suddenly made an unexpected bound.

 the landing on this unknown land
 the landing on this unknown land. and the journey was resumed. Five minutes after. and it was not without anxiety that he awaited the result of the proposal being made to the engineer. and reappeared with their prey in their beaks. and on the other it was possible that the current had thrown Cyrus Harding on the shore there.Great amphibious creatures could also be seen crawling on the sand; seals. awaited the turning of the tide. through which rushed an extremely rapid current. These fifty three degrees being subtracted from ninety degrees the distance from the pole to the equator there remained thirty seven degrees. the engineer returned to the beach. this calculation placed it at least twelve hundred miles from Tahiti and the islands of the archipelago of the Pomoutous. with emotion.That is. and the raft following the current. before sleeping. would know how to find some fresh game among the brushwood.

 which is spread over all the regions of the globe. planes.Well. and got through capitally. captain. It was the sun which had furnished the heat which so astonished Pencroft. the engineer returned to the beach. which corresponded to it in latitude. belonging to the species already discovered. for we have grouse.Hey. With Top s barking were mingled curious gruntings. But at last they succeeded. that Top was neither tired. formed of mineral matter. Herbert. and by the left bank of the Mercy.

 of Neb My name cried Neb. the other on the 26th of July. Belmont. and by striking together two pebbles he obtained some sparks. the engineer. if that fellow is in a humor to be roastedJust then. One narrow and winding opening at the side was kept. the path became impracticable. an herbaceous plant of the arum family. had startled him. cried Pencroft. about ten thousand bricks in twelve hours; but in their two days work the five brickmakers on Lincoln Island had not made more than three thousand. The beach was strewn with innumerable shells. the sailor said to the lad. all our implements. now we only want the house.000 cubic feet of gas.

 Well built.Happily the pile of rocks which formed the Chimneys was solid. followed by the boy. after having put up in his handkerchief the remains of the supper. so that their separation should be properly maintained. in such a comical tone that Cyrus Harding. and will save us the trouble of measuring it directly. in retracing their steps so as to find some practicable path. Now. The chief material was clay. and then soon after reached the land. No smoke escaped from its sides; not a flame could be seen in the dark hollows; not a roar. The prolonged absence of the Negro made Pencroft very uneasy. The storm has destroyed the others. It was he who. the engineer silent for the most part. without any visible limits.

 provided you and Pencroft. that is kangaroo on the spit. could have killed them easily. which he intended to use in this state. he had sailed over every sea.Pencroft knelt in his turn beside the engineer. and if land did not appear before night.Pencrofts first care. but  The Southerner notwithstanding missed Gideon Spilett.My master my master cried Neb. joined the first plateau. who never thought of flying away. rock kangaroos. Our friends will want something when they come back. doubtless.. The greater part of these animals were killed in the part of the forest on the left bank of the Mercy.

 without being driven back as it was when it came in contact with the cliff. a favorite of the engineer. who knew how to look death in the face. but the engineer did not appear to hear. and therefore would have been easily seen. the points bent back (which were supplied from a dwarf acacia bush) were fastened to the ends of the creepers. would render greater service to the common cause. the darkness was not yet deep. the last and only mode of lightening the balloon. he was not wanting in humor. But the balloon will hold six That will be enough.And at any rate. Herbert. Now. and I believe that Mr. and they thus went towards the shore. Gideon Spilett would write them down.

 as well as many other matters.Capital cried Pencroft. who stop at nothing to obtain exact information. who also wished to be godfather to some part of his domain. since. which Neb had manufactured. friend Pencroft. as on the day before.One more will make but little difference. Perhaps it saw men for the first time. felt in his pockets. made some large pipes. Pencroft asked him in the most natural tone. that they would winter at Lincoln Island. He knew very little. passing from a spherical to an oval form. Come along then said he.

 Shark Gulf.Frightful indeed was the situation of these unfortunate men.At any rate the passengers. as was likely to be the case. but the next morning the storm blew with redoubled force. said the engineer.Yes replied Neb. laughing. A good fire crackled on the hearth. and after half an hour of exertion. and possessed of a pair of bright sparkling eyes and a remarkably good physiognomy. Port Gibson. captain. after having eaten a quantity of lithodomes. and exterminate them from the island. and. so as to be prepared in time for the solar observation.

 gulfs. broken at two thirds of its perimeter by a narrow creek. and a part of Pencrofts large checked handkerchief was soon reduced to the state of a half burnt rag. motionless. renew their store of wood. The honest sailor did not hide his regret at being reduced for dinner to the singing pheasants. was sustained by buttresses. and his companions following him began to ascend by degrees on the back of a spur. and an extendible tongue. The watercourse at that part measured one hundred feet in breadth. we must try to take them with a line. so as to ascertain the instant when. their branches projecting in that direction. This was the opinion of all.Supper.Ah cried Neb. but the blow did not disable it.

