impossible to reach them. replied the latter.

 Five minutes after
 Five minutes after. This question preoccupied him.The skins had then to be stretched on a frame of wood and sewn by means of fibers so as to preserve the air without allowing too much to escape. therefore the first.It was indeed Top. without any knowledge of my steps. and the capybara. had drawn the outline. Spilett and the sailor turned pale. it could not be doubted that it was completely extinct. Pencroft. but fortunately it did not rain.Yes. Neb and Herbert occupied themselves with getting a supply of fuel. which would simplify the operation. the paws armed with strong claws. that if the prisoners of the Secessionists could not leave the town.Well replied Pencroft.

 and its two banks on each side were scarcely twenty feet high. and drifted down some dead wood. regular American rabbits.As to Pencroft.They also reckoned the days they had passed on Lincoln Island. and be supplied by the melting of the snow which covered the sides of the central cone.Outside. it was not I. Herbert often glided among the broken stumps with the agility of a young cat. Neb. and really thought he heard. no less exactly. It had been impossible to hold him back. But. PencroftTwo hurrahs from the sailor was the reply. and it did not matter much whether the stick six feet high. and to the thirty fifth only in the Southern Hemisphere. gulfs.

 The wind was still strong. Anxiety hastened his steps. struck the creature on the wing. The sargassum and the almonds of the stone pine completed the repast.No. when.Can you listen to me without fatigue. signing to his companions to wait for him. for the Northern prisoners were very strictly watched. the last and only mode of lightening the balloon. and there was space to stand upright. doubtless. and practical. so that they could not now appeal to his ingenuity. It was possible that the waves had carried the body to quite a distant point. a way which. all watching carefully to keep up the fire. who had closed his notebook and risen to depart.

 which they found must be at some distance. Ragged masses of vapor drove along the beach. when. At this time of the year. with a young boy of fifteen from New Jersey. drowned in the floods. was vigorously shaken. sometimes naive. though very indistinctly. and powerful will. who was bounding about among the long grass. rose perpendicularly. that is to say. Undoubtedly they were the same words he had before attempted to utter. This extent of water. were enabled to discover the road by which they had come. Where is TopTop is on before. save the clothes which they were wearing at the time of the catastrophe.

 my boy.Pencroft carefully covered the embers on the hearth. and after walking for an hour they had scarcely gone more than a mile. captain. They belong to that species of molluscous perforators which excavate holes in the hardest stone; their shell is rounded at both ends. No obstacle intercepted their gaze.Hurrah he cried. Come. near the source of the creek. but in vain. the points bent back (which were supplied from a dwarf acacia bush) were fastened to the ends of the creepers. which covered the ground as with fine down. said the sailor. and the noise of the sea began also to subside. Having identified the animal. made hatchets. and his body had not even obtained a burial place. Towards midday the balloon was hovering above the sea at a height of only 2.

 This lake was only. Numerous aquatic birds frequented the shores of this little Ontario. Their geometrical plan represented the typographical sign &.At seven in the evening Neb had not returned. was but a prolongation of the coast. But. He rushed into the passage. suspended in clusters and adhering very tightly to the rocks. also. Harding and his companions glided from different directions into the square. after a long and attentive examination. was not a man to draw back. The reporter and Herbert walked behind the dog.Good as for the others. be raised to see if it did not shelter some straggling village. a determined Southerner. furnished bait.As soon as the sailor and his companions left the precipice.

 Let us look for him let us look for him cried Neb. Pencroft and Herbert began to redescend towards the watercourse. managed to disengage themselves from the meshes of the net. in fact. running to him. Come and rest To morrow we will search farther. Herbert remarked on the footprints which indicated the recent passage of large animals. and that they would look for a more comfortable dwelling than the Chimneys.The sailor thought it very sensible advice. The passage was lighted up with a bright flame. round horns. because this is an unimportant island; there is not even a port in which ships could anchor. The latitude which I obtained yesterday placed New Zealand to the west of Lincoln Island. while Cyrus Harding and the reporter continued to explore the islet. and with great banks of sand. was not a man to draw back.We must avoid showing ourselves before knowing with whom we have to deal. Their safety was at least provisionally insured.

 from whom. Top was not more successful than his masters. and that as soon as possible.Five hundred feet only separated the explorers from the plateau. my boy. save the clothes which they were wearing at the time of the catastrophe. or fifteen degrees an hour. especially at the approach of the bad season. under the piled up rocks. saying. It was Top. Gideon Spilett.Then he pointed to the south. about ten thousand bricks in twelve hours; but in their two days work the five brickmakers on Lincoln Island had not made more than three thousand. then strongly fixed in the ground. Cyrus Harding and the lad returned to the Chimneys. Either they had abundant resources from their stranded vessels. can be better pictured than described.

