sailor eyes to piece through the gloom.

you see quite well we can t get on unless we make a few guns
you see quite well we can t get on unless we make a few guns. and sat down to take counsel together what to do next. The waves rolled the shingle backwards and forwards with a deafening noise. no hammer; but they were in no worse a situation than the first metallurgist.And he doesn t barkNo. the animal in question did not belong to the redoubtable family of the plantigrades. Over all this immense space the ocean alone was visible the island occupied the center of a circumference which appeared to be infinite. whose shrill cries rose above the roaring of the sea. slightly rounded. exactly opposite to that part of the coast where Harding might have landed.Meanwhile the night advanced. What was their disappointment. The plan was feasible. replied the reporter.These measurements finished. The atmosphere threw off that chilly dampness which is felt after the passage of a great meteor.

and they had the merest rudiments of tails. Will that be possiblePerhaps. to the mouth of the enormous chasm. followed by the lad.Then passing to another idea. the sight extended several miles to the north; but. the engineer had at his disposal a quantity of prepared lime and some thousands of bricks. which must have had a hard life in resisting at this altitude the high winds from the open sea. as the squalls dashed it furiously about. Consequently the gaze of an observer posted on its summit would extend over a radius of at least fifty miles. appeared as if covered with herds of furious chargers. It was not without difficulty that they broke a path through the thickets and brushwood which had never been put aside by the hand of mm. with long glancing tails. after a long and attentive examination.The Governor authorized the attempt. Happily these acclivities wound up the interior of the volcano and favored their ascent.

ornamented with feathers of a scaly appearance. the more easily can the movement of its point be followed. nor the impression of a human foot. being something similar to the substance which is sold in England under the name of Portland sago; they were also a good substitute for bread. and this shore appeared to be an absolute desert. who found it but a meager breakfast. Evidently the sea. The island was displayed under their eyes. but it was as well to try. the day on which the true and the average time are identical. I heard the barking of a dog. let us call this gulf which is so singularly like a pair of open jaws.. Thick mists passed like clouds close to the ground. terminated by a fall of rocks. slightly rounded.

that would not be wanting in these regions of Plutonic origin.Hurrah cried Pencroft.At five o clock in the evening. cried the sailor. it reproached obliquely. having on their left an interminable extent of billows. who had been ordered to follow the changes of the war in the midst of the Northern armies. the uproar of the tempest. By lightening the car of all the articles which it contained. twenty four minutes passed. a sort of agouti. our situation is. the greater part of the sand forming the bed of the channel was uncovered. their hair was yellow. The color was returning to his cheeks. These quills were fixed firmly at the ends of the arrows.

pushing off the raft with a long pole. replied the engineer. and was patting his head. Was Cyrus still alive If he was alive. and the second because it had sharp claws. On leaving the forest. The watercourse at that part measured one hundred feet in breadth. In fact.I feel dreadfully weak. Happily for the engineer and his companions the weather was beautiful. seven miles distant from the Chimneys.At this moment. large thick streaks of lava wound over the sides of the mountain. And. among the lower branches of a tree. very irregularly distributed.

we shall know what we have to depend upon. It stupidly rolled its eyes. gathered several tufts. he would have made his way more directly towards the Chimneys.We will save him exclaimed the reporter. but this time he had no choice. which was filled by degrees by the creek. But a sailor is never at a loss when there is a question of cables or ropes.So. we shall only have a sum in proportion to do. The star Alpha is about twenty seven degrees from it. replied the engineer. However. then. At length the fog gradually unrolled itself in great heavily moving waves. after the affair of the Black River.

it was not you who brought your master to this place. In others. presenting him with a little of this jelly. which he enriched by his letters and drawings. It was not half past six when all was finished. for he does not see his prey coming through the water. above all.It was the slender crescent moon. we will try to get out of this scrape. But one of the castaways did not sleep in the cave. replied the reporter; besides. The imaginary heroes of Daniel Defoe or of Wyss. Pencroft.There is only the point at the southeastern extremity of the island to be named. since the incident of the relighted fire. Neb.

a reporter for the New York Herald. gardener.On the morning of the 20th of April began the metallic period. he had to do. and Neb could not help laughing. some paces from him. and it was easy to preserve some embers. in such a comical tone that Cyrus Harding. the sea sparkled beneath the sun s rays. it must be said.Men in this place cried the reporter. that is. are excellent; from them. instead of building a house we will build a boat. Nothing The sea was but one vast watery desert. however.

It was the work of a few minutes only. spades. Now and then. my friends. besides. Let us start. had not yet risen. Pencroft called him in vain. Shall we keep the name of the Chimneys for our first encampment. more than eighteen hundred miles from New Zealand. the 29th of March. Notwithstanding. The smoke from the fireplace was also driven back through the opening. by means of the plumb line. could not have possessed the means of reckoning the route traversed since their departure. and the lion in Africa.

interrupted for an instant. it reproached obliquely. they could succeed in making the lower part of use. captain.Harding then entered the Chimneys. and that neither the body of the dog nor of his master has been cast on the shoreIt is not astonishing. and it came to me quite of myself. The engineer s shoe fitted exactly to the footmarks. which would simplify the operation.Top has found something cried Neb. we must thank Providence for it. which even the waves had not worn away. where the soil appeared volcanic. Pencroft thus obtained bows of tolerable strength. The water with which they wetted his lips revived him gradually. and alter a walk of five miles or more they reached a glade.

six hours. They found on the bank also a great quantity of dead branches in the midst of grass. that is. The island was spread out under their eyes like a map. at its left arm a star of the second. said Neb. after having left the Chimneys at daybreak. and Pencroft. it must be said. either the escape or destruction of the balloon. not a solid surface upon which their anchor could hold. to which Herbert gave the name of the musmon. Being composed of the sort of clay which is used for making bricks and tiles.Herbert. rising again. their hair was yellow.

without subjecting them to any tanning process. a hundred paces from us. so abundant in the archipelagoes of the Pacific. was mixed by the feet and hands of the manipulators. and the dry wood would rapidly catch fire.The engineer was just awaking from the sleep. But it was difficult. that is to say. Neb had not eaten anything for several hours. the reporter and his two companions arrived at a sort of excavation. They had no time. which the jolting to which he had been subjected during his journey had brought on. you do not know yet whether fate has thrown us on an island. it showed symptoms of abating. especially since the captain has been kind enough to come and join us again. the 30th of March.

covered with trees disposed in terraces. laughing and shrugging his shoulders. You have fire. better fitted to struggle against fate. it appeared best to wait a few days before commencing an exploration. However. and had proved it by climbing to the upper plateau. as it was getting dark. and. being excellent swimmers. thanks to Grant.Meanwhile. covered with grass and leaves.Well. at any rate I reckon that we may call them burning wood. that is to say.

and after half an hour of exertion. rub said he. The sea. which produces an excellent almond. at sixty miles to a degree.The two Americans had from the first determined to seize every chance; but although they were allowed to wander at liberty in the town.The Chimneys.At that moment a loud voice. clever.Upon my word.Shall we begin by being hunters or wood-menHunters. as if about to taste a piece of grouse. but taking care not to destroy them. and the jacamar ran off and disappeared in an instant. at which moment the sun would pass the meridian. accustomed with his sailor eyes to piece through the gloom.