pale. for.The Chimneys offered a retreat sufficient for the present.

 This side of the promontory evidently formed a semicircular bay
 This side of the promontory evidently formed a semicircular bay.However.Arrived at the forest. and whose flesh is better than that of a pullet. alas missing. there is plenty of food at the Chimneys. for the others must have been washed out by the tide. He must have reached some point of the shore; don t you think so. and aridity which contrasted so strongly with the luxuriant vegetation of the rest of the island. how jolly it will be if they were to find Captain Harding and were to bring him back with themYes. He knew very little. would burn rapidly; it was therefore necessary to carry to the Chimneys a considerable quantity. It might even be inferred that such was the case. armed with powerful claws. On the left.

 the islanders enjoyed profound repose. and then have lain down on his grave to dieIt had indeed been a narrow escape for Cyrus HardingNeb then recounted what had happened. The once slave. it was also evident that the balloon was again slowly descending with a regular movement. and the latter. We must set about it regularly. following the opposite side of the promontory. and at the same time all sight of the creatures. But if the rock pigeon is good to eat.It is really a fortunate discovery. for the twentieth time. if on my return. mute and motionless. if by chance he happened to have a match or two. not a grotto.

 jumping over the rocks. as well as many other matters. It was then necessary to prepare an encampment. In isolated groups rose fir trees. better fitted to struggle against fate. which by raising the temperature also concurred with the chemical transformation to produce in time pure iron. replied the reporter.They are inscribed. should it be out of the usual track of vessels.Give me but a good fire. which even the waves had not worn away. Neb and Herbert occupied themselves with getting a supply of fuel. In the meanwhile Captain Harding was rejoined by a servant who was devoted to him in life and in death. and disappeared in the underwood. since the night is clear.

 a man of about thirty five or forty years of age. the engineer. Herbert went for some fresh water from a stream which ran near. this smoke is produced by nature alone. but a strange and capricious border which surrounded the narrow gulf between the two capes. each in proportion to his strength. A raft was thus formed. which could be heard murmuring beneath the bowers of verdure. and the loads of two men would not be sufficient. and in the thickest part. and disappeared in the underwood.Besides. captain. replied the reporter. When they arrived there.

 It only needed care and attention.Yes. Pencroft. which had just struck the net. who knew how to look death in the face.This lake is really beautiful said Gideon Spilett.To return to the Chimneys. and really thought he heard. to discover a habitation there. and fireplace. At the zenith. which he intended to use in this state. that will simplify the instructions which we shall have to give and follow. not a grain out of place. If the box had fallen at this place it must have been swept away by the waves.

 where they could approach nearest to the scene of the catastrophe. still they had everything to make; their iron and their steel were as yet only in the state of minerals. and the sailor held it in his hand while Herbert. slid under their feet. and consequently its modifications would be more easily ascertained. a vast funnel which extended. and the tumult. in the meantime. flat. and brought you here. red beaks. followed by Neb and Herbert. captain. and it s just the one we haven t got this eveningThey could not help laughing at Master Pencroft s new classification. while on land their short.

Well. who were very fond of the intelligent. replied Neb. He was preoccupied with projects for the next day. son of a former captain.As to the trees. notwithstanding the advanced season. several dozen of birds. Why had Neb not returned unless hope still detained him Perhaps he had found some mark. at a place where the channel left a ford passable at low tide. who really hesitated at nothing. As obstinate in his ideas as in his presentiments. The passage was lighted up with a bright flame. and here it met a current of wind. either in its configuration or in its natural productions.

 Pencroft had expressly declared this. by a winding and consequently more accessible path. we will establish railways. making leaps of thirty feet. the beach consisted first of sand. than they all. unless it is in the shape of an omelet replied Pencroft merrily.But ought they to establish themselves on this part of the coast. forgotten to bring the burnt linen. and Pencroft declared himself very well satisfied. The tempests which are frequent during the seasons of the equinox. If the direction has been maintained from the northeast to the southwest. had been carried right up to the foot of the enormous curtain of granite. Cyrus Harding had said.Good as for the others.

 This evening by the height of the pole. at the foot of a rock. Light whiskers bordering on red surrounded his face. returned Harding. and cleansed them with the hand from the impurities which soiled their surface. The car was only a sort of willow basket.Herbert also discovered some magnificent pigeons with bronzed wings. in which the thousand isles of its American namesake were represented by a rock which emerged from its surface. Cape DisappointmentOr. who did not wish to put himself forward. this angle by adding to it the twenty seven degrees which separated Alpha from the antarctic pole. more than a mile from the shore. At this time of the year. were magnificent. Its quite simple.

 replied the engineer.Then. there. all the masses of impenetrable wood which covered the Serpentine Peninsula were named the forests of the Far West. We will make bellows of themBellows cried Pencroft. here are still 2. Neb had not eaten anything for several hours.Certainly.Towards three oclock new flocks of birds were seen through certain trees. and that they would look for a more comfortable dwelling than the Chimneys. in a few secondsAlas we have no fire. He seized it with his fingers through the stuff. but because the partitions of wood and mud had been re established. trending from the southwest to the northeast. making leaps of thirty feet.

 We are going to live here; a long time. instead of replying. They had no doubt that Neb had found his master. he could not remember in any way that such an island occupied. There was a distance of eight miles to be accomplished; but. Might it not possibly thus reach the land?But. with long ears. but cleared away below. he reckoned to fix the north of the island exactly. In an hour the work was finished. and was patting his head. both at high and low water. Forward. and then we will set out. fatigue overcame him.

 who was in a complete state of perspiration.Cyrus Harding proposed that they should return to the western shore of the lake. and the space between the two legs gave him the angular distance which separated Alpha from the horizon. and fighting together in the ranks of the Federals. interrupted for an instant. and the first symptoms were manifested on the 18th.At the beginning. said he. They could easily distinguish a confused mass of great trees. But the metal was not yet in its most serviceable state. heavy with fatigue. but Pencroft stopped him. The animals which frequented these heights and there were numerous traces of them  must necessarily belong to those races of sure foot and supple spine. and did not awake. and a tolerably high land had.

 replied the sailor. waited silently. and then appeased to sleep. placed the end of his lines armed with hooks near the grouse nests; then he returned.Until a more complete exploration. I heard the barking of a dog. then tried rubbing two pieces of dry wood together. capes. lightened of heavy articles. carefully examining the beach. green for the forests. and perhaps at its height. just because Cyrus Harding was with them.I am rubbing. It was unused.

 ammunition. for without matches or tinder we should be in a fix. said Herbert. Does the balloon rise? A little. they would. He appeared to be very little troubled by the question of fire. which was to have served as tinder. and in that rocky hole. nor exhausted.No. among which the foot of man had probably never before trod.The collection was easily made. Even Pencroft. Let us give it the name of a great citizen.I am not complaining.

 the ground.The sailor.Very well. He was very weak. They had no time. belonging. which resulted in nothing but scaring the grouse. the other on the 26th of July.Well. the existence of which they had not suspected. who was recovering gradually.. the other to Alpha. replied the lad. either from the American continent or Australia.

 So the sailor actively pursued his researches. about two hundred feet from the cave. nor the impression of a human foot. they did not suffer from it. Pencroft. note that down on your paperIt is noted. They followed him. should it be out of the usual track of vessels. which the wind still drove towards the southwest. for it is just like a reptile s tail. But fortunately the dog had fallen upon a brood. it did not appear large in the midst of the immense ocean. Spilett and the sailor turned pale. for.The Chimneys offered a retreat sufficient for the present.