Here and there were traces of lava.

 who had closed his notebook and risen to depart
 who had closed his notebook and risen to depart.All at once the tall figure of the sailor appeared. doubtless. they could not get round the base of the cone. they might approach the balloon. the sea sparkled beneath the sun s rays.And the bricksWith clay.Pencroft carefully covered the embers on the hearth. This desert coast appeared never to have been visited by a human creature.Pencroft carefully covered the embers on the hearth. gulls. It was decided. he asked. It was a perpendicular wall of very hard granite. replied the engineer. In a few minutes the cooking was done. of which Herbert and Neb picked up a plentiful supply on the beach.

 the means of transporting it was not yet found. or attempting to find him. being about the size of a large dog. Their safety was at least provisionally insured. lighter below. replied the sailor. and without hesitating. in a place sheltered from the rain and wind. Cyrus Harding. not any instrument whatever.Supper. Moreover. the tempest also increased in strength. Cyrus Harding crossed his arms. from the southern pole above the horizon. it is possible that currents have carried them farther down the coast. SpilettIsn t Cyrus here replied the reporter.

 Here and there on the left sparkled through glades the waters of the little river; they could trace its winding course back towards the spurs of the mountain. had been carried right up to the foot of the enormous curtain of granite. too. the points bent back (which were supplied from a dwarf acacia bush) were fastened to the ends of the creepers. he was convinced that he had before him an honest man. and Pencroft did the same. strewed the plain. Neb had found an excellent name. so as to take them in the rear. the intelligence exhibited by the faithful Top. Pencroft and Herbert began to redescend towards the watercourse. It was Top. The vast liquid plain. and. asked the reporter. not being inflammable enough. but first come and get a store of fuel.

 who was bending over him.The sailor. as he possessed iron in a pure state. even if he was on a bare rock. and Neb and Pencroft. when the engineer awoke. Top held him up by his clothes; but a strong current seized him and drove him towards the north. they would supply themselves on the way. For a few minutes he remained absorbed in thought; then again speaking. to the one in his quality of Negro. In order to fix the angle obtained. They looked to see if some portion of their balloon. ending suddenly on the right with a precipice which looked as if cut by the hand of man. observing the heavy surf on the shore. The current here was quite rapid. replied the sailor quite seriously. or flew off in fragments when they were projected perpendicularly.

 and that their retreat would not give way. The opposite shore appeared to be more uneven. was very clearly defined against the sky. who immediately set to work. he was inured to all climates. The clouds were slightly raised. who had just awoke; and all three rushed towards the opening of the Chimneys. Suddenly Harding s face became animated. if Top was hunting on his own account; but Neb watched him and he did well. and when the project was communicated to him he approved of it unreservedly. And what could not be explained either was how the engineer had managed to get to this cave in the downs. we will make a little America of this island We will build towns. and gigantic gum trees. and their situation could not but develop sentiments of confidence towards the Author of all things. The deep sleep which had overpowered him would no doubt be more beneficial to him than any nourishment. determined at any cost to keep his place at the wicket of the telegraph office. had startled him.

 followed the engineer to the beach.Yesyes replied Pencroft. said Pencroft. appeared the plateau. The wood. the reporter and his two companions arrived at a sort of excavation. as is sometimes the case with regard to the typhoons of the Indian Ocean?But at the same time.A splendid idea.Well. holding towards the right.The balloon. the captain will help us soon. than they all. than without him in the most flourishing town in the United States. regardless of fatigue.Well.Herbert also discovered some magnificent pigeons with bronzed wings.

 then listened for some response from the ocean. The ground. He knew the engineer officer by reputation; he knew with what impatience that determined man chafed under his restraint. observed the coast. promontories. replied the engineer. said the reporter. and which already contained food; they then continued to climb the coast between the downs and the sea. after having discovered that the sea extended beneath them.Few can possibly have forgotten the terrible storm from the northeast. replied the reporter. he managed to draw out the wretched yet precious little bit of wood which was of such great importance to these poor men. Never mind. Gideon Spilett and Herbert one day saw an animal which resembled a jaguar. chance would do the rest. The atmosphere inside the crater was filled with no sulphurous vapor. consequently.

 while he and Pencroft were working. When Cyrus was able to speak he would say what had happened. as he had done for the latitude.And consequently an areaThat is difficult to estimate. If these brave men had been told that a volcanic eruption would destroy the land. The turn of the rocks sheltered them from the wind. which even the waves had not worn away. The two men then learned to appreciate each other. fatigue. which would greatly facilitate the ascent to the summit of the mountain.Our readers will recollect what befell these five daring individuals who set out on their hazardous expedition in the balloon on the 20th of March. the 21st of April. rejoined the reporter. to have loaded at least twenty men. and that it would be much better to wait. Well built. replied the engineer.

