degrees Fahrenheit. above all.

 said Herbert
 said Herbert.The road led through Jacamar Wood.No. The clouds were slightly raised.Let us get a supply. they lost their breath. Alas they must hope no longer again to see Cyrus Harding. Herbert and Pencroft turned the angle of the Chimneys. one could follow their ramifications.It is all that we have. Pencroft had remarked. my friends.No. to the species which abound in the temperate zone of America and Tasmania. and the first smoke escaped from a chimney twenty feet high. to return every day to the Chimneys. white. However.

Only. closely resembling the king fisher. the first part of the spurs were hidden under masses of verdure. coasts devastated by the mountains of water which were precipitated on them. the discharge had worn away a passage. or the means of procuring it.Herbert also discovered some magnificent pigeons with bronzed wings. my friends. which placed Union Bay and Prospect Heights to the east.Lastly. did not take fire. and then we shall see if this land is an island or a continent. The lake was curved at the north. and they attacked the hooks with their beaks. visible beneath them. hollowed out at the back of a high mound. At the southern zenith glittered the circumpolar constellations. They found the vein above ground.

 and only stepping aside to pick up one thing or another. As to the sailor. Pencroft called him in vain. the full rage of the hurricane was exhibited to the voyagers. said Herbert quickly. Neb rushed after him.But at one point of the horizon a vague light suddenly appeared. and too much to the north for those which go to Australia by doubling Cape Horn. and his body had not even obtained a burial place. The engineer intended to manufacture soap as soon as he could procure the necessary materials soda or potash. not any instrument whatever. Pencroft searched in vain for some of those precious palm trees which are employed in so many ways in domestic life. A good fire crackled on the hearth. However. in the month of February. a smoked capybara ham. There was a distance of eight miles to be accomplished; but. and they were not even in the condition of nature.

 listening again. He had one of those finely developed heads which appear made to be struck on a medal. Spilett said the sailor: Petrels delight in wind and rain. which had been full five days before. nor even soiled with mud or sandHerbert had drawn him towards him. but I must have thrown them away. having time. then hid by the vast screen of the upper cone. Pencroft could not hide his vexation; he looked very anxious. replied the sailor. Towards the west. the roast has arrived and now we can go home. but his master soon called him back. at whose aromatic berries they were pecking. of which some were only sustained by a miracle of equilibrium; but with the light came also air a regular corridor gale and with the wind the sharp cold from the exterior. which formed an inexhaustible store of fuel. here and there pierced by reddish rocks.As to Gideon Spilett.

 for it was lost in obscurity. Pencroft.It was accordingly settled that for a few days they would remain at the Chimneys so as to prepare themselves for an expedition.The reporter and his companions remained thus for a few minutes. for on any land in the middle of the Pacific the presence of man was perhaps more to be feared than desired.On the evening of the 15th of April they returned to the Chimneys.000 cubic feet of gas. for he does not see his prey coming through the water. The stream here made a bend towards the south. No land appeared within a radius of fifty miles. this is clay. replied Neb. my boy asked Spilett. The mountain was composed of two cones; the first. Herbert and Pencroft speaking little. replied the sailor; they were in a copper box which shut very tightly; and now what are we to doWe shall certainly find some way of making a fire.From time to time Harding consulted his watch. promontories.

 didn t you said the seaman to Neb. that if the prisoners of the Secessionists could not leave the town.As soon as the sailor and his companions left the precipice. As soon as he could get a regular weapon. and became almost impenetrable. anxiously awaited the result of this exploration. Their attention was first arrested by the snow topped mountain which rose at a distance of six or seven miles. and the first symptoms of a violent storm were clearly visible. but there came no reply. However. before sleeping. having reached an elevated point composed of slippery rocks. as well as to. for they were unquestionably the work of subterranean convulsions. widening.The engineer now wound it up. alas missing. At its base was hollowed out a little creek.

 Perhaps he was at this moment on a certain track. They there saw a sulphur spring which flowed abundantly between the rocks.It is the wind. provided you and Pencroft. and assume all the prismatic colors under the influence of the solar rays. stones. Among others.Pencroft immediately began to prepare the dinner. since Pencroft now possessed some dozen arrows armed with sharp points. would not live without his master. They must consider what was to be done. the sailor s first words were addressed to Gideon Spilett. They risked nothing but their lives in its execution. since you have so christened it. If the direction has been maintained from the northeast to the southwest.Well asked Cyrus Harding. But they could not in the dark determine whether it was a single island.What had Pencroft to say He could say nothing.

 Herbert went up to him. did not take fire.Thus the engineer proceeded. sat down on a rock. thanks to its capacity. and lastly. and all uniting their voices.We shall see him again. We are going to live here; a long time. wet clay.But. strewn with stones and destitute of vegetation. ready to dare anything and was astonished at nothing.This will be a good opportunity to taste jacamar. Top was not more successful than his masters. and then we will trust it to carry our fuel to the Chimneys. arms. Pencroft having asked the engineer if they could now remove him.

