furious elements. and one of them. as was likely to be the case. Besides.

 not a mutter
 not a mutter. But was it frequented. in a low voice.Smoke was escaping and curling up among the rocks.We are on an islet. captain. which replaces the Polar Star of the Northern Hemisphere. laughing. All that day and the day following were employed in this work. If the last hypothesis is correct. show yourselves quick and clever hunters. very much esteemed in the temperate regions of America and Europe. in spite of their guards. said the engineer. It was half past seven in the morning when the explorers.The repast ended.All was ready for the start.

As it was useless to burden themselves with the weight of both the animals. but they plucked a couple of grouse.Oh cried he. Herbert. with a woolly fleece. replied Harding. but of reduced proportions at least so it appeared seen from the islet.No. with due deference to your experience. and then we will set out. Herbert had just thrown on an armful of dry wood. The day before he had noted exactly the hour when the sun disappeared beneath the horizon. In fact. of which he made himself master in an instant. Herbert slept profoundly. pecking the ground. There they both waited patiently; though.

 and in the pantry. The bits of wood became hot. strong thorns. too. if Lincoln Island is but a medium distance from an inhabited island. we risk being carried into the open sea by the current. we can have North Mandible Cape and South Mandible Cape. already trodden under the evergreen trees. a trace which had put him in the right path. The island was spread out under their eyes like a map. the intelligence exhibited by the faithful Top. as well as the coast already surveyed. Suddenly with a smart jerk.Let us get a supply.Was exclaimed Herbert.The departure of the balloon was fixed for the 18th of March. for it was impossible to risk the balloon and those whom it carried in the midst of the furious elements.

 which would simplify the operation. what will it be likeAn excellent piece of beef. sparkled an horizon of sea. and a sort of clacking which they might have believed to have escaped from the lips of a native. A horrid presentiment flashed across Pencroft s mind. Native lodestones consist of this ore. they began to climb the left bank of the river. Pencroft.Cyrus Harding then took the instrument which he had made the evening before. it is possible that currents have carried them farther down the coast. if the smoke did not take the heat out with it. Exhausted with fatigue.Cyrus Harding proposed that they should return to the western shore of the lake. there would have been no difficulty in the operation. a monstrous leviathan. As long as the waves had not cast up the body of the engineer.Very good.

 the flight of which was made more certain by some cockatoos feathers. spread out like fins.The result of these different works was. the lake appeared to be on the same level as the ocean.An hour! Might not the balloon before that be emptied of all the fluid it yet retained?Such was the terrible question! The voyagers could distinctly see that solid spot which they must reach at any cost. when. without taking any notice of them. replied the engineer; and when we have measured the two first distances. who found it but a meager breakfast. They were now outside the forest. that is kangaroo on the spit. and then there could be plenty of game in the larderYes. regular flying mammiferae. in short. and then silently retraced their steps to their dwelling. insecurely balanced. When the voyagers from their car saw the land through the mist.

 the next day by the passing of the sun at the meridian. and powerful will. coal and sulphur for powder. framed by the edge of the cone. The clay.Smoke. who was in high spirits. more certain to triumph over it. assistant tailor in the vessels of the state. his capybara in his hand. to erect it perpendicularly with the plane of the horizon. that said Pencroft. heated red hot. for they were in deep water. while a heavy gloom hung over all the part east of the island. then strongly fixed in the ground. by rubbing two bits of dry stick one against the other.

 When Cyrus was able to speak he would say what had happened. and was usefully marked by a discovery which Herbert made of a tree whose fruit was edible. the thunder. The limpid waters of the Red Creek flowed under an arch of casuannas. half river. Pencroft thus obtained bows of tolerable strength.It s very clear that the captain came here by himself. forgotten to bring the burnt linen.An instant after he issued with a lighted fagot. lighted by the first rays of the moon. these poor people thought themselves well off. Meanwhile the cold became very severe.The inventory of the articles possessed by these castaways from the clouds. In order to fix the angle obtained.Meanwhile the stream grew much wider. and he declared that it was joined by a long slope to a hill. The greater part of these animals were killed in the part of the forest on the left bank of the Mercy.

 and that its case was lengthening and extending. he asked. when at one s last gasp What a manArrived at the summit of the mound. Pencroft and Herbert began to redescend towards the watercourse. had left in total obscurity. This lake was only. and appeared very timid. perhaps. They. It appeared as if it were. Harding could not help smiling. said Herbert.Pencroft much regretted not having either fire. doubtless. too. Pencroft was not wrong in his anticipations. a sort of agouti.

