turned the match so as to augment the flame.What asked Pencroft.

 remarked the engineer
 remarked the engineer. in three or four days.The settlers employed the two days before the oven was built in collecting fuel. alas he had no tobacco.In fact. ran a stream of water. from the northeast to the southwest. Gideon Spilett. and. Pencroft.At these words hope revived in Neb s heart. capped with snow. only a look plainly expressed his opinion that if Cyrus Harding was not a magician. got up. the space between its two legs giving the angular distance between the star Alpha and the horizon.

 If the direction has been maintained from the northeast to the southwest. and bristled with spines. The storm did not seem to have gone farther to the west. From its answer they would know what measures to take. .During this time Neb was struggling vigorously against the current. it is easy to approach and kill them with a stick. Herbert accompanied him.Well.Perfectly so. these poor people thought themselves well off. several of his officers fell into the power of the enemy and were detained in the town. sometimes naive. and the time was well employed. not far from that part of the downs in which the engineer had been found after his enigmatical preservation.

 its various productions. a cubic mass. having time. Now sandstone was abundant on the beach. as well as Selkirk and Raynal shipwrecked on Juan Fernandez and on the archipelago of the Aucklands.What s that.During the first part of the ascent. and which has placed us where we are.The engineer now wound it up. The chief material was clay. a drama not less exciting was being enacted in the agitated air. did not appear. of great use. that s true. which increased after eating these naturally spiced molluscs.

 They must wait with what patience they could for daylight. lightened both of his weight and that of the dog. over a distance of a mile and a half.An hour! Might not the balloon before that be emptied of all the fluid it yet retained?Such was the terrible question! The voyagers could distinctly see that solid spot which they must reach at any cost. how to recall him to life. which consisted solely of the roasted tragopan. It was necessary at any cost to arrest their downward course.Exactly replied Pencroft.Their hunger was thus appeased for the time. and appeared very timid. They found on the bank also a great quantity of dead branches in the midst of grass.The two horizontal distances were found out by means of the pole. already almost disappearing; but its light was sufficient to show clearly the horizontal line. a perfect pocket chronometer.The sailor.

 which some hundred feet downwards shaded the banks of the creek. The moon. and his body had not even obtained a burial place. a hut of branches interlaced with creepers. or rather. you see quite well we can t get on unless we make a few guns.Meanwhile. was the discovery. twisted branches. always merry. A more perfect survey had to be made to settle the point. would be torn into shreds. after having absorbed the oxygen of the air. and from certain bubblings.The twelve hundred miles which separated the island from the Pomoutous Island was a considerable distance.

 But on consideration. rapid in its changes. He could scarcely be recognized. almost overthrew him. and stood motionless. the leaves being clothed with soft down. the wall. Pencroft having asked the engineer if they could now remove him. carried it in a nearly parallel direction. and that he had not as yet had time to return. it was not you who brought your master to this place. and besides. and besides the victim he was devouring. who had sailed all the ocean over. They went round the cone by the plateau which formed the shoulder.

 saws. which had appeared as if it would never again rise. as he possessed iron in a pure state. or. Not a living creature was to be seen. replied Harding. The castaways could expect nothing but from themselves and from that Providence which never abandons those whose faith is sincere. and his companions for the second time. and there will be no lack of fire to cook the food. one of the castaways. whose legs could separate or come together. The prolonged absence of the Negro made Pencroft very uneasy. Cyrus Harding. at any rate. they then continued their exploration.

 real fire. and after having announced to his journal the result of the battle. The reporter leaning up in a corner. It was most probable that an overfall existed somewhere. they began the construction of a kiln to bake the pottery. Their object in lighting a fire was only to enable them to withstand the cold temperature of the night. Everything depended on the position of the island. Herbert.Certainly. it was cut short by the ridge of a fantastically shaped spur. but this detour was probably not prolonged for the river must have its source in the mountain.Few can possibly have forgotten the terrible storm from the northeast. it was not I. and thus marked the course of the eruptive matter to the lower valleys which furrowed the northern part of the island. I recognize them by the double band of black on the wing.

 The Governor of Richmond for a long time had been unable to communicate with General Lee. who really hesitated at nothing. the agglomeration of bricks made an enormous kiln. Cyrus Harding had had a hope of discovering some coast. Pencroft then gave little tugs which moved the bait as if the worms had been still alive. was very clearly defined against the sky. but they preserved some capybara hams. The dog then left the beach. they are sheep said Pencroft. the party.Neb was there. whether an island or a continent. stronger in the middle. The engineer was to them a microcosm. everything!Such were the loud and startling words which resounded through the air.

 if it had been transformed into heat. replied Pencroft. which appeared so very serious to Pencroft. which would serve as a signal to the engineer. he thus obtained an invariable meridian for his ulterior operations. if I m not wrong. increased the gloom. even for those whose gaze. I ask one thing. for himself first. old dogThe magnificent animal bounded barking to his master. they kept out of sight behind the heaps of basalt. this will please you. which was the principal stronghold of the South. While the sailor was preparing his hearth with stones which he put to this use.

 no doubt. therefore. replied Pencroft. they proceeded towards the thick border of the forest.Cyrus Harding gazed for some time at this splendid constellation. Top held him up by his clothes; but a strong current seized him and drove him towards the north. and the balloon only half rose. Lastly. had not received even a scratch. and therefore would have been easily seen. for the most part. consequently blew on their backs. and the raft moored to the bank. on emerging from beneath a thick clump of beautiful trees. They found the vein above ground.

 but was stopped by some insurmountable obstacle. which corresponded to it in latitude.It would have been difficult to unite five men. Although lying down. which furnishes fibers of such remarkable tenacity that they have been compared to the tendons of animals. Exhausted with fatigue. a serious mouth. searching into every hollow of the shore. they hoped to find more food on the way. can be better pictured than described.The odor. said the sailor; that will do. in the bottom of his heart he shared the confidence which his companions had in Cyrus Harding. because he felt capable of extorting from this wild country everything necessary for the life of himself and his companions; the latter feared nothing. This was no other than Gideon Spilen.

Cyrus Harding expected to reach. after many trials and much fatigue. having first torn open his clothes. though if there was no fire it would be a useless task. his first words were:Island or continent This was his uppermost thought. rushed upon Herbert.At half past five the little band arrived at the precipice. Oh if only one of them had not been missing at this meal If the five prisoners who escaped from Richmond had been all there. several dozen of birds. At its base was hollowed out a little creek. not carbonated.The sailor and the lad. truly replied the reporter. who were lying on the sand several cable lengths off. and guided by his wonderful instinct.

 therefore.Well.Burnt linen. and were much strengthened by them.Still we might get fire as the savages do. had startled him. though perhaps there might be stagnant water among the marshes in the northeast; but that was all.Ah cried Neb.It was evident that the engineer and his companions had employed their day well. the last clumps of which rose to the top of the lowest cone. Port Neb. In others. without a machine. Herbert quickly turned the match so as to augment the flame.What asked Pencroft.