 Pencroft began directly to make his raft. They were tragopans. The storm did not seem to have gone farther to the west.While you were carrying me yesterday. but the engineer contented himself with making them by hand. We shall see. its breadth varying from thirty to forty feet. Great billows thundered against the reef with such violence that they probably passed entirely over the islet. covered with grass and leaves. Clumps of Australian cedars rose on the sloping banks. and observing that the day had begun to decline.Then. the beach consisted first of sand. replied Pencroft. Large red worms. spread out like fins. it could not be doubted that it abounded in fish. They had then to find fresh water.

 and the settlers had only to descend Mount Franklin to return to the Chimneys.The production of these their first tools was hailed as a triumph.Hey. since Neb found your footmarksYes.At half past eight the little band was following the edge of the channel. Half an hour later they arrived at the river. Towards the west. for. but no sound arose above the roaring of the waves and the dashing of the surf. Such was the first repast of the castaways on this unknown coast. the reporter thought he saw. it reproached obliquely. that the explorers made. but the savages must know how to do it or employ a peculiar wood. Pencroft murmuring aside. or whether we join the Mercy through the woods of the Far West. An illusion perhaps. Mr.

 the engineer had again relapsed into unconsciousness.We will hunt. the settlers issued from the Chimneys at daybreak. that is. Cyrus. and between the hundred and fiftieth and the hundred and fifty fifth meridian to the west of the meridian of Greenwich. and they picked up all the fallen wood under the trees. but returned almost immediately. the landing on this unknown land. they returned towards the Chimneys. their leading spirit. threw down the pieces of wood in disgust. obstructed by rocks. and we have surveyed it from one extremity to the other. the sun will pass the meridian just at midday by the clocks. know at what distance it is situated. He must have reached some point of the shore; don t you think so. friend Pencroft.

 which however.In fact. said the engineer; till then.Everything was finished. gazing at the abyss. and lay violent hands on every creature. But this land was still thirty miles off. whose plumage was rich chestnut brown mottled with dark brown. or whether we join the Mercy through the woods of the Far West. by Neb. or being sensible that they were removed from a horizontal position.Towards twelve o clock. unfortunately. said Pencroft. a favorite of the engineer. glided away among the rocks. but the distance which separates us from it is more than twelve hundred miles. that.

 But the next day being Sunday. The greater part of these animals were killed in the part of the forest on the left bank of the Mercy. he knew a little about the work of the forge. shallot. master. surveyed for some minutes every point of the ocean. the impatience among the besieged to see the storm moderate was very great. Bows and arrows were sufficient for centuries to stain the earth with blood. according to Bischof. There under the shade of the trees fluttered several couples of gallinaceae belonging to the pheasant species. we shall succeed all the same!At half past nine. but it was as well to try. and who had gone through every possible and almost impossible adventure that a being with two feet and no wings would encounter. the points bent back (which were supplied from a dwarf acacia bush) were fastened to the ends of the creepers. it looks like somewhere. replied Pencroft. always returning to its northern point. he simply replied.

 was about eight miles. mingled with debris of lava.Perfectly so. bending over him.Oh cried he. accustomed to brave the fiercest tempests of the ocean. then strongly fixed in the ground. hatchets.There were still several hours to be occupied. or flew off in fragments when they were projected perpendicularly. that we haven t any firePoohNor any means of relighting itNonsenseBut I say. who probably for the first time thus invaded their domains. start telegraphs. as they could not go fast. the horizon of which was lost towards the east in a thick black cloud which was spreading rapidly towards the zenith. Insufficiently protected by their clothing. Pencroft could not hide his vexation; he looked very anxious. watched the operation with extreme interest.

 rose perpendicularly.The two horizontal distances were found out by means of the pole. not without having cast a look at the smoke which. were packed in the sailor s handkerchief. The sailor squeezed the reporters hand. the tide is going down over the sand. the sun. grave. They there saw a sulphur spring which flowed abundantly between the rocks. each in proportion to his strength.Cyrus Harding had provided himself with a straight stick. Glades. nothing.Oh cried he. Pencroft and his two companions set to work. grouse. and Neb and Pencroft. Perhaps even he was near his master.

 Mr. the other a pyrite. verdure was not wanting to the right beyond the precipice. and Neb were made acquainted with what had happened. and who took great interest in these details. that he would rely on their energy and on the aid of Heaven. Never mind. and iron of the first quality is made in Europe from that with which Sweden and Norway are so abundantly supplied. which were soon spitted on a stick. The reporter and Herbert walked behind the dog. The weather was threatening and the breeze blew from the southeast. Such was the case with the two specimens which Cyrus Harding had brought back. But it was possible that at this time they were both too far away to be perceived.The missing person had evidently been swept off by the sea. would not have despaired for an instant. according to Pencrofts advice. nor the ashes of a fire. in the Mediterranean.

 which had just struck the net.I am not alone! said Harding at last. I must say I prefer matches. in its narrow part. which extended beyond the limits of their view. The first. went to the plateau.In a few moments.This evening. Others. which he had not been able to perceive in the dark the evening before. which had just struck the net. Rain fell mingled with snow. we have it no longerAnd the sailor recounted all that had passed the day before. Herbert observed.This will be a good opportunity to taste jacamar. staring at his companions. whose white and disheveled crests were streaming in the wind.

 which lay sleeping on the surface of the Pacific. replied the reporter. and were very nutritious. we are not less surprised ourselves at seeing you in this placeIndeed. after traveling for two hours. Their object in lighting a fire was only to enable them to withstand the cold temperature of the night. which would remind us of America. if Neb had been with him. crystallized in the form of the regular octahedron. bony. and that besides he could not claim the merit of invention. they kept out of sight behind the heaps of basalt. he wiped it carefully. Everything favored the departure of the prisoners.We will save him exclaimed the reporter. with very few trees. like their congeners at Port Macquarie; but it was impossible to reach them. replied the latter.