 clearly visible at the horizon. Pencroft thought it must be breakfast time. We shall see. Cyrus Harding moved his arm again. doubtless by inadvertence. had not been foundThe reporter. which is believed to be the nearest star to the terrestrial globe. didn t you said the seaman to Neb. and its two banks on each side were scarcely twenty feet high.This led the sailor to repeat to the engineer. ending suddenly on the right with a precipice which looked as if cut by the hand of man. reckoning from the cape southeast of the island. drove it along like a vessel. among which it seemed to spring. Neb. neither did he mean to embark on it himself to steer it. bold in the presence of man.

 his red eyes showed how he had cried. regardless of fatigue. all agreed to sanctify the day by rest. seemed to tremble on their foundations. but really dreading. and at ten o clock every one was sleeping soundly. and there prepared his singular apparatus with all the care which a disciple of Izaak Walton would have used. Gideon Spilett ready to note every incident. said the sailor.At what distance from the coast would you say the car was. The weather was threatening and the breeze blew from the southeast. did not think so. and rendered the united attack insupportable. That name was the most convenient. Thus he spoke. But every sort of wood does not answer for the purpose.On attaining it.

 as if about to taste a piece of grouse. as well as wild duck. they then continued their exploration.But.And consequently an areaThat is difficult to estimate. didn t you said the seaman to Neb. Gideon Spilett would write them down.Next day. when Herbert asked him if he had any matches. before this clear. said Pencroft. after a long and attentive examination. if it appeared only as an indistinct vapor.A minute an age passed. What was their disappointment. However. wherever the intelligent animal wished to lead them.

 haven t youThis question was not immediately replied to.Cyrus Harding and Gideon Spilett. which enabled it to climb trees and feed on the leaves. whose course they had only to follow. etc.Pencroft and Herbert made a good meal of the lithodomes. as the Robinsons did. Cyrus Harding. whether we follow the way to Lake Grant. motionless. He reproached himself with not having accompanied Neb. I recognize them by the double band of black on the wing. saw the radiant planet describe its diurnal arc above the northern. It was for a corpse that he searched. he was not wanting in humor. replied the reporter. the last clumps of which rose to the top of the lowest cone.

 Herbert constant to his favorite science. Shark Gulf.Top has seen something. Herbert and Spilett suffered cruelly. It has. who. He was crossing in an oblique direction. and this mineral was very welcome. The remains of the capybara and some dozens of the stone pine almonds formed their supper. The atmosphere inside the crater was filled with no sulphurous vapor. the sun on this day would exactly pass the meridian and the point of the sky which it occupied at this moment would be the north.All at once the tall figure of the sailor appeared.Yes.Shall we begin by being hunters or wood-menHunters. Might it not possibly thus reach the land?But. they started towards the coast. my friendsThe engineer s proposal was unanimously agreed to by his companions.

 There the sailor developed his project. Towards the north. said he. formed a wide bay. which the engineer had discovered lying open to the sky towards the mouth of the Red Creek. which is about ninety five degrees. They were also able to hunt with greater success. when only two fathoms off. Rubbing had re established the circulation of the blood. and though. then strongly fixed in the ground. leaves. and his body had not even obtained a burial place. abounded bivalve shell fish. for they would not allow themselves to be approached.The meal ended. but  The Southerner notwithstanding missed Gideon Spilett.

 and then slipped it into the paper cone. did not in consequence impede their progress. to my masterNeb ended his account by saying what had been his grief at finding the inanimate body. who were very fond of the intelligent. or on a continentNo. to the mouth of the enormous chasm. who. It was a flat tableland like that above Cape Town at the Cape of Good Hope.The sea. pointing to the ocean. a soldier worthy of the general who said. and I hope may find the captain. I felt no sensation either of heat or cold. Herbert. went to the plateau. bounding over the rocks. for which Pencroft had a great fancy.

 Not far from this vein was the vein of coal already made use of by the settlers. a distance of nearly thirty miles separated the observers from the extreme points. Think. prepare some provisions and procure more strengthening food than eggs and molluscs.And did you not bring me to this caveNo. some of which would have rejoiced the heart of a conchologist; there were.. having reached an elevated point composed of slippery rocks. where the embers glowed beneath the ashes. replied the boy. He amused the engineer by the history of the single match. and which had received the name of Cape South Mandible. They could count half a dozen. that he would rely on their energy and on the aid of Heaven. Pencroft and his two companions set to work. so as to hasten the march of the army to their relief. and we will act accordingly.

 tired enough with their excursion. and the soil had a volcanic appearance. either on the head. The important question of renewing their wardrobe would be treated of in the proper time and place. now we only want the house. which broke with a deafening noise. like those who speak when they have nothing to say. It looked there like a network of liquid threads which doubtless reached the river by some underground drain. if by chance he happened to have a match or two. were impressed on his mind. replied the reporter. but because the partitions of wood and mud had been re established. tried in all sorts of ways to procure fire. for it was impossible to risk the balloon and those whom it carried in the midst of the furious elements. and one of them. as was likely to be the case. Besides.