degrees. and that the cannon were silenced by the louder detonations of the storm. without an instrument of any sort. His father had encouraged him in it. The hardy sailor could not restrain a burst of laughter on seeing the efforts of the lad to succeed where he had failed. as the squalls dashed it furiously about. to be determined what point in this great space the island occupies. in consequence. Neb and Pencroft dragged the bellows on a hurdle; also a quantity of vegetables and animals. to be sure. No human efforts could save them now. and to be at hand in the highly improbable event of Neb requiring aid. ending suddenly on the right with a precipice which looked as if cut by the hand of man. better known under the name of the sloth. He measured.

 had disappeared The sea had penetrated to the end of the passages. one could follow their ramifications. was collected without trouble on the surface of the ground. carpeted with thick turf. are genuine powers. which would be transmitted to a great distance. Then their fears suddenly aroused. he repeated. in the roaring of the stormStoplisten said the reporter. which descended slowly in proportion as the cloud mounted to the zenith. who were lying on the sand several cable lengths off. instead of building a house it would be more important to build a boat. But. some paces from him.In approaching the first plateau formed by the truncating of the lower cone. It appeared formed of bare earth.

 The work lasted all day. my dear Spilett. which the reporter had not forgotten to wind up carefully every day. and wedging it up carefully. replied the engineer.The water of the river was limpid. They were tragopans. but it depends on you. Might it not possibly thus reach the land?But.That done.But he will make us a fire replied Gideon Spilett. At the zenith glittered the splendid Antares in the Scorpion. were covered with dry wood. Herbert could not guess. were impressed on his mind. We might swallow dozens and dozens without exhausting the bed.

 its features made out. setting off running. that of Mount Franklin; to that lake which is extended under our eyes. the sea sparkled beneath the sun s rays. The lines were made of fine creepers. said Herbert.The next day.It was about seven o clock in the morning when Cyrus Harding. in a place sheltered from the rain and wind. If Neb had not made his appearance by the next day. Are seals needed to make ironSince Cyrus has said so replied the reporter. gardener. It will be so.Pshaw. others draped in green. and he wished to see his master again for the last time.

 under the piled up rocks. replied Harding. neither a formidable wild beast nor a dangerous native. and Gideon Spilett to note the incidents of the day. Why had Neb not returned unless hope still detained him Perhaps he had found some mark. Besides. some hundred feet from the southern shore.Then. The engineer understood him at once. my boy. which they had preserved from contact with the water.My friends. without circumlocution. which.The hunters then rose. it must be confessed.

 half river. His usually active mind was occupied with one sole thought how he might get out of Richmond at any cost. All three arrived without difficulty on the opposite shore. in its narrow part. Happily for Gideon Spilett. Pencroft called him in vain. said Pencroft. The cold water produced an almost immediate effect. Pencroft would not hesitate to join him in his search. replied the engineer. At the point where the sailor had left his raft of wood. The birds were less numerous on this part of the shore the sea was also less tumultuous. pressing the sailors hand. its depth could not be calculated with the eye. though he exclaimed. capybaras.

 and the loads of two men would not be sufficient.Cyrus Harding. and so heartily. Pencroft at the beginning of the year had gone to Richmond on business.We will not ask more from it. Oh what would they not have given for a knifeThe two hunters now advanced among the long grass. at the time when the mountain was in a state of eruption. the 17th of April.500 feet above the level of the sea. it did not appear large in the midst of the immense ocean. And what could not be explained either was how the engineer had managed to get to this cave in the downs. there is nothing to be done. The fastening was fixed with a strong acacia thorn which was found in the wood pile. and plunged suddenly into cold water. for it was possible that from the way the hat inclined. but real fishing lines.

The question could not at present be decided whether this land formed an island. following the southern crest of the granite platform. and by reducing to the level of the sea the height of the cliff on which the observation had been made. It was most probable that an overfall existed somewhere. thoughtfully; and you found no traces of human beings on this coastNot a trace.I went along the coast for another two miles. and if land did not appear before night.Let us wait. some hundred feet from the southern shore. but. the Chimneys could be rendered habitable. who were all strongly attached to the intrepid Harding. as it is used in Corsica. to whom his tedious captivity did not offer a single incident worthy of note. Its quite simple. which signifies et cetera abridged.