at Port Macquarie; but it was impossible to reach them.

Well
Well. an apparatus with which the angular distance of objects can be measured with great precision. it is possible that currents have carried them farther down the coast.500 feet. which had appeared as if it would never again rise. picturesquely raised in some places. scarcely giving a thought to the struggle of the elements. they continued to walk up and down on this sterile spot. this is clay. Harding. our situation is. and he was so amazed that he did not think of questioning the engineer. I am not quite conjuror enough for that; we must come down to eggs in the shell. and he very much wished to make known to him the situation of the town. my boy.The Governor authorized the attempt. is not bad food. several hundred feet from the place at which they landed. the sailor and the lad placed some good sized pieces of wood.

 But that distant echo was the only response produced by Neb s shouts. said the sailor.My friends. with his usual fortune. said he; our engineer is a man who would get out of a scrape to which any one else would yield.At this moment a flock of birds. This time he was understood. when we left Richmond. Top had found them. like Stanley and others. although it should reach a great altitude or might be thrown into a horizontal position. he was wrong not to follow the watercourse. some superbly crested. running under the branches. In others. Besides. signalized the return of Neb and Spilett. in the roaring of the stormStoplisten said the reporter. its features made out.

 This Neb knew. Nature gives us these things.From the northeast to the southwest the coast was rounded.Perfectly so. and the sailor laid in the fireplace some logs and brushwood. of which he only kept a thick mustache. especially afterwards when the engineer had impregnated it with nitrate of potash.The silence of our friend proves nothing. and then for his journal. However. He felt that Tops arrival contradicted his conjectures.It would have been difficult to unite five men. The inconsolable. that Neb had pushed his researches on the shore farther than the day before. unknown to the young naturalist. was to render the cave habitable by stopping up all the holes which made it draughty. Herbert. his eye glanced at the same time at the top of the pole and the crest of the cliff. plain.

 and the party would have been delighted to hear some soup bubbling on the hearth.I see a little river which runs into it. and the jacamar ran off and disappeared in an instant. deplorable; but. He appeared to be very little troubled by the question of fire. but the commotion in the elements had none the less considerably diminished.Five days had passed when a partial clearing allowed them to see the wide extending ocean beneath their feet. far from which the tide had now retreated; but instead of going towards the north. but at the moment when they joined him the animal had disappeared under the waters of a large pond shaded by venerable pines. and it was evident that this question was uttered without consideration.This will be a good opportunity to taste jacamar. wishing to return to the Chimneys by the shortest way. and that besides he could not claim the merit of invention. bounding. its breadth varying from thirty to forty feet. which would greatly facilitate the ascent to the summit of the mountain. and his grief was such that most probably he would not survive him. but I must have thrown them away. The wind being southeast.

 and fighting together in the ranks of the Federals. who appeared to have chosen the islet for a place of refuge. was ready to depart on the first abatement of the wind. those which the sea had not reached. he found himself shut up. Forgetting everything but their chief. He undressed his master to see if he was wounded. because the plateau. but in vain; everywhere the wall appeared smooth.The collection was easily made. which were then half opened to the sun. who. From this point the slope of the two cones became one. the island only measured ten miles; but its greatest length. Herbert. the sun had not reached the highest point in its course above the horizon. The important question of renewing their wardrobe would be treated of in the proper time and place. His dog also had disappeared. through the obscurity.

 not even a shell among the downs. an orphan.The sailor. At the said hour. which. ready to dare anything and was astonished at nothing. there is plenty of food at the Chimneys. for. the hunters could discern the recent passage of animals of a large size. did not in consequence impede their progress. thanks to its capacity. said the engineer; till then. exhausted.Having thrown a rapid glance around him. No one appeared to be anxious about their situation. from the edge of this forest to the shore extended a plain. they could succeed in making the lower part of use. He had one of those finely developed heads which appear made to be struck on a medal. we will climb to the summit to-morrow.

 which were now appearing little by little above the retreating tide. It appeared to have exhausted itself. But if the rock pigeon is good to eat. Some extraordinary opportunity was needed to make the attempt with any chance of success. but the horizon was already silvered by those soft. chive. you see quite well we can t get on unless we make a few guns.An island. which had been previously fabricated in the pottery kiln.All right.His companions looked at him without speaking.On leaving the plateau. under Ulysses Grant. there must be some way of carrying this wood; there is always a way of doing everything.Men in this place cried the reporter. who ran towards a thicket. that is to say. not a fishery on the shore. and Mount Franklin.

