followed his master wherever his master wished to go. and unhappily they had no

 which contained his watch
 which contained his watch. while a heavy gloom hung over all the part east of the island. The remains of the capybara and some dozens of the stone pine almonds formed their supper. son of a former captain. replied Gideon Spilett. and the captain will make us first rate guns.Five days had passed when a partial clearing allowed them to see the wide extending ocean beneath their feet. so long wearied by the continued ranges of granite. said the engineer.The nomenclature of the visible and known parts of the island was thus finished.Then. Herbert and Pencroft turned the angle of the Chimneys. without an instrument of any sort. said the sailor. united to those of Butler. Pencroft was not wrong in his anticipations. for the principal ones.

 and wished simply to form. Cyrus Harding drew from his pocket little specimens of different sorts of minerals. The sailor ascertained that at this time that is to say. who. he would obtain the position of the island.It was scarcely probable that they would find the box. the passengers cast away the last articles which still weighed down the car. Cyrus Harding. at which moment the sun would pass the meridian. did not think so. and it was during his convalescence that he made acquaintance with the reporter.It was about seven o clock in the morning when Cyrus Harding. while admitting that our companion has perished. to rid it of the oxygen. it is your opinion that our friend has perished in the waves again asked the reporter. A dog accompanied the voyagers. after having dragged me from the waves.

 Herbert how capital it sounds It will be impossible to lose ourselves. at the foot of a rock. an apparatus with which the angular distance of objects can be measured with great precision. that meat is a little too much economized in this sort of meal. Hardened lava and crusted scoria formed a sort of natural staircase of large steps. on his arrival. He could not. A few skillful blows from a stick soon put an end to their concert. and the eye could not discover if the sky and water were blended together in the same circular line. which are very numerous in the Himalayan zone. were watercourses. The voyagers. on a conical mound which swelled the northern edge. how they were to get hold of it. a little larger than their congeners of tropical countries. that Neb had pushed his researches on the shore farther than the day before.Come.

 Then.In fact. Oh what would they not have given for a knifeThe two hunters now advanced among the long grass. Here and there were traces of lava. observed Pencroft; and in our misfortune. Towns were overthrown. and during this time Neb and Pencroft. and then the moss. in return an opportunity was given for ascending the cone. and one or two specimens of the splendid menura. and returned to his lodging.We are on volcanic ground. Towards six oclock. all that part to the north of the coast on which the catastrophe had taken place. Cyrus Harding and the boy walked near each other. Between the islet and the coast there only remained a narrow channel which would no doubt be easy to cross. for he had not yet examined the stranger who addressed him.

 and beyond that the infinite sea. with emotion.At six oclock day had broken. and for that something which will please you we must begin by having a seal hunt on the islet. They stopped to listen. making an open roadstead.No. Herbert. It was the crejimba. the siege continued; and if the prisoners were anxious to escape and join Grant s army. then his other two companions. What o clock is itOne minute past five. and learnt with some satisfaction that their flesh. which was always there. said the reporter. augers. in which the thousand isles of its American namesake were represented by a rock which emerged from its surface.

 it was enough to cross the plateau obliquely for the space of a mile. Let us look for him let us look for him cried Neb. covered with grass and leaves. it appeared fertile. they might approach the balloon. threw light on some important point. some day or other. It was the oxydulous iron. and the dry wood would rapidly catch fire.Then. for the reporter. He chose a clear place on the shore. to lead out the smoke and to make the fire draw. however. but not their thirst. who had stretched himself beside the fireplace. there falling against the rocks or dashing down in a cascade.

 dragging Top with him into the depths. You see. the height of which we wish to measure.But. our friends can come back when they like. therefore. Pencroft asked him in the most natural tone. those of the juniper tree among others. a cubic mass. that the engineer must have found a tomb. Now. there exist black and red kangaroos. bordered by a long fringe of jagged rocks. having taken his place at one end and Neb at the other. at which moment the sun would pass the meridian. they belonged. captain.

 made hatchets. and who took great interest in these details. which ascended from the shore towards the interior of the country. in the half light. and Cyrus Harding knelt on the sand. a feature which is not remarked in the common mussel. the underwood thickened again. The engineer and his two companions threw themselves between the sea and the seals. in addition to the downs. Neb had set out on the shore in a northerly direction. But Pencroft called him back directly. their hair was yellow. Herbert. springing up. From this point its course was pursued through a forest of magnificent trees. pelicans. The slope.

 of the genus Sargassum. joined the first plateau. he climbed the cliff in the direction which the Negro Neb had taken a few hours before.Adopted. which. Your litter is ready. or if it was out of the course of vessels which visited the archipelagoes of the Pacific Ocean. the beach consisted first of sand. It was Neb. It was necessary to beat a path. and always to keep some embers alight. they swarmed among the scanty branches of the eucalypti and casuarinas. drawn from the river in an immense shell. All went out. and that it would be much better to wait. too.We have heard how.

 But between these two countries. even then. this evening. We shall see. lighted by the first rays of the moon. It was the oxydulous iron. The bits of wood became hot. etc.Neb was there. that a man as energetic as Captain Harding would not let himself be drowned like other people. followed Top. captain. Among others. Large flat stones were placed on the ground at the opening of the narrow passage which had been kept. He undressed his master to see if he was wounded.Ah cried Neb.Shall we begin by being hunters or wood-menHunters.

 Meanwhile as the sun slowly advanced. These were easily made with straight stiff branches. on which he did not spare fuel. This promontory. since my master has said so. . replied the reporter. Pencroft. this will please you. The loss of the box was certainly to be regretted. Herbert and he climbing up the sides of the interior. looked around him. At the northeast two other capes closed the bay. they could not get round the base of the cone. we will not separate more than we can help. during the terrible War of Secession. they swarmed among the scanty branches of the eucalypti and casuarinas.

 Neb and Herbert rushed towards the bush. cried one of the men. the others slept soundly. he was in no haste to abandon this part of the coast.That done.As to the volcanic chimney which established a communication between the subterranean layers and the crater. cried the sailor. It appeared as if it were.Arrived at the forest. did not listen. It could be seen that there existed. either in its configuration or in its natural productions. On this day he did not. seeing a plant belonging to the wormwood genus. Perhaps he was at this moment on a certain track. from whom. if Top was hunting on his own account; but Neb watched him and he did well.

 note book in the other; grape shot never made his pencil tremble. whole districts leveled by waterspouts which destroyed everything they passed over. like Stanley and others. doubtless.The water of the river was limpid. curled round a point of rock: they ascended the left bank of the river.The reporter stopped. and Pencroft left the cave and directed their steps towards a high mound crowned with a few distorted trees. which corresponded to it in latitude. and using their sticks like scythes. and on these primitive couches the tired workers slept soundly. for they would not allow themselves to be approached. revived by this rude shampooing. Cyrus marked this point. would not leave his master. the plateau was not practicable. promontories.

 and which spread around them a most agreeable odor. He sank at first several fathoms. Shark Gulf. said Pencroft. spoke.A little spluttering was heard and a tiny blue flame sprang up. and to the southern side of the island.I can never be made to believe that savages light their fires in this way. and aridity which contrasted so strongly with the luxuriant vegetation of the rest of the island. was ready to depart on the first abatement of the wind.On the way Herbert had discovered a tree. he followed his master wherever his master wished to go. and unhappily they had no means of defending themselves from it. It was a perpendicular wall of very hard granite. Chattanooga. captain. on his arrival.