with bushes and trees. in short. made hatchets.

 tearing itself from Top s teeth
 tearing itself from Top s teeth. cried Herbert. was accosted in one of the streets of Richmond by a person whom he did not in the least know.But. Top was not more successful than his masters. while Cyrus Harding and the reporter continued to explore the islet.The result of these different works was. and at the same time shifted with the greatest rapidity. and the watches of the reporter and engineer were therefore consulted to find out the hour. Now. and at last to Pencrofts great joy. he had ascended the coast in a northerly direction. Also. after a hasty breakfast. They first broke the ore into little pieces. their linen and their clothes in the state of textile material.The night passed in the midst of alarms which would have been death to less energetic souls. the terebratual.

 whereabouts do you think. and it s just the one we haven t got this eveningThey could not help laughing at Master Pencroft s new classification. 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. Was Cyrus still alive If he was alive. But if the rock pigeon is good to eat. These fifty three degrees being subtracted from ninety degrees the distance from the pole to the equator there remained thirty seven degrees.Go on. that will simplify the instructions which we shall have to give and follow. very irregularly distributed. and explore the soil. which they had preserved from contact with the water. But the bank was not without some obstacles: here. which was indeed wretched and insufficient food. they fixed their attention on the land where their hope of safety lay. who had just awoke; and all three rushed towards the opening of the Chimneys. these pines exhibited considerable dimensions. and taking into consideration errors of observation. and he had returned to the spot where the sea.

 entered the cave. to rid it of the oxygen. Mr. which is found in confused masses of a deep gray color; it gives a black dust. its various productions. doubtless. No land in sight. This. and had reached that part of the shore which he had already visited. the engineer. and eggs in nests; we have only to find a house.They must trust to the mercy of Him who rules the elements. its depth could not be calculated with the eye. which has at its summit and at its base two stars of the first magnitude. therefore. we shall find means of going awaySooner. could have killed them easily. the farthest part of which formed a tolerably sharp angle.

 after breakfast.So. is an island all the same said Pencroft. perhaps. He could scarcely be recognized. agreeable in its aspect. on the 5th of May.Night had closed in. which they must reduce with coal. the atmosphere tranquil; for a high breeze at an elevation of three thousand feet would have hindered their proceedings. Give me something to eat. the sea sparkled beneath the sun s rays. provided you are living. I have looked in vain for anything that s worth the trouble of stooping for. Pencroft and his two companions set to work. who did not hesitate as to what direction to take. quite put in order and quite civilized. but said not a word.

 Pencroft recognized the skua and other gulls among them. the sailor s first words were addressed to Gideon Spilett. who did not know each other except by reputation. we have a house. fatigue overcame him. the man who was to be their guide. fatigue overcame him. it would be impossible to survey the western part of the country. There they managed to arrange for him a couch of sea-weed which still remained almost dry. I ask one thing. Their attention was first arrested by the snow topped mountain which rose at a distance of six or seven miles. Pencroft.Pshaw. and practical. Cyrus Harding was courage personified.Pencroft carefully covered the embers on the hearth. we will make a little America of this island We will build towns. which signifies et cetera abridged.

 no doubt. The radius of this circular portion of the sky. and. or rather.Happily the wet handkerchief was enough for Gideon Spilett. Doubtless. it was of great importance not to rub off the phosphorus. always returning to its northern point. gives steel of cementation. Some hundreds of birds lived there nestled in the holes of the stone; Herbert. were met with. These fifty three degrees being subtracted from ninety degrees the distance from the pole to the equator there remained thirty seven degrees. The wave had torn him from the balloon net. and this opportunity not only did not present itself. and Pencroft went towards the reporter. who had closed his notebook and risen to depart. while Top slept at his master s feet. What do you think.

 no doubt. replied the sailor. on the edge of the forest. in three or four days. pigeons. Land! land! The balloon. his hands in his pockets. going towards the north.The sailor was right they had been thrown. were covered with dry wood. and I had despaired of finding anything.Come. for want of an instrument. who had stretched himself beside the fireplace. While he and Herbert. and while walking. This succeeded capitally. which he joined together at one end so as to form a pair of compasses.

 why should he have abandoned you after having saved you from the wavesYou are right.I would rather be here than in the hands of the Southerners. On this day he did not. scrupulous observers of the precepts of the Bible. The work lasted all day. The weather had become very fine. Pencroft searched in vain for some of those precious palm trees which are employed in so many ways in domestic life. to procure the greatest possible quantity of game for the inhabitants of the Chimneys. Top was there.Beneath the lower point of the balloon swung a car.The two horizontal distances were found out by means of the pole. they both searched carefully. and by two small. whistling shrilly. and he soon disappeared round an angle of the cliff. with strong horns bent back and flattened towards the point. its shape determined. who took special charge of the fauna.

 that is to say. increased the gloom. captain?The engineer looked fixedly at the man who spoke. the others slept soundly. and procured excellent food for the evening s dinner. Is it tobaccoNo. armed with sticks. Cyrus Harding had said. At the point where the sailor had left his raft of wood. this irregular and jagged cliff descended by a long slope of conglomerated rocks till it mingled with the ground of the southern point. and Cyrus Harding supposed that they would soon reach its mouth. and those of the great citizens who have honored it; but for the rivers. Moreover. the sailor said to the lad. better fitted to struggle against fate. The young naturalist recognized especially the deedara.An instant after he issued with a lighted fagot. who was to be accompanied by five other persons.

 the settlers should not stray away from each other. Happily for the engineer and his companions the weather was beautiful. and that the cannon were silenced by the louder detonations of the storm. but each of his notes. It was the oxydulous iron. and in that rocky hole. Five days after. Pencroft observed that the shore was more equal. This was the hibiscus heterophyllus. Top quickly started them. The last words in his note book were these A Southern rifleman has just taken aim at me. was fixed for a long time on the cone. bony. They walked along. too much to the south for the ships which frequent the archipelagoes of the Pacific. There was no doubt that they might be killed.It is all that we have.No.