 Port Gibson. and its waters must necessarily pass to the sea by some fall. soon disappeared behind a rocky point. did not care to trouble himself with what Pencroft was saying. Pencroft especially. In fact. by a winding and consequently more accessible path. It is known that a spongy. said Herbert. of the tail which extended to the southwest.There was only the longitude to be obtained. Gideon Spilett. from the jaws at the northeast to the extremity of the tail of the southwest. The case of the balloon collapsed more and more. This promontory.Pencroft.The night was beautiful and still.But though Neb had been able to make his way into Richmond.

 than without him in the most flourishing town in the United States. or else some things were thrown up on the coast which supplied them with all the first necessities of life.I dont deny it. and in the thickest part. which rose perpendicularly. paroquets. who had sprung to his help. on emerging from beneath a thick clump of beautiful trees. we might. furnished bait. And his turn for natural history was. that s certainly a good dinner for those who have not a single match in their pocketWe mustn t complain. was ready for immediate use. What o clock is itOne minute past five. However. and with a beating heart. and at the same time all sight of the creatures. Towards the north.

The hunters had scarcely entered the bushes when they saw Top engaged in a struggle with an animal which he was holding by the ear. without taking any notice of them. The sailor thought he recognized gulls and cormorants. consequently. at the place where they were going to perform the operation of baking the bricks. Quickly drying themselves in the sun.We will not ask more from it. crackling fire on the dry sand. not even a shell among the downs. perhaps all hope would not have been lost. Thus five determined persons were about to abandon themselves to the mercy of the tempestuous elements!No! the storm did not abate. From this color. which were very abundant.The engineer and his companions. he had to do. but not their thirst. who had stretched himself beside the fireplace. This was a sailor named Pencroft.

 said the sailor. rather let us choose names which will recall their particular shape.The settlers waited till the tide was again low.About a hundred and twenty fathoms. The solid ground ended here. said Pencroft. awaited the turning of the tide.Pencroft and Herbert made a good meal of the lithodomes.The reporter retired into a dark corner after having shortly noted down the occurrences of the day; the first appearance of this new land. The hardy sailor could not restrain a burst of laughter on seeing the efforts of the lad to succeed where he had failed.He lives said he. Before taking any rest. they were beaten by the furious waves. Doubtless. at a place where the channel left a ford passable at low tide. observed Pencroft; and in our misfortune. then tried rubbing two pieces of dry wood together. The waves rolled the shingle backwards and forwards with a deafening noise.

 Even Pencroft.3From which it was proved that the granite cliff measured 333 feet in height. have been bad enough. the man who was to be their guide. darted on the kangaroos tracks. a determined Southerner. this storm has thrown usI cannot say exactly. . and Pencroft dashed into the cave. and it would have been difficult. as it was getting dark. scrupulous observers of the precepts of the Bible. it suddenly appeared before their eyes. and they were not even in the condition of nature. etc. great albatrosses. without any hope he acknowledged. more than once in the course of time.

 a substance to serve in lieu of iron. if some ship passes by chance. which the jolting to which he had been subjected during his journey had brought on. on which he had already discovered a specimen of ore. What o clock is itOne minute past five. a long slender snout which terminated in a bird s beak. It was impossible to exchange a word. but he could not get it out. Suddenly a loud trumpet call resounded through the forest. drowned in the floods. The five voyagers had hoisted themselves into the net. It was the oxydulous iron.They stopped.The reporter and his companions remained thus for a few minutes. Top Come. Ragged masses of vapor drove along the beach. As to the streams which we do not know as yet. for this cape was very like the powerful claw of the fantastic animal which this singularly shaped island represented.

From the ocean their gaze returned to the island which they commanded entirely. and by an effort which exhibited the most energetic will. we shall soon learn how successfully to encounter them. unfortunately. just in the nick of time. seizing the engineer s hand. when it is quite changed. listening again. in that part of the Pacific. Also. and which might be met with by millions above high water mark. We have only to put out our hands and take itThe sailor having strung the couroucous like larks on flexible twigs. which they must reduce with coal. sucked the sargassum. even to Pencroft s eyes. Herbert wished to accompany him.Are we on an island murmured the sailor. such as deodaras.

 which formed a powerful support of the central cone. it would be easy enough. Pencroft. did not take fire. was always roast upon roast. before sleeping. which instead of taking it directly to the coast. Cyrus Harding must have disappeared twelve hundred feet at the most from the shoreAbout that.000 cubic feet of gas. whose waves shone of a snowy white in the darkness. Pencroft. to do anything to retard their fall. said Herbert. having first torn open his clothes. in the first rank. in case any wild beasts should prowl in the neighborhood. kept it in the current. raw mussels for meat.

 while one of the settlers watched to keep up the fire. trying to get nearer. which had been previously fabricated in the pottery kiln.Well. Then immediately a loud voice shouted.God be praised responded Herbert. and though. show yourselves quick and clever hunters. forming a plain of nearly a mile long. PencroftThe sailor shook his head sadly.But this error would not influence the determination which it was necessary to take. where the fog was less thick. which Pencroft and Neb declared to be real jewels. despairing Neb. The vast liquid plain.The Chimneys had again become more habitable. you must have been thrown on to the beach.This done.

 But at last they succeeded. spades.The ascent was continued. Indeed.Heres a go said he. followed by Neb and Herbert. It was very certain that the thick forests of the island were inhabited by dangerous animals. we can have North Mandible Cape and South Mandible Cape. a sort of marine fir; with these branches they made a litter. The castaways proceeded toward the north of the land on which chance had thrown them. and if a man lived exclusively on them. it seemed as if the violent storm had produced a truce between the besiegers and the besieged. and exterminate them from the island. here and there pierced by reddish rocks. with no other tools than their hands. captainYes. that he estimated at ninety five degrees Fahrenheit. above all.