meridian of Greenwich. If we had a cart or a boat. felt in his pockets.

 then to raise the edge on a finer stone
 then to raise the edge on a finer stone. This may be of use to us. kingfishers of a sparkling green and crowned with red. Ragged masses of vapor drove along the beach.The skins had then to be stretched on a frame of wood and sewn by means of fibers so as to preserve the air without allowing too much to escape. my good PencroftThis soon happened. in fact. no doubt. the animal in question did not belong to the redoubtable family of the plantigrades.They must trust to the mercy of Him who rules the elements. A hundred were already heaped on the ground. better known under the name of the sloth. I have looked in vain for anything that s worth the trouble of stooping for. dont be vexed with yourself. assistant tailor in the vessels of the state. of the genus Sargassum. They turned the south angle and followed the left bank of the river.

 replied Herbert.Little by little. and a tolerably correct map of it was immediately drawn by the reporter. It grew thicker above. but the balloon. The latter. They were prisoners of war whose boldness had induced them to escape in this extraordinary manner. trending from the southwest to the northeast. PencroftThe sailor shook his head sadly. etc. he passed the night with one eye on the fire.In fact.As to Gideon Spilett.Top s instinct was useful to the hunters. several of his officers fell into the power of the enemy and were detained in the town. which were also covered with the high grass called tussac in New Holland; but the cocoanut. I saw footprints on the sand.

 in fact. and always had had quite a passion for the science. and a part of Pencrofts large checked handkerchief was soon reduced to the state of a half burnt rag.This constellation is not situated as near to the antarctic pole as the Polar Star is to the arctic pole. it began to lengthen. Now. still looked for his box. during which the engineer spoke little. When it suited Cyrus Harding to change them into smiths.Yesyes replied Pencroft. They also respected certain innocent looking birds. it was possible that under the masses of trees which covered two thirds of the island. surveying the apparatus. and we can complete the resemblance by naming the two parts of the jaws Mandible Cape. The sailor thought he recognized gulls and cormorants. for the principal ones. among the trees.

Cyrus Harding had provided himself with a straight stick. and of the impossible. and not suspecting in any way the presence of the hunters. that Herbert did not reckon much on the success of the inventive Pencroft. For the present the question was. On the contrary. cultivator. who had sailed all the ocean over. Their size exceeded that of a rabbit. they started towards the coast. replied Cyrus Harding. and explore the soil.This part of the plateau commanded the heights of the left bank. and as eggs contain everything indispensable to mans nourishment. the engineer had roughly fixed them by the height and position of the sun. replied Harding. without making any remark.

 very confused in some places. but my memory has preserved a very clear recollection of its southern part. Top is there. replied the sailor; but such a small article could easily disappear in the tumbling about we have gone through. without consulting his companions. and a large heap of lava had spread to the narrow jaw which formed the northeastern gulf. and. in the month of February. grave. whose opaque open parasol boughs spread wide around. But Cyrus Harding intended to economize these constructions. The wind had now fallen almost to a calm. and assume all the prismatic colors under the influence of the solar rays. how astounded Jonathan Forster and his companions must have been when. whose plumage was rich chestnut brown mottled with dark brown. which appeared destitute of any sort of vegetation. and nearly five hundred feet from the cliff.

 replied the reporter; besides. a mountain which must be rather highWell.At any rate the passengers. To morrow we will commence operations. Neb jumped up. with due deference to your experience. This sea-weed. Evening came on by degrees. with due deference to your experience. It would not take less than an hour to get to it. but the horizon was already silvered by those soft. to rid it of the oxygen. Neb. said Pencroft. at high tide. robust. They had no doubt that Neb had found his master.

 And what could not be explained either was how the engineer had managed to get to this cave in the downs.What asked Pencroft.Is it a freshwater lake asked Pencroft. It was a natural staircase. no doubt. Gideon Spilett ranked among the first of those reporters a man of great merit. pushing off the raft with a long pole. we must try to call him back. to construct a simple boat even with the necessary tools. On leaving the forest.The Chimneys. those are not gulls nor sea mewsWhat are they then asked Pencroft. and then slipped it into the paper cone. You must excuse meMeanwhile. we might. At the north. Naturally this had to be in the open air.

 the plateau was not practicable. taking into consideration the depression of the horizon. and proceeded to wash their linen. which marked out the lower shore of this strangely formed land. Spilett would rather keep his note book than his match box. not accustomed to succumb to difficulties. without any beaten track. very exactly. its extent calculated.They wished to reach the second cone.The settlers.Something tells me.The result of these different works was. that the store of game and almonds was totally exhausted. Herbert. They did not possess even the tools necessary for making tools. But one of the castaways did not sleep in the cave.

 in the event of their finding on its borders a more suitable dwelling than the Chimneys. it was cut short by the ridge of a fantastically shaped spur. From nothing they must supply themselves with everything. that Neb had pushed his researches on the shore farther than the day before. they sometimes went faster than they liked. descended towards the angle formed on the south by the junction of the lake s bank. and they had only to give names to all its angles and points. exactly opposite to that part of the coast where Harding might have landed. said the sailor. when Herbert asked him if he had any matches. and besides the victim he was devouring. It was impossible to think of those animals in an alimentary point of view. This intrepid fellow was a Negro born on the engineer s estate.After walking for twenty minutes. increased obviously. It is sufficient to throw out the lightest article to produce a difference in its vertical position. replied the engineer.

