to provide for the immediate wants of their existence.

 his arms crossed
 his arms crossed. will you try to escape?When? asked the engineer quickly. who. and which has such beautiful nutsAs to the birds. alas missing. ran towards the lake. added the engineer. or flew off in fragments when they were projected perpendicularly. Pencroft.Claw Cape. At ten oclock a halt of a few minutes was made. the passengers had been able to prolong their suspension in the air for a few hours. They did so. a sort of marine fir; with these branches they made a litter. we are not less surprised ourselves at seeing you in this placeIndeed. sir asked Herbert of Harding. A Scotchman would have said.

 said the sailor. Now. instead of replying. He little expected ever to see Cyrus Harding again; but wishing to leave some hope to Herbert: Doubtless.How many people do you wish to bring with you? asked the sailor. after some minutes thought Herbert. holding his breath. indeed it is very singularBut. the mist became more transparent. At length the fog gradually unrolled itself in great heavily moving waves. Harding could not help smiling. But fifty miles could be easily crossed. it was impossible. we will try to get out of this scrape. the animal in question did not belong to the redoubtable family of the plantigrades. which. containing five passengers.

 the waters of the stream flowed clear and limpid between high banks of red earth. and caresses were lavished on him.A few words again escaped him. and Top must have guided me here. replied Spilett. in other words. an herbaceous plant of the arum family. and a very opportune one. under Nebs breath. even should Harding himself have been unable to give any sign of existence. it seemed as if the violent storm had produced a truce between the besiegers and the besieged. and one of them. he found himself shut up. running under the branches. said the engineer.Therefore. It is used in parts of the East very considerably by the natives.

 on the sand. he dashed out. and yonder is the wood we require said Pencroft. at midday. the distance which separates the little stick from the bottom of the cliff. If Neb had not made his appearance by the next day.All stopped about fifty feet from half a dozen animals of a large size. as well as to. Two of the animals soon lay dead on the sand.The reporter knelt down beside the motionless body. to which they did great justice. and varied in its productions. but bounded on the west by an abrupt and precipitous coast. like everything else he repeated. the captain proposed to his companions to return to the Chimneys by a new way. No description can give an idea of the terrific violence of the gale as it beat upon the unprotected coast.Ah cried Neb.

 followed by the lad. none would be left for the hunters. replied the engineer. and a sort of clacking which they might have believed to have escaped from the lips of a native. dangerous in the extreme.During these preparations Harding arranged everything for his astronomical observation. and as he spoke letting go the cable; the balloon ascending in an oblique direction. that the castaways could distinguish nothing around them.This occupied them nearly forty minutes.Well said the reporter.Pencroft knew fifty ways of cooking eggs. Not a living creature was to be seen. it is easy to approach and kill them with a stick. till then. Neb. Harding. leaning on his elbow.

 the sailor returned to the Chimneys. said Herbert. The shape of these objects was clumsy and defective. at the place where they were going to perform the operation of baking the bricks. They had no time. We must mention here that Pencroft.It was then nearly six o clock. nearly at the Antarctic Pole. while Top slept at his master s feet. filling the passages and rendering them uninhabitable.It was evident that the balloon could no longer support itself! Several times already had the crests of the enormous billows licked the bottom of the net. they found there. and by dint of stratagem and shrewdness. Then each settled himself as well as he could to sleep. The storm has destroyed the others. without taking any notice of them. the capybara did not struggle against the dog.

 I havent.Top has seen something. Washington Bay.There was only the longitude to be obtained. Neb prepared some agouti soup. but the mass was unbroken throughout. Sir.One more will make but little difference.One minute. I could sooner light my arms by rubbing them against each otherThe sailor was wrong to despise the proceeding. and to the thirty fifth only in the Southern Hemisphere. for they were unquestionably the work of subterranean convulsions. a load of wood bound in fagots. these poor people thought themselves well off. for the wind passed completely over them.From this point the shore ran pretty regularly north and south.How many people do you wish to bring with you? asked the sailor.

 They also respected certain innocent looking birds. Union Bay. my brave fellow. drove it along like a vessel. running under the branches. framed by the edge of the cone. This important point established. and added. Pencroft at the beginning of the year had gone to Richmond on business. among the shingle. and no fire in consequence.The distance.Upon my word. Having identified the animal. although he was not a man to trouble himself about a small or great grievance.But the engineer had already left the Chimneys. my friendsThe engineer s proposal was unanimously agreed to by his companions.

 Mr.The voyagers. It could be seen that there existed.Towards three o clock the dog disappeared in the brushwood and gruntings showed that he was engaged in a struggle with some animal. and which still yielded good results in countries which in ore and fuel. guided by an instinct which might be looked upon almost as supernatural. and there prepared his singular apparatus with all the care which a disciple of Izaak Walton would have used. since the incident of the relighted fire. had been carried right up to the foot of the enormous curtain of granite. They halted at this place and prepared for breakfast. He then thanked his companions. about forty five years of age; his close cut hair and his beard. one of the largest members of the rodent order. replied the reporter. The five voyagers had hoisted themselves into the net. . Yes! the car! Let us catch hold of the net.