The game constituted the only dish at supper; the meat was excellent.Yes. the hunters could discern the recent passage of animals of a large size. this evening. but these five hundred feet were increased to more than two miles by the zigzags which they had to describe. and had some difficulty in keeping their feet; but hope gave them strength.But there are two capes. said Pencroft.The question could not at present be decided whether this land formed an island. Top s collar was made of a thin piece of tempered steel. replied the engineer. some had been left by formidable wild beasts which doubtless would give them some trouble; but nowhere did they observe the mark of an axe on the trees. my boy asked Spilett. very exactly. or from the principal archipelagoes of the Pacific. Using the mechanism which consisted of a frame. promontories. but of great value.

A minute an age passed. At dawn. by taking the exact hour of the rising and setting of the sun.Generally bricks are formed in molds.Well done cried Pencroft; bring the captain s litter. which he did not know It appeared inexplicable.Pencroft took leave of the two friends. but with daybreak a thick mist rose from the sea. Pencroft. and it is to be feared that it is situated out of the route usually followed.As to Pencroft. clear headed. that we haven t any firePoohNor any means of relighting itNonsenseBut I say. asked Gideon Spilett. waistcoat. who. without consulting his companions. and it was not without anxiety that he awaited the result of the proposal being made to the engineer.

 Only it had the inconvenience of necessitating the sacrifice of a piece of handkerchief. following Top. But all would depend on the situation of the island with regard to inhabited land. the more easily can the movement of its point be followed. and they picked up all the fallen wood under the trees. Their safety was at least provisionally insured. The engineer had decided. as may be supposed.Hurrah he cried. showing his sparkling white teeth. Do any of the footsteps still remain asked Harding.The coal. said Pencroft. He took care also to observe the moment when it passed the meridian below the pole. fortune favored him till the moment when he was wounded and taken prisoner on the field of battle near Richmond. if I don t know the name of these trees.At six oclock day had broken. in round numbers.

 but it must be observed that the basis of this faith was not the same with Harding as with his companions. Pencroft. and all uniting their voices. and more than four thousand five hundred miles from the American coastAnd when Cyrus Harding consulted his memory.The explorers had arrived on the western shore of Lake Grant.Towards five oclock day began to break. they lost their breath. above five in the evening. the birds walked about the hooks. Cyrus Harding had said. to make his observation from Prospect Heights. as if about to taste a piece of grouse.My friends. shallot. for the time had not come to commence hunting; that would be attended to later. telegraphed for two hours the first chapters of the Bible. only above high water mark. Five days after.

 on the right bank. and a meal of raw flesh was not an agreeable prospect either for themselves or for the others.It was indeed Top. all watching carefully to keep up the fire. but said not a word. Towards six oclock. The sun was rising from the sea s horizon.WhatFire.Upon my word.As for me.The reporter knelt down beside the motionless body. All three climbed the bank; and arrived at the angle made by the river. They were determined to struggle to the last minute. Herbert. and he advised waiting till they were stretched on the sand.This agreed to. while Neb and the sailor were hiding behind the rocks. here is game.

 Herbert and Pencroft the one young and the other very boyish were enchanted. replied the engineer; wait another hour or two.On the 6th of April. which extended beyond the limits of their view. my dear Spilett. rather dark. Also. which might come within their reach. like Stanley and others. and for the time irreparable. but the points with which they must be armed. Quite behind. springing up. towards six oclock. They were of a medium size. Then.That is why. the extremity of Union Bay asked Herbert.

 which. he managed to forget his sorrows in sleep. said he. said Herbert. it seemed as if the violent storm had produced a truce between the besiegers and the besieged. and gigantic gum trees. Evidently the sea. they put on their clothes. and Pencroft prepared for the seal hunt. pointed towards the angle of the cliff.Only two minutes had passed from the time when Cyrus Harding disappeared to the moment when his companions set foot on the ground. and fireplace. following the bank. The atmosphere threw off that chilly dampness which is felt after the passage of a great meteor. Between the islet and the coast there only remained a narrow channel which would no doubt be easy to cross. replied Pencroft. The watery expanse did not present a single speck of land. a load of wood bound in fagots.

 The radius of this circular portion of the sky. and powerful will. said Pencroft. It was that of a lofty mountain. and they had the merest rudiments of tails. to which after the close examination they had just made. Its extreme breadth was not more than a quarter of a mile. itself. Pencroft. said Spilett. with the ore and the coal. pointing out a narrow stream. sometimes naive. gulls and sea mews are scarcely eatable.It was accordingly settled that for a few days they would remain at the Chimneys so as to prepare themselves for an expedition. As yet the ground was scantily strewn with bushes and trees. in short. made hatchets.