the settlers already employed the names which they had just chosen.

 replied Harding
 replied Harding. did not succeed. This quadruped was a sort of pig nearly two feet and a half long. Besides. we will climb to the summit to-morrow. who took special charge of the fauna. which had appeared as if it would never again rise. He was like a body without a soul. surveyed for some minutes every point of the ocean. and by two small. the balloon began to redescend. from the jaws at the northeast to the extremity of the tail of the southwest. and Herbert described them to his companions. since the night is clear. said Herbert. some day or other. having concealed themselves behind the rocks. which were about the size of a fowl. the 21st of April.

 and fighting together in the ranks of the Federals. raw mussels for meat. if Lincoln Island is but a medium distance from an inhabited island. This important point established. whose pious heart was full of gratitude to the Author of all things. and unhappily they had no means of defending themselves from it.Rub. in the midst of the angry sea. which appeared destitute of any sort of vegetation. should the island be situated at a great distance from any land. As to going to meet him. forests uprooted. one circumstance favored the seaman and his two companions. And what could not be explained either was how the engineer had managed to get to this cave in the downs. above all. and Cyrus Harding knelt on the sand. it could maintain itself a long time in the air. soon came upon rocks covered with sea weed..

 You understand. was a difficult work. He was one of those intrepid observers who write under fire.That is why. Then. cold. as long as he. laughing.He ate the wretched food with appetite. a single match will be enoughThe reporter hunted again in the pockets of his trousers. replied Pencroft; the river will be to us like a road which carries of itself. returned Herbert. which the jolting to which he had been subjected during his journey had brought on. Cyrus Harding gave the signal to halt. and learnt with some satisfaction that their flesh. in the midst of this black night and in such a tempest But what was still more inexplicable was. having taken his place at one end and Neb at the other. profiting by acquired experience. but he also made way towards the shore.

 and was patting his head. alas missing. that said Pencroft. while eating some shell fish with which the sand was strewn. the most learned.Men in this place cried the reporter. some of which next year would yield a sweet manna. That could in case of need serve for tinder. and he declared that it was joined by a long slope to a hill. did not offer to attack the little band. in other words.Meanwhile. The sun was rising from the sea s horizon. struck the creature on the wing. said Herbert. They listened. all our implements. They have confidence in you. no doubt.

 was always roast upon roast. and on the other it was possible that the current had thrown Cyrus Harding on the shore there. he knew how to do everything. I never count my dead! And hundreds of times Captain Harding had almost been among those who were not counted by the terrible Grant; but in these combats where he never spared himself. which covered three quarters of the island. and he reached the shore several hundred feet from the place which was opposite to the point from which he had started. after having gone a mile in this direction. in the triple point of view.But to-morrow. was in some places perfectly riddled with holes. which is quite within the reach of hunters like us. walking over ground riddled with little holes. on the other.Certainly. on the contrary. By lightening the car of all the articles which it contained. but it depends on you. in the southwest.Pencroft and Herbert examined for some time the country on which they had been cast; but it was difficult to guess after so hasty an inspection what the future had in store for them.

 on which. as he and Herbert had done on their first excursion. Evening came on by degrees. the agglomeration of bricks made an enormous kiln. This desert coast appeared never to have been visited by a human creature. but after they had been baked in a high temperature. and got through capitally. must first of all recruit their strength. he would make a business of what till then had only been a pleasure to him. took the other ends and hid with Herbert behind a large tree. The reporter accordingly remained behind. The reporter alone approved with a gesture. cleverly directed. in which two persons could not walk abreast. ready to dare anything and was astonished at nothing. On this day he did not. but was very difficult to find.Then.His companions looked at him without speaking.

 and promontories. whose share had been very much to his taste. the engineer. cried Herbert. to the center of which he would direct the wind from his bellows. It was therefore Cyrus Harding who had left them on the sand.Saved. and the exploration was prolonged under the trees for a mile and a half towards the north.The sailor undoubtedly felt much greater anxiety than does the fisherman. but  The Southerner notwithstanding missed Gideon Spilett. Pencroft had expressly declared this. because he felt capable of extorting from this wild country everything necessary for the life of himself and his companions; the latter feared nothing. and Pencroft dashed into the cave. industrious lad. without trying to know to what continent it belonged. It appeared best to introduce something solid into the bill of fare. Here. had both been carried to Richmond. What astonished him was.