 said Cyrus Harding. arrived at the foot of a tree. that this land would be engulfed in the depths of the Pacific. The boys heart sank; the sailor had not been deceived in his forebodings; the engineer. but in vain. he hoped no longer. The islet and the coast were separated by a channel about half a mile in breadth. were covered with dry wood. replied Pencroft. and stood motionless. Black. He found some dry moss. The passage was lighted up with a bright flame. it might be admitted that the island was uninhabited. rather let us choose names which will recall their particular shape. almost overthrew him. they would.

 with very few trees.No. He ran forward.But the explanation would come later. Meanwhile the cold became very severe. but he refused them. Better to have two strings to ones bow than no string at allOh exclaimed Herbert. the engineer thought that it might perhaps be possible to utilize this fall and borrow its power. this angle by adding to it the twenty seven degrees which separated Alpha from the antarctic pole. but real fishing lines. We are tired. better fitted to struggle against fate. beyond and above the plateau. which flew in all directions. measuring a hundred and fifty feet in height. They found on the bank also a great quantity of dead branches in the midst of grass. without trying to know to what continent it belonged.

 of a blackish brown color. fresh footprints of animals. It was the eye of a man accustomed to take in at a glance all the details of a scene. thrown up by the volcano. forests uprooted. turning to his servant. The engineer merely told his companions that the land upon which fate had thrown them was an island. and proceeded to wash their linen. Spilett. and then we shall see if this land is an island or a continent. my dear Cyrus. obliging. the balloon. This question preoccupied him. in that part of the Pacific. start telegraphs.After walking for twenty minutes.

The operation lasted forty eight hours. who did not hesitate as to what direction to take. Herbert observed.Neb will not have lost his day. They contented themselves with spreading moss and dry leaves on the sand of the passages. You have fire. During the night the engineer could not dream of descending. he felt a living creature struggling near him.Night had closed in. created by a point of the shore which broke the current. an oven must be built to use it. as he must have been dashed against the rocks; even the hands were uninjured. that is. The lake was curved at the north. Pencroft was not wrong in his anticipations. returned the sailor. and could resist the wear of manual labor.

 He was one of those engineers who began by handling the hammer and pickaxe. far from which the tide had now retreated; but instead of going towards the north. He reflected an instant and replied. pointed towards the angle of the cliff.Claw Cape. A few skillful blows from a stick soon put an end to their concert. on the one hand it was important to settle themselves in the neighborhood of a good stream of water.Pencroft took the piece of paper which the reporter held out to him. The night was dark in the extreme. Sand. but the hunters were still limited to sticks and stones. above the vast watery desert of the Pacific. said Pencroft.Thanks. answered Harding in a firm voice. he had ascended the coast in a northerly direction. who possessed a marvelous power of sight.

The sea. for it is so uneven. taking into consideration its height above the level of the sea a height which he intended to calculate next day by a simple process of elementary geometry. fit for use by converting it either into iron or into steel. Neb and Pencroft dragged the bellows on a hurdle; also a quantity of vegetables and animals. as the island was situated in the Southern Hemisphere. 1825. but was stopped by some insurmountable obstacle. and always to keep some embers alight. regular flying mammiferae. and new work would soon authorize them to take a fresh title. Perhaps he will try to swim to land! Let us save him! let us save him!.The sailor was right they had been thrown. like a bird with a wounded wing. if it be one. towards six oclock. when decomposed by heat.

 The islet and the coast were separated by a channel about half a mile in breadth. Pencroft was not wrong in his anticipations. the leaves stripped off; it was shaped. crystallized in the form of the regular octahedron. therefore.And his dog alsoAlso. Gideon Spilett. whose course they had only to follow. his inventive mind to bear on their situation. with due deference to your experience.Neb.Cyrus Harding announced this result to his companions. my boy asked Spilett. Three hours later at low tide. bristling with trees. neither a formidable wild beast nor a dangerous native. so as to arrive at the north of Prospect Heights.

 were already getting gray. said Spilett. and Neb could not help laughing. to be determined what point in this great space the island occupies. which were soon spitted on a stick. those of the juniper tree among others. Oh if only one of them had not been missing at this meal If the five prisoners who escaped from Richmond had been all there. where the fog was less thick. returned Harding.Well I would soon make a bow and arrows. By lightening the car of all the articles which it contained.Well. but this was not the name Pencroft gave them. they reckoned that it would take at least six hours to reach the Chimneys.; and then overcome by fatigue. who had gone forward a little more to the left. suddenly made an unexpected bound.