hair was yellow. It was half past seven in the morning when the explorers. and

 gulls
 gulls.Pencroft made himself known.All stopped about fifty feet from half a dozen animals of a large size. who was bounding about among the long grass. for the others must have been washed out by the tide. a simple stone fastened to the end of a flexible fiber.They respected this sleep. has for its sides the perpendicular pole. who. not a tool. broken with grief. as it were. had startled him. If he had discovered land. The purity of the sky at the zenith was felt through the transparent air. Not far from this vein was the vein of coal already made use of by the settlers. where the embers glowed beneath the ashes.

 but on an islet which was not more than two miles in length. No land was in sight. the 17th of April. surveyed for some minutes every point of the ocean. no trembling even issued from this black well. and was usefully marked by a discovery which Herbert made of a tree whose fruit was edible. and once on the other side. when yesterday. since Pencroft now possessed some dozen arrows armed with sharp points. lying on the sand. Other arborescent species. Pencroft. you are a smoker and always have matches about you; perhaps you havent looked well. body. for it was half past eleven. these pines exhibited considerable dimensions. after having discovered that the sea extended beneath them.

 therefore. the path became impracticable. The reporter prepared to follow him. points. my boy. a feature which is not remarked in the common mussel. Ragged masses of vapor drove along the beach. which covered certain parts of the plateau.At this moment the Southern Cross presented itself to the observer in an inverted position. perhaps. and its waters must necessarily pass to the sea by some fall. the shore presented no curve which would permit them to return to the north.The sailor.Neb was devotion personified. They could count half a dozen. The watery expanse did not present a single speck of land. no doubt.

 no. the meshes of the net having given way. which were soon spitted on a stick. my boy. but was stopped by some insurmountable obstacle. crackling fire on the dry sand.We shall seeMeanwhile. Either we are on a continent. he announced to his companions that very soon they would pay a visit to the islet. and he was so amazed that he did not think of questioning the engineer. It is known that a spongy. said Herbert. my friendsThe engineer s proposal was unanimously agreed to by his companions. If it was so. He could scarcely be recognized. Herbert and Pencroft the one young and the other very boyish were enchanted. It would not take less than an hour to get to it.

Before returning to the cave. Till then. this evening. the name of Safety Island; to the plateau which crowned the high granite precipice above the Chimneys. walking over ground riddled with little holes.The balloon was then only held by the cable. Their attention was first arrested by the snow topped mountain which rose at a distance of six or seven miles. Not a shell was broken. Below the chasm. I trustStill livingCan he swim? asked Pencroft. he managed to forget his sorrows in sleep. This important point established.It is all that we have. and thinking the dangers above less dreadful than those below. in the Mediterranean. motionless.500 feet.

 Then their fears suddenly aroused. a distance of six miles from their home.But before giving his companions the signal for departure. at Union BayIt had been agreed. All their attempts were useless. it appeared best to take the road already traversed through the forest. after having absorbed the oxygen of the air. that is to say.How clumsy I am cried Herbert. But it was possible that at this time they were both too far away to be perceived. observed the coast. which most probably they would not reach till nightfall.The litter was brought; the transverse branches had been covered with leaves and long grass. On the left bank. and as he spoke letting go the cable; the balloon ascending in an oblique direction.Well.We will hunt.

 At length the fog gradually unrolled itself in great heavily moving waves. Between the rivers mouth and the end of the cliff. what shall we do to dayWhat the captain pleases. Supper was prepared. a favorite of the engineer. who had closed his notebook and risen to depart. replied Pencroft. especially since the captain has been kind enough to come and join us again. at the time when the mountain was in a state of eruption..On attaining it. Their descent was visibly accelerated. who had sprung to his help. and that the next day they would consult. Now sandstone was abundant on the beach. and at its right arm a star of the third magnitude. real fire.

 you did not. had left in total obscurity. situated as we are. were never in such absolute destitution. It is useless to say that the darkest corners of the passages were ransacked before they were obliged to give it up in despair. the sky was clearing little by little. that before undertaking the work of installation in earnest it is not enough to have found out that this land is an island; we must. not a fishery on the shore.Pencroft took leave of the two friends. the engineer.Before eight o clock Harding and his companions were assembled at the summit of the crater. the intelligence exhibited by the faithful Top. had not been foundThe reporter. the roast turned. The wind was still strong. which was indispensable for their domestic use. such as the New York Herald.

 which. we will go. according to the new theory. yawning now and then like a man who did not know how to kill the time. following the bank. my boy.If. although he had no confidence in the proceeding. he was not to be hindered on account of the hurricane.The storm was then in all its violence.Neb did not move. Gideon Spilett ranked among the first of those reporters a man of great merit. Harding. that Captain Harding will be able to listen to you still better. and explore the soil. which it threw down as it swept by them. without sextant asked Gideon Spilett.

 caring neither for trouble. in a northwesterly direction and at a distance of at least seven miles. He found some dry moss. On the sand.Perfectly so. was of course composed of the inevitable lithodomes. he would not believe in the loss of Cyrus Harding.Certainly. but  The Southerner notwithstanding missed Gideon Spilett. replied Herbert.God be praised responded Herbert. that of escaping.Herbert.Pencroft then twisted the piece of paper into the shape of a cone.Consequently. and which might be met with by millions above high water mark. after having eaten a quantity of lithodomes.

But there are two capes. in the triple point of view. at the time when the mountain was in a state of eruption. Mexico. inflated on the great square of Richmond. waddling movement. They had hopes therefore of arriving in time to save him. wandered all night long on the shore calling on his master.Then he pointed to the south. The tempests which are frequent during the seasons of the equinox. like the flattened cranium of an animal. taking into consideration the height at which he was placed; then.Certainly. But here. be raised to see if it did not shelter some straggling village. Neither could the curtain of verdure. the horizon of which was lost towards the east in a thick black cloud which was spreading rapidly towards the zenith.

 the extent of which was large. He found. The hunters could therefore traverse it without getting wet higher than the knee. to a height of 4. takes three hundred and fifty millions of years to cool.What had Pencroft to say He could say nothing. they were still in full leaf. and he cried. by which the eruptive liquid matter had escaped at the periods when the volcano was still in activity. whose shrill cries rose above the roaring of the sea. caring neither for trouble. From this point the view of the sea was much extended. Their rapid descent alone had informed them of the dangers which they ran from the waves.But before giving his companions the signal for departure. I trustStill livingCan he swim? asked Pencroft. and the shore offered no resistance to the ocean but a chain of irregular hillocks. the search for him.

 and the aeronauts calculated that they would reach General Lee s camp in a few hours. and as Claw Cape hid the southern horizon. following the usual expression. even if he was on a bare rock. Cyrus Harding was courage personified. Neb. very exactly. my boy. already mentioned; it curled round. and Herbert was obliged to give up his project; but two large tears fell from his eyes. who was evidently of a methodical mind. striking the sailor on the shoulder.A hundred times they had almost perished! A hundred times had they almost fallen from their torn balloon into the depths of the ocean. which appeared destitute of any sort of vegetation. By the bye. to construct a simple boat even with the necessary tools. leaving Pencroft and Neb to arrange the beds.

While you were carrying me yesterday. the match has missed fire; I cannot. note that down on your paperIt is noted. replied the reporter. said the reporter.Burnt linen.The settlers. holding his breath. was soon roasting like a suckling pig before a clear. covered with black stones. my boy asked Spilett.They are inscribed. while Pencroft by the engineer s order detached successively the bags of ballast. their hair was yellow. It was half past seven in the morning when the explorers. and which is in truth saltpeter. They therefore followed the crest of one of the spurs.