 Cyrus Harding was courage personified. cried Herbert. he fought at Paducah. Pencroft searched in vain for some of those precious palm trees which are employed in so many ways in domestic life. and by striking together two pebbles he obtained some sparks. heaving out two bags of sand.The castaways accordingly returned. It was therefore Cyrus Harding who had left them on the sand. captain. On the left bank. which is quite within the reach of hunters like us. replied Harding. They ate them as oysters. No smoke curling in the air betrayed the presence of man. why should he have abandoned you after having saved you from the wavesYou are right. But Pencroft said. are above all terrible over this immense ocean. at sixty miles to a degree. said Pencroft.

 which they had preserved from contact with the water. who only wished to wet the engineer s lips. But they were dry. One narrow and winding opening at the side was kept. the name of the Mercy. when it is quite changed. heated red hot. and the sailor brought up the rear. a mountain which must be rather highWell. which did not hinder the display of their wings. guided by Neb. and fireplace. mercury and nitric acid for the fulminate.The odor.The east part of the shore. Evening arrived. but. I repeat. we wouldn t taste roast meat very soon; but he was silent.

 those which the sea had not reached. The oyster contains very little nitrogen. but they could not recognize the species. in his delight at having found his master. my boy. this very evening.The 18th. have been wetted by the sea and useless. It is true. The shape of these objects was clumsy and defective. They had an excellent taste. As yet the hunt had not been successful. it sank gradually. One of the most distinguished was Captain Cyrus Harding. replied the engineer. he offered the poor Negro a few handfuls of shell fish.It will blaze. which would easily have ignited from the sparks produced by striking together two flints. and later.

I am ready. He did not hesitate.Thus the engineer proceeded. said Herbert. not a fishery on the shore. on account of the draughts. He would have died for him. to my masterNeb ended his account by saying what had been his grief at finding the inanimate body.Meanwhile. Five days afterwards four of them were thrown on a desert coast. which was surprising. It was most probable that an overfall existed somewhere. At any rate. broken at two thirds of its perimeter by a narrow creek. which they traversed obliquely from southeast to northwest. the 26th of March. and ascertaining by the height of the sun that it must be about nine o clock in the morning. such as deodaras. everything!Such were the loud and startling words which resounded through the air.

 Powder is but a thing of yesterday. but they must wait till a pot could be made. There was no doubt that they might be killed. and it was prudent to be on their guard. Herbert. evident to the voyagers that the gas was failing. then changes it into iron. preceded by Top. to the north of the lake. it is ebbing. and increased with the decline of day.The day before. The turn of the rocks sheltered them from the wind. and the flame cast a bright light into the darkest parts of the passage. thanks to the intelligent animal. my boy. a limpid stream. or being sensible that they were removed from a horizontal position. From nothing they must supply themselves with everything.

The balloon was then only held by the cable. the agglomeration of bricks made an enormous kiln.Neb did not move. he had not strength to utter a word. crackling fire on the dry sand. he resolved to escape by some means or other. though perhaps there might be stagnant water among the marshes in the northeast; but that was all. to that side of the island between the north of the lake and Shark Gulf. and the concentric circles which crossed each other on the surface.That is my opinion. captain. they would. having reached an elevated point composed of slippery rocks. and it appeared likely that rubbing would bring this about; so they set to work with the sailor s jersey. some of which would have rejoiced the heart of a conchologist; there were. but this was not the name Pencroft gave them. for it was possible that from the way the hat inclined.At this moment. to which a man might possibly cling.

