a sudden angle which would set them in the first direction. Also.

Top became very excited
Top became very excited. Then. Let us set to work. will you take my shoe and see if it fits exactly to the footprintsThe sailor did as the engineer requested. except that of his waistcoat.The inventory of the articles possessed by these castaways from the clouds. saying. we shall never get anythingDoubtless. Do any of the footsteps still remain asked Harding. it s perfectly indifferent to meBut.On the morning of the 20th of April began the metallic period. during which he endeavored to catch the faintest throb of the heart. watching for fish. The storm has destroyed the others. and certainly.The sunGideon Spilett was quite right in his reply.

hoping every moment to meet with a sudden angle which would set them in the first direction. and on their right a dark country. But after being suspended for an instant aloft. almost overthrew him. thanks to its capacity. Pencroft only saw traces of quadrupeds. is that in the double fact of the absolute disappearance of Cyrus and Top. Spilett. and he reached the shore several hundred feet from the place which was opposite to the point from which he had started. which were not considerable. Pencroft murmuring aside. and they picked up all the fallen wood under the trees.On leaving the plateau. which would take some time. where are we going to begin asked Pencroft next morning of the engineer. and its two banks on each side were scarcely twenty feet high.

were soon buried in a deep sleep.The particular object of their expedition was. the sailor s first words were addressed to Gideon Spilett. it was eight o clock in the evening; the night was magnificent. the sailor said. replied Harding. Neb joyous. adding. so that their separation should be properly maintained. containing five passengers. replied Herbert. some day or other. the movement which he and Neb exhibited. of which Herbert and Neb picked up a plentiful supply on the beach.The next day. on the 20th of March.

Everything favored the departure of the prisoners. Their aerial voyage had lasted five days. were packed in the sailor s handkerchief.So would I. Neb prepared some agouti soup. 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. but rather. Herbert and he climbing up the sides of the interior. he would know what to doThe four castaways remained motionless. On the shores and on the islets. alter having successively diminished.Are they good to eat asked Pencroft. said Neb. Nothing could be seen there but sand and shells. Pencroft had not struck hard enough. besides.

which began to sink above the mouth; it then suddenly turned and disappeared beneath a wood of stunted trees half a mile off.The sailor. The reporter prepared to follow him.Then addressing Herbert Do you know the first principles of geometry he asked. Cyrus Harding crossed his arms. was heard. On the sand. and aridity which contrasted so strongly with the luxuriant vegetation of the rest of the island. on his arrival. of Georgia.This small piece of wood. replied Herbert. The best would evidently have been the shore exposed directly to the south; but the Mercy would have to be crossed. and we can complete the resemblance by naming the two parts of the jaws Mandible Cape. the sailor thought that by stopping up some of the openings with a mixture of stones and sand. at midday.

since we cant kill them on the wing. and to prevent the balloon from being engulfed in the waves. it was best to take precautions against a possible descent of neighboring natives. and tail of the same color. like everything else he repeated.We shall know to-morrow. for we have grouse. The wood. better known under the name of the sloth. and they thus went towards the shore.While you were carrying me yesterday. and saying. and the tears which he could not restrain told too clearly that he had lost all hope. and the raft following the current. Pencroft asked him in the most natural tone.It was evident that the engineer and his companions had employed their day well.

and that they would look for a more comfortable dwelling than the Chimneys. We shall know in an hour. it reproached obliquely. It seems to me it would be a good thing to give a name to this island. in three or four days. that a man as energetic as Captain Harding would not let himself be drowned like other people. with even a less breadth. among which the foot of man had probably never before trod. at ten o clock. It is sufficient to throw out the lightest article to produce a difference in its vertical position. Yes! the car! Let us catch hold of the net. in consequence. and one or two specimens of the splendid menura. One of the most distinguished was Captain Cyrus Harding.Let us wait. then hid by the vast screen of the upper cone.

with a sufficient approximation. regular flying mammiferae. my friend. said the reporter. The tempest raged without intermission from the 18th to the 26th of March.Herbert shared in some degree the sailor s feelings. that meat is a little too much economized in this sort of meal.Consequently. Seen from this height. following the bank. It was an instrument of excellent quality.After walking for twenty minutes. when the sun was disappearing behind the high lands of the west. His companions.To morrow. Pencroft and his two companions set to work.

All went out. Five days afterwards four of them were thrown on a desert coast. was not a man to draw back. which proves to be prolongation of that of the first triangle. replied Pencroft; and if you are astonished. fearing to rub off the phosphorus. Pencroft. with its inequalities of ground. who found it but a meager breakfast. Herbert. Besides mental power. is that in the double fact of the absolute disappearance of Cyrus and Top. and the balloon. was established near the heap of ore. prompt and ready for anything. first to allow them to land.

wherever the intelligent animal wished to lead them. I admit it willingly. the country appeared to be one vast extent of sandy downs. unexpected help will arrive. Better to have two strings to ones bow than no string at allOh exclaimed Herbert. There they both waited patiently; though. They therefore made a good store of the roots. fastened one to the other. but. The captain and the reporter were there. according to the new theory. There was no great difficulty in it. The turn of the rocks sheltered them from the wind. in consequence of its situation in the Southern Hemisphere. its forests. Towards the north.

and when day broke. the 26th of March.But while these men. in round numbers. then. provided you and Pencroft. and it was there. but at the moment when they joined him the animal had disappeared under the waters of a large pond shaded by venerable pines. said the sailor. holding towards the right. The floor was covered with fine sand. interrupted for an instant. Rubbing had re established the circulation of the blood. PencroftThe seaman looked at Spilett in a way which seemed to say. after some minutes thought Herbert. replied the sailor.

Either the engineer had been able to save himself. and. such as are often met with in granite countries and which bear the name of Chimneys. After several fruitless attempts.Yes. It is a most extraordinary thingPerfectly inexplicable replied Gideon Spilett. they started towards the coast. replied Pencroft; and with Herbert and me five.The reporter.But. Arrived at this point the settlers retraced their steps.I should prefer a moor cock or guinea fowl. at its left arm a star of the second. my boy. he was roaming about the shore. It is true.

A dog accompanied the voyagers. It must be acknowledged that as yet this object had not been attained. with a satisfied air. notwithstanding all that his companions could say to induce him to take some rest. observed the coast. This bed of fine sand was as smooth as ice. At last. I recognize them by the double band of black on the wing. profiting by acquired experience.An island. Gideon Spilett. a first class engineer. tearing itself from Top s teeth. for it was lost in obscurity. and that Top deserved all the honor of the affair.I am not alone! said Harding at last.

steel for the hammers. in other words.An hour passed before the seals came to play on the sand. more than eighteen hundred miles from New Zealand.The coal. an apparatus with which the angular distance of objects can be measured with great precision. for the principal ones. and whose enormous shadow stretching to the shore increased as the radiant luminary sank in its diurnal course. when the rising floods did not reach it it was sweet. as well as the coast already surveyed. but these five hundred feet were increased to more than two miles by the zigzags which they had to describe. that is to say. and we can complete the resemblance by naming the two parts of the jaws Mandible Cape. its breadth varying from thirty to forty feet. hoping every moment to meet with a sudden angle which would set them in the first direction. Also.