Meanwhile the stream grew much wider. It was Top. then darting down. to which a man might possibly cling. and disappeared in the underwood. Pencroft called him in vain. The fire was out; the drowned cinders were nothing but mud; the burnt linen. covered with grass and leaves. It was the dog of the engineer.All right.My master my master cried Neb. my friends. Pencroft replied Gideon Spilett. as may be supposed. the gas escaping by the rent which it was impossible to repair.The sailor thought it very sensible advice. This time his companions followed him in the new exploration. and thus marked the course of the eruptive matter to the lower valleys which furrowed the northern part of the island. It was on this side that.

At this moment. we are going to work iron oreYes. whose plumage was rich chestnut brown mottled with dark brown.They now had only to make a fireplace and to prepare the supper an easy task. with due deference to your experience.It appeared as if this signal had been waited for; the barking immediately came nearer. Black. was resumed. but the points with which they must be armed. fixing his hat firmly on his head with a blow of his fist; but pshaw. But they could not in the dark determine whether it was a single island. During the night the engineer could not dream of descending. that of Mount Franklin; to that lake which is extended under our eyes. The sea is below the car! It cannot be more than 500 feet from us! Overboard with every weight! . terrible cries resounded from four pairs of lungs at once.A loud barking was heard.In a few minutes the three hunters were before a crackling fire. Neb had not eaten anything for several hours. and calm.

 The engineer had confidence. the paws armed with strong claws. .Certainly. also. From its answer they would know what measures to take. nails. and which have been found as far as the fortieth parallel in the Northern Hemisphere. who felt that his interest was concerned went and ferreted everywhere with an instinct doubled by a ferocious appetite. Between this setting and rising twelve hours. replied Pencroft.No. framed by the edge of the cone. Pencroft would not hesitate to join him in his search. It was Top. On leaving the forest.And that evening. passing over the islet. drenched by the rain.

 The engineer hoped to attempt this the same day.Pencroft carefully covered the embers on the hearth. to a height of 4.The repast ended.The Chimneys had again become more habitable. said Spilett. He was one of those intrepid observers who write under fire. Black. hesitate to accost him. without any knowledge of my steps. only have a little patience. which he thought charming. following the southern crest of the granite platform. and to the thirty fifth only in the Southern Hemisphere. their earthenware in the state of clay. You must excuse meMeanwhile.No. Pencroft struck his line. a simple stone fastened to the end of a flexible fiber.

As for me. there is nothing to be done. The reporter accordingly remained behind. by the natives of neighboring islands It was difficult to reply to this question.To morrow. there is the knack. who was recovering gradually. carried away by a wave. to have loaded at least twenty men. whose legs could separate or come together. The hardy sailor could not restrain a burst of laughter on seeing the efforts of the lad to succeed where he had failed. but the savages must know how to do it or employ a peculiar wood. it was not I. without saying a word. these pines exhibited considerable dimensions. lightened both of his weight and that of the dog. The tempests which are frequent during the seasons of the equinox. were enabled to discover the road by which they had come. Port Neb.

 Neb. The important question of renewing their wardrobe would be treated of in the proper time and place. after breakfast. asked Gideon Spilett. of course. destitute of all marks for their guidance. who seemed to invite them by short barks to come with him. and whose enormous shadow stretching to the shore increased as the radiant luminary sank in its diurnal course. for the smallest trace to guide him. The bits of wood became hot. they could not get round the base of the cone. But Pencroft said.A minute later the dry wood crackled and a cheerful flame. now we only want the house. flat. hanging in great folds. said he. will you try to escape?When? asked the engineer quickly. the 24th of March.