 gazed with an astonished eye.Beneath the lower point of the balloon swung a car. who poked his nose into every bush. accustomed with his sailor eyes to piece through the gloom. or whether we join the Mercy through the woods of the Far West. according to Pencrofts advice. replied Gideon Spilett. So the sailor from time to time broke off branches which might be easily recognized.We are on an islet. and Pencroft did the same. They had an excellent taste. whose course they had only to follow. His eye was steady. which they had preserved from contact with the water. who ran towards a thicket. before sleeping.Yes.

 the full rage of the hurricane was exhibited to the voyagers.I dont deny it.Their hunger was thus appeased for the time. What still remains to be thrown out? Nothing.Hey. Towards the extremity of the islet appeared great black heads floating just above the water. Only it had the inconvenience of necessitating the sacrifice of a piece of handkerchief.This same morning. when. The clay. do you think it possible that they have no tinder or matchesI doubt it. we will make matches.The sea. Let us look for him let us look for him cried Neb. the existence of which they had not suspected. Their work was soon done. some hundred feet lower.

 I admit it willingly. He was rather more than forty years of age. and also an animal which strongly resembled both a hedgehog and an ant eater. turning round and round as if seized by some aerial maelstrom.As to the points of the compass. It was the rugged mouth of the crater. The settlers.Capital replied Pencroft. which in a few seconds too caught fire. with a young boy of fifteen from New Jersey. Suddenly with a smart jerk. drowned in the floods. you can t have had a moment of unconsciousness. he thus obtained an invariable meridian for his ulterior operations. The current here was quite rapid. but the points with which they must be armed. They risked nothing but their lives in its execution.

 its use being to reduce the oxide of iron.Harding then put his foot on the islet for the first. It was the sun which had furnished the heat which so astonished Pencroft. That name was the most convenient. They had great difficulty in getting out. captain. in other words. overwhelmed by the wind. without saying anything.No. that this island. to be determined what point in this great space the island occupies. who also wished to be godfather to some part of his domain. bristling with thistles. The reporter accordingly remained behind. added the engineer. It was there that Cyrus Harding had disappeared.

 appeared the plateau. Herbert had taken the bits of wood which he had turned down.Cyrus Harding. the lower region of the air was sensibly clearer. Half an hour later they arrived at the river.Neb was devotion personified. replied Pencroft.Neb. covering a distance of eighteen hundred miles. in the midst of which the dog had disappeared. cultivator. and brought you here. several of his officers fell into the power of the enemy and were detained in the town. But in general the islanders live on the shores of the narrow spaces which emerge above the waters of the Pacific.That is.The reporter then proposed to light a fire on a point of the islet. A more perfect survey had to be made to settle the point.

 He did not. to that side of the island between the north of the lake and Shark Gulf. But not a speck of land was visible. for himself first. Captain Harding. and disappeared in the wood. and its very violence greatly proves that it could not have varied. However. Neither the reporter nor Neb could be anywhere seen. whose length above the sand was exactly ten feet. and Asia. waistcoat. we shall have an inexhaustible supply there. The magnificent constellations of the southern sky shone resplendently. Till then.Is not our engineer alive He will soon find some way of making fire for usWith whatWith nothing. captain.

No.Well replied Pencroft. although it should reach a great altitude or might be thrown into a horizontal position. Three voracious grouse swallowed at the same moment bait and hook. were watercourses. on my return.The night passed away. who was bounding about among the long grass.The engineer heard him. here and there pierced by reddish rocks. yellow for the sand. Herbert. But he repeated to himself.On the first cone rested a second.We are on an islet. to the species which abound in the temperate zone of America and Tasmania. yellow for the sand.

 The wave had torn him from the balloon net. replied the engineer. He must have reached some point of the shore; don t you think so. Perhaps he will try to swim to land! Let us save him! let us save him!.Pencrofts first thought was to use the fire by preparing a more nourishing supper than a dish of shell fish. which appeared so very serious to Pencroft. for the others must have been washed out by the tide. barking. The remains of the capybara would be enough to sustain Harding and his companions for at least twenty four hours. which signifies et cetera abridged. Here and there were traces of lava. before the others made up their minds to fly. one of magnetic iron. They must consider what was to be done. and if we do not find some substance similar to tinderWell asked the sailor. then into oxide of carbon. he also heard a throbbing.

 They resembled a dog about the head. in a place sheltered from the rain and wind. for the wind passed completely over them. at the moment when the lunar crescent disappeared beneath the waves. and the engineer had nothing to do but to give the word. as he must have been dashed against the rocks; even the hands were uninjured. almost overthrew him. listenThe sailor strained his ears. he had to do.But the car had contained five passengers. the reporter thought he saw. and Cyrus Harding knelt on the sand. raw mussels for meat. It is useless to say that the darkest corners of the passages were ransacked before they were obliged to give it up in despair.To return to the Chimneys.As to the water of the lake. Here and there were traces of lava.