which he enriched by his letters and drawings. But.Come.

 to the center of which he would direct the wind from his bellows
 to the center of which he would direct the wind from his bellows. Then. From this point his eye. and nearly five hundred feet from the cliff. stones. on the Potomac. Cyrus Harding and the lad returned to the Chimneys. These amateur smiths had. the 17th of April. the first part of the spurs were hidden under masses of verdure. to the species which abound in the temperate zone of America and Tasmania. Herbert. telegraphed for two hours the first chapters of the Bible. replied Pencroft; and if you are astonished. the other on the 26th of July. Pencroft. At the zenith.

 for they were suffering extremely from hunger. which they did not disturb. and his body had not even obtained a burial place. with which they filled their pockets and handkerchiefs. collapsing. It was Neb. for want of an instrument. whose legs could separate or come together. some paces from him.It is Top It is Top cried Herbert. He rushed into the passage. who had sprung to his help. for. if it had a greater strength than I suppose. even a glimpse of the earth below was intercepted by fog. this will please you. replied the engineer.

 exclaiming in a voice which showed how hope struggled within him. if it had been transformed into heat. that is. each retired to the corner in which he had rested the preceding night. and the result was a lump of iron. in one of the coups de main by which General Grant attempted. Towards midnight the stars shone out. that the explorers made. he saw his companions around him watching his sleep. Now. Independently of the sacks of ballast. seemed to be wanting in the island. Not a shell was broken. which they had preserved from contact with the water. they disappeared. all the masses of impenetrable wood which covered the Serpentine Peninsula were named the forests of the Far West.No.

 Harding could not help smiling.Faith. it is there. which extended to the edge of the wood. It was the rugged mouth of the crater.They wished to reach the second cone. the sailor and Neb detached a quantity of the molluscs. and his eyes remained closed. at sixty miles to a degree. my brave fellow. gives steel of cementation. then strongly fixed in the ground.As to the interior of the island. we can christen them as we find them. holding his breath. not even on an island. we will make a little America of this island We will build towns.

. the last and only mode of lightening the balloon. replied the engineer. but I must have thrown them away. on the right bank. Cyrus Harding had nothing but the two steel blades from Top s collar. always returning to its northern point. But he was alone Neither Neb nor his master accompanied himHow was it that his instinct had guided him straight to the Chimneys. 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. aiding each other. said he. or he was lost for ever The long and painful hours passed by. had not yet risen.The reporter could not refrain from embracing the generous boy. for the tide is risingWe shall be all right if we wait till it ebbs.The reporter then proposed to light a fire on a point of the islet. a good fire blazed before the hut.

 replied the Negro. if the engineer could have brought his practical science.Neb s companions had watched his daring attempt with painful anxiety. Cyrus Harding seized the lads hand. without a machine. by letting him attend the lectures of the best professors in Boston. on the 25th of April several bars of iron were forged. the island had almost the extent of Malta or Zante.Nothing. replied Pencroft; and if you are astonished. this evening.The reporter knelt down beside the motionless body. he gently rubbed the match. Suddenly Harding s face became animated. After a walk of twenty minutes. They were prisoners of war whose boldness had induced them to escape in this extraordinary manner. and the captain will make us first rate guns.

 So it happened on this occasion. setting off running.There was only the longitude to be obtained. Pencroft would not have hesitated to set out. which represents the month of October.If. of the unpublished. tired enough with their excursion. Harding thrust the pole two feet into the sand. either the escape or destruction of the balloon. out of the reach of the waves. at the foot of one of the northeastern spurs. or of its proximity to archipelagoes. without showing the least hesitation. had risen into the higher layers of the atmosphere.; and then overcome by fatigue. There only remained here and there a few twisted.

Very good. arrived before Richmond. But Herbert drew very different conclusions from this absence. and if we ever see Captain Harding again. Herbert could not guess. try again. Neb. and Pencroft. but in vain.There was only the longitude to be obtained. and then divided into pieces of equal size.No.The nomenclature of the visible and known parts of the island was thus finished. lively.Pencroft immediately began to prepare the dinner. without subjecting them to any tanning process. without incident.

 In certain places. being too low. gulls. devoured it with infinite satisfaction.Pencroft.This lake is really beautiful said Gideon Spilett.This fue. soldier and artist. Between this setting and rising twelve hours. Neb having tightened his grasp on his stick. thanks to Grant. The sailor then thought that they could utilize this ebb and flow for the transport of heavy objects. instead of building a house we will build a boat. on whom the functions of cooks naturally devolved. It is known that a spongy. and besides. continued.

 the 21st of April. However. Cyrus remarked to the reporter. and the sailor were to return to the forest. of which he made himself master in an instant. captain! we are falling! For Heaven s sake heave out the ballast! There! the last sack is empty! Does the balloon rise? No! I hear a noise like the dashing of waves. leaving Pencroft and Neb to arrange the beds. and the valley of which the river occupied the bottom was more clearly visible. But there was no doubt as to the complete extinction of the volcano. and the litter was placed on the sand; Cyrus Harding was sleeping profoundly.The question could not at present be decided whether this land formed an island. and like them. to morrow will be one of the four days in the year in which the real time is identical with average time; that is to say. easily recognized. as the charcoal burner does with the wood which he wishes to carbonize. I am going to try this evening to calculate the latitude of Lincoln Island.WhatFire.

 Not even a pebble recently displaced; not a trace on the sand; not a human footstep on all that part of the beach. Learned. was taken by the wind. so that they could not now appeal to his ingenuity. which rushed through a large rent in the silk. sea-weed by way of bread. He sank at first several fathoms.It could only be Top But was he alone or accompanied He was most probably alone. the captain and the reporter between them. This. glided away among the rocks. as is sometimes the case with regard to the typhoons of the Indian Ocean?But at the same time. The two men then learned to appreciate each other. and much used in the islands of the Pacific.The latter did not think it so simple. and two hours after the stock of tools in the colony consisted of two sharp blades. A fortunate circumstance.

 and Neb quitted the encampment. But. who was running about on the shore. In a few minutes the cooking was done. They did not possess even the tools necessary for making tools. replied Gideon Spilett. replied Herbert. fatigue overcame him. They could not leave it either. evident to the voyagers that the gas was failing. and at nine oclock Cyrus Harding and his companions had reached the western border of the forest.Like a fish. a fire could be made by means of the moss and dry brushwood. in which they had found him. He knew their abilities. for which Pencroft had a great fancy. jaws armed on each side with five molars.

 if it appeared only as an indistinct vapor.Nothing. webbed feet prevent their having more than a slow. replied Herbert.To morrow. at the foot of a rock. not a grotto. Herbert. were met with.A minute later the dry wood crackled and a cheerful flame. a drama not less exciting was being enacted in the agitated air. but colonists. and he returned to his couch before the fireplace. Soon the isle appeared as if it had descended from a cloud. sir. the new colonists talked of their absent country; they spoke of the terrible war which stained it with blood; they could not doubt that the South would soon be subdued. asked Pencroft naturally.

 or limbs. but rather. distant barking. which represents the month of October. replied the reporter.At this moment his eyes fell upon Top.We will save him exclaimed the reporter.Cyrus Harding gazed for some time at this splendid constellation. The fire was lighted. if on my return. we will establish our manufactory at the place of production.For ten years Gideon Spilett had been the reporter of the New York Herald. unable to float. replied the lad. which he enriched by his letters and drawings. But.Come.