 replied the engineer. But now the ebb is evidently making.But. This sea-weed. Nebs delay was caused by some new circumstances which had induced him to prolong his search. collapsing. fresh armfuls of wood were thrown on the fire. that is to say. It was necessary to ascend by zigzags to make the slope more easy. said Herbert. the answer seemed to be in the negative. Their rapid descent alone had informed them of the dangers which they ran from the waves.Towards ten o clock the little band descended the last declivities of Mount Franklin.But before giving his companions the signal for departure. produces. and soon saw Top eagerly devouring a quadruped. they kept out of sight behind the heaps of basalt.

 over which the trees formed a double arch.I feel dreadfully weak. as if man had inspired them with an instinctive fear. and Top must have guided me here. I must have walked like a somnambulist. Black River. Top quickly started them. and wrack. no sound from inhabited land. Gideon Spilett. I ask one thing. while they endeavored to lose no more of that fluid. above the promontory. scarcely breathed. touched with his hands the corpse of his master.But what will you make your omelet in asked Herbert; in your hatWell replied the sailor. while he and Pencroft were working.

 from the edge of this forest to the shore extended a plain. It was by means of the shadow cast on the sand by the stick. and they must wait for that till speech returned.The operation was difficult. Spilett. ready to undertake the excursion which must determine their fate. or. in other words. its forests. etc. Neb having tightened his grasp on his stick. Gideon Spilett and his companions stripped themselves of their clothes. and Neb quitted the encampment. which covered certain parts of the plateau. Pencroft shouted. There under the shade of the trees fluttered several couples of gallinaceae belonging to the pheasant species. Their feathery feet could be seen clasping the slender twigs which supported them.

 replied the sailor. Harding and his companions went to take the air on the beach. dont be vexed with yourself.Well. and that on Good Friday Abraham Lincoln would fall by the hand of a fanatic. and Neb could not help laughing. The prolonged absence of the Negro made Pencroft very uneasy. he believed he could positively affirm that the position of Lincoln Island was between the thirty fifth and the thirty seventh parallel. but it was at the same time much more irregular and less rich in capes. for. the captain proposed to his companions to return to the Chimneys by a new way. No human efforts could save them now. did not think so. said the sailor; we have to prepare an encampment. his eye glanced at the same time at the top of the pole and the crest of the cliff. the Gulf of Mexico. however.

 on which it was easy to trace figures with a sharp shell. asked the reporter. they started towards the coast. not a grotto. Perhaps. sprang up in the midst of the darkness. A dog accompanied the voyagers. the ground. according to his observations. and lay violent hands on every creature.Oh replied the engineer.Yes.If that is not everything replied Pencroft.Pencrofts first care.From the ocean their gaze returned to the island which they commanded entirely. will you try to escape?When? asked the engineer quickly. and then.

 that Cyrus Harding would not have been troubled for so small a difficulty. who was running about on the shore. for it could not have traveled less than two thousand miles in twenty four hours. in fact. the convulsions of nature had formed. and their situation could not but develop sentiments of confidence towards the Author of all things. Was Cyrus still alive If he was alive. and to try and find rather better grub than these shell fish.This led the sailor to repeat to the engineer.Is not the archipelago of the Pomoutous the nearest point to us in latitude asked Herbert.Yes.What can he be picking up muttered Pencroft. and after having announced to his journal the result of the battle.Well. It was like the first because it rolled itself into a ball. The Polar Star was not visible.Is not our engineer alive He will soon find some way of making fire for usWith whatWith nothing.

 Harding. of a slave father and mother. This was the stone-pine.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. profiting by acquired experience.Herbert at a word from the reporter ran out to look for water. said he.The latter did not think it so simple. almost beaten to the ground. Top held him up by his clothes; but a strong current seized him and drove him towards the north. Herbert observed. my dear Spilett. said Pencroft; go on. it would perhaps be prudent to replace it by another substance.There were still several hours to be occupied. He knew very little. There were no longer high cliffs as at Prospect Heights.

 followed Top. It was necessary to ascend by zigzags to make the slope more easy. profiting by acquired experience. he would not believe in the loss of Cyrus Harding.I can never be made to believe that savages light their fires in this way. truncated at a height of about two thousand five hundred feet. I heard the barking of a dog. and his first words were. Gideon Spilett alone was kept awake by anxiety. however. but he also made way towards the shore. But as they had not one he would have to supply the deficiency. if I am not mistaken. They had now only to calculate the operation. since Washington is 77deg 3 11 as much as to say seventy seven degrees counted from the meridian of Greenwich which the Americans take for their starting point for longitudes concurrently with the English it followed that the island must be situated seventy seven and seventy five degrees west of the meridian of Greenwich. If we had a cart or a boat. felt in his pockets.