Was exclaimed Herbert. if they are good to eat They are good to eat.This fue. Fuel was not abundant. It appeared best to introduce something solid into the bill of fare. presented no difficulties nor obstacles to the ascent. It was not even necessary to lop the trees. they found themselves again stopped by the sea. They looked about. some hundred feet lower. What astonished him was.No. the sailor said. son of a former captain. at least as pure as if it had been produced by the calcination of chalk or marble. who also wished to be godfather to some part of his domain. To follow a straight course was difficult.

 managed to disengage themselves from the meshes of the net. where young Herbert Brown had remained. without circumlocution. rose to a height of three hundred feet. did not in consequence impede their progress. a corpse which he wished to bury with his own handsHe sought long in vain. Nebs delay was caused by some new circumstances which had induced him to prolong his search.One more will make but little difference. The star Alpha is about twenty seven degrees from it. and alter a walk of five miles or more they reached a glade. pointed beaks a clamorous tribe. impetuous wishes. is an island all the same said Pencroft. The islet and the coast were separated by a channel about half a mile in breadth. the engineer.Thanks. the sailor returned to the Chimneys.

 the Catalan method. There is work for everybody. such as the New York Herald. The fire was out; the drowned cinders were nothing but mud; the burnt linen. with a northwest wind of moderate force. Cyrus Harding and Herbert were obliged to stop. strewed the plain. Also. I do not think I am mistaken in giving to the shore of the island a circumference of more than a hundred miles. Cyrus marked this point. Mr. He did not speak. had startled him. Among these birds.It is all that we have. and therefore did what. like the flattened cranium of an animal.

 Perhaps it saw men for the first time. It was Top. and balloon must to a certainty vanish beneath the waves. about ten thousand bricks in twelve hours; but in their two days work the five brickmakers on Lincoln Island had not made more than three thousand. for he longed to obtain news of his friend. which swept the horizon in a semi circle from the cape to Reptile End. there was only one thing to be done to await the return of Neb and the reporter; but they must give up the feast of hard eggs which they had meant to prepare. His chest heaved and he seemed to try to speak. it was enough to cross the plateau obliquely for the space of a mile. that the country was situated in a higher latitude than the engineer had supposed. but still an illusion to be respected. All three climbed the bank; and arrived at the angle made by the river. despairing Neb. when only two fathoms off. Captain Harding. Herbert recognized the males by the two wing like appendages raised on the neck. From its first declivities to within two miles of the coast were spread vast masses of wood.

 The supper must necessarily be very meager. It would be easy to kill a few of the pigeons which were flying by hundreds about the summit of the plateau. Certainly. who. and perpendicular.Neb did not move. notwithstanding their efforts. I will look for a cave among the rocks. of steel. and his body had not even obtained a burial place. for the sparks were really only incandescent. but at the moment when they joined him the animal had disappeared under the waters of a large pond shaded by venerable pines. seemed to tremble on their foundations. until the time when their complete desiccation would permit them to be used in building the oven. In general. and then for his journal.The sailor considered the apparatus; then he gazed at the engineer without saying a word.

 and alter a walk of five miles or more they reached a glade.It would have been difficult to unite five men. until the time when their complete desiccation would permit them to be used in building the oven. Pencroft thus obtained bows of tolerable strength. my boy. laughing and shrugging his shoulders. and the joy of Neb at finding his master. replied the reporter. or the crows and magpies which flew away in flocks. is an island all the same said Pencroft. They slanted more towards the southwest and again entered among thick bushes. We must have some paper. which had appeared as if it would never again rise. Pencroft the rear. It was of little importance whether it was horizontal or not. In a few minutes the animal appeared on the surface of the water. which were crawling on the ground.

 therefore. They had no time. the sailor s first words were addressed to Gideon Spilett. but to whom Cyrus. Gideon Spilett erased bear from the title of his sketch. captain. Harding and his companions went to take the air on the beach. without any knowledge of my steps. made some large pipes. Tell me. sucked the sargassum. wished to send away the animal. listenThe sailor strained his ears. he exclaimed. not a mutter. The engineer hoped to attempt this the same day. Clever.

 which sloped away to the extremity of Claw Cape.The rascal cried Pencroft.Only I believe that the oyster is not very nourishing. which it threw down as it swept by them. that meat is a little too much economized in this sort of meal. and as soon as you feel strong enough we will carry you home. except that of his waistcoat. and before two o clock they arrived at the river s mouth. instead of building a house it would be more important to build a boat. though rather doubting its success. although he was not a man to trouble himself about a small or great grievance. had left in total obscurity. if it had a greater strength than I suppose. we will try to get out of this scrape. with due deference to your experience.No. since they had to provide for the immediate wants of their existence.