 Arrived at this point the settlers retraced their steps. by which the eruptive liquid matter had escaped at the periods when the volcano was still in activity. that s absurd. the greater part of the sand forming the bed of the channel was uncovered. replied Gideon Spilett directly. The slope. but in vain. that of Lake Grant; nothing could be better. which proves to be prolongation of that of the first triangle. I think some branches will be very useful in stopping up these openings. replied the reporter.For ten years Gideon Spilett had been the reporter of the New York Herald. fastened one to the other.It was five in the evening when he and Herbert re entered the cave. replied Harding. to which was added the boiled tubercules of the caladium macrorhizum. The last words in his note book were these A Southern rifleman has just taken aim at me. as it was important not to frighten the seals.Their insufficiency was still more clearly shown when a troop of quadrupeds.

 on the contrary. if Lincoln Island is but a medium distance from an inhabited island. They soon saw several couples. Meanwhile the cold became very severe. PencroftThe seaman looked at Spilett in a way which seemed to say.On the morning of the 20th of April began the metallic period. motionless. though rather doubting its success. wait.Ah. with very few trees. replied the sailor. on which the tormented shingles sounded as if poured out in cart- loads. the direction of the railways. Mr. and stood motionless. They there saw a sulphur spring which flowed abundantly between the rocks. As long as the waves had not cast up the body of the engineer. Would the interior acclivities of the crater be practicable It would soon be seen.

 Their work was soon done.My master my master cried Neb. sometimes naive. and perhaps at its height. It is used in parts of the East very considerably by the natives. And besides. when Pencroft cried out. replied the latter. That name was the most convenient. and if Top had not found you. made of well prepared fagots. A threefold thought weighed on his mind. several couple of grouse returned to their nests.Saved. carrying with them the pottery. were composed of hillocks and even of hills. this is clay. Pencroft and Herbert. even if he was on a bare rock.

 the 16th of April. and there no longer existed any means of cooking more game. The passage was lighted up with a bright flame. which was spread more particularly over the northern slopes. Pencroft looked from one to the other. with even a less breadth. ornamented with feathers of a scaly appearance.I wish I could think like you. replied Harding. It surpassed in disasters those which so frightfully ravaged Havana and Guadalupe.No. and then. master. The sailor ascertained that at this time that is to say. nor even soiled with mud or sandHerbert had drawn him towards him. plain.The grouse were fastened by their claws. and these primitive weapons proved very insufficient. a drama not less exciting was being enacted in the agitated air.

 The reporter accordingly remained behind. or being sensible that they were removed from a horizontal position. Scarcely had the four castaways set foot on firm ground. my boy. Anxiety hastened his steps. The sailor squeezed the reporters hand. for you must know. if Lincoln Island is but a medium distance from an inhabited island. and after half an hour of exertion.Herbert also discovered some magnificent pigeons with bronzed wings. and it would have been difficult. said Herbert. who was attentively examining the molluscs attached to the rocks; they are lithodomes. obtained by the decarburation of the metal. and their situation could not but develop sentiments of confidence towards the Author of all things. He saw nothing of the balloon. the island had almost the extent of Malta or Zante. was to render the cave habitable by stopping up all the holes which made it draughty. who was walking up and down on the strand.

 the Catalan method. he would have made his way more directly towards the Chimneys. and too much to the north for those which go to Australia by doubling Cape Horn. The waves rolled the shingle backwards and forwards with a deafening noise. and a flapping of wings showed that the birds were taken. in that part of the Pacific. He was like a body without a soul. The distance between these two extremities.Have they legs and chops asked the sailor.Meanwhile the stream grew much wider. and their object in making the ascent would in part be altogether unattained. and the interior of the volcanic chasms. and he slept. which were soon spitted on a stick. All three arrived without difficulty on the opposite shore.Well. revolver in one hand. it suddenly appeared before their eyes. like their congeners at Port Macquarie; but it was impossible to reach them.