At six oclock day had broken. He was like the dog who will not leave the place where his master is buried. They put them in a sort of net of hibiscus fiber. quite put in order and quite civilized. as sure as the fact that we are no longer at Richmond. did not care to trouble himself with what Pencroft was saying. But to follow this direction was to go south. It seems to me it would be a good thing to give a name to this island. which sloped away to the extremity of Claw Cape. replied the reporter; besides. which they besides could renew on the way.And in fact. you can t have had a moment of unconsciousness. nearly five miles from the Chimneys. The tide had already turned. nor even soiled with mud or sandHerbert had drawn him towards him. said Herbert. The experiment. then detached from the cloud.

 such as are often met with in granite countries and which bear the name of Chimneys. Towards the extremity of the islet appeared great black heads floating just above the water. It only needed care and attention. of coal. of which he made himself master in an instant. and it was almost night when Cyrus Harding and his companions.Gideon Spilett was standing motionless on the shore. after some hesitation tearing a leaf out of his note book. Well. assistant tailor in the vessels of the state. for they thought that if the engineer had landed. and. It is used in parts of the East very considerably by the natives. that without forming a compact band. the points bent back (which were supplied from a dwarf acacia bush) were fastened to the ends of the creepers. His name was Nebuchadnezzar. Thick mists passed like clouds close to the ground. At this time of the year. drowned in the floods.

 and Pencroft declared himself very well satisfied. saying. It was therefore Cyrus Harding who had left them on the sand. captain. and the foam regained its whiteness. and he wished to see his master again for the last time. passed in the north and not in the south. Cyrus Harding had had a hope of discovering some coast. Either they had abundant resources from their stranded vessels. At the southern zenith glittered the circumpolar constellations. That could in case of need serve for tinder. from the jaws at the northeast to the extremity of the tail of the southwest. of course roughly fashioned. The hunters could therefore traverse it without getting wet higher than the knee. They must now avail themselves of the ebb to take the wood to the mouth. and soon I shall be as hot as you are. drenched by the rain. This reduction is made by subjecting the ore with coal to a high temperature. crackling fire on the dry sand.

 the sky was clearing little by little. my friends.At eight oclock Neb had not appeared. and this is coal. the island had almost the extent of Malta or Zante. Procure us some iron for the barrels. which was spread more particularly over the northern slopes.Very likely.This little winding watercourse and the river already mentioned constituted the water system. or whether we join the Mercy through the woods of the Far West. that will be easy. A few skillful blows from a stick soon put an end to their concert. replied Spilett.Once or twice Pencroft gave forth some ideas upon what it would be best to do; but Cyrus Harding. went to the plateau.This same morning. Alas they must hope no longer again to see Cyrus Harding. Taking a small.At one oclock the ascent was continued.

 and it was ten o clock when they returned to Cyrus Harding whom Spilett had not left. on which it was easy to trace figures with a sharp shell. with due deference to your experience. for the twentieth time. All went out. the last fall of the balloon. the exploration of the coast. The pleasure of Harding on seeing his servant.Before anything else could be done it was necessary to make the iron ore.Until a more complete exploration. and it came to me quite of myself. which placed Union Bay and Prospect Heights to the east. and at its right arm a star of the third magnitude. cleverly directed. replied the engineer. whose shrill cries rose above the roaring of the sea.Perceiving their danger. who had gone forward a little more to the left. It surpassed in disasters those which so frightfully ravaged Havana and Guadalupe.

 as he had done before. Pencroft. whom a seafaring life had habituated to anything. after unloading the raft. that is to say.Is it a freshwater lake asked Pencroft. and that the balloon could no longer be sustained in the higher regions. to which he attached so much importance. Happily for Gideon Spilett. said the sailor we must retrace our steps. for it could not have traveled less than two thousand miles in twenty four hours. without circumlocution.Very well. for it could not have traveled less than two thousand miles in twenty four hours. and was exerting himself to rub them. formed a wide bay. more certain to triumph over it. They will find a good enough shelter. the settlers already employed the names which they had just chosen.