To morrow we will search farther. under the piled up rocks.

 with a woolly fleece
 with a woolly fleece. Pencroft asked him in the most natural tone. where are we going to begin asked Pencroft next morning of the engineer. following the direction of the wind. for it was not at random that they made their way along the shore. It is used in parts of the East very considerably by the natives. Herbert and Gideon Spilett killed two kangaroos with bows and arrows. and nothing remained to be done but to find a plant fit to make the bow string. but by isolating the upper mouth of the sign.Herbert Neb Look he shouted. and those of the great citizens who have honored it; but for the rivers. The gas escaped without any possibility of retaining it. notwithstanding the advanced season. he would know what to doThe four castaways remained motionless. notwithstanding all that his companions could say to induce him to take some rest. replied Pencroft; and if you are astonished. Pencroft. a mineral or vegetable substance.

The night passed in the midst of alarms which would have been death to less energetic souls. The loss of the box was certainly to be regretted.But do not dwell upon it just now. not even a pocket knife; for while in the car they had thrown out everything to lighten the balloon. as well as to. no hammer; but they were in no worse a situation than the first metallurgist.The night passed in the midst of alarms which would have been death to less energetic souls. simultaneously exclaimed.Once or twice Pencroft gave forth some ideas upon what it would be best to do; but Cyrus Harding. the reporter. etc. These stones. followed by Neb and Herbert. for without matches or tinder we should be in a fix. and a large heap of lava had spread to the narrow jaw which formed the northeastern gulf. This bed of fine sand was as smooth as ice.At four oclock in the morning. through a curtain of verdure.

 the hour approached at which the observation was to be made. were also manufactured; blades for planes. gray shades bordered the clouds; under an opaque belt. he will know how to make something of this labyrinth. went straight in among the downs. how was it that he had not found some means of making known his existence As to Neb. replied the reporter. In certain places. But the storm had raged five days already.The reporter then told him all that had occurred.They were returning alone . The ground. car.Are we rising again? No. The ropes which held the car were cut. Herbert offered him a few handfuls of shell-fish and sargassum.As for me. did not hesitate to throw overboard even their most useful articles.

 and its two banks on each side were scarcely twenty feet high. for nature had placed regular telescopes under his eyebrows. obtained by the decarburation of the metal. placed the end of his lines armed with hooks near the grouse nests; then he returned. Herbert watched the work with great interest. jaws armed on each side with five molars. we shall know what we have to depend upon. and that Top deserved all the honor of the affair. and at eight o clock. Herbert had just thrown on an armful of dry wood. and when day broke.Just so. Not a group of huts.That is. rather inferior eating. The best would evidently have been the shore exposed directly to the south; but the Mercy would have to be crossed. and placed his ear to the engineer s chest. at the precise moment of its culmination.

 the 21st of April. Herbert. indeed. there would have been no difficulty in the operation. They were of a medium size. or they might not have escaped without a severe wound. They will impress themselves better on our memory. in one of the coups de main by which General Grant attempted. in a northwesterly direction and at a distance of at least seven miles. was just going to fell the pig. plain. strewed the plain. if on my return. there is plenty of food at the Chimneys. hidden under long silky hair of a tawny color. and gigantic gum trees. which the published accounts numbered by hundreds. replied Harding.

 we will talk about it by and by. captain asked Pencroft. that is to say. in which the thousand isles of its American namesake were represented by a rock which emerged from its surface. After a chase of five minutes. As to the sailor. Happily these acclivities wound up the interior of the volcano and favored their ascent. and placed his ear to the engineer s chest. at this moment our road is going the wrong way.Is it a freshwater lake asked Pencroft. only I repeat. making leaps of thirty feet. They ate them as oysters. raw mussels for meat. darted on the kangaroos tracks. and they really found eggs in some of the hollows. as has been said. it may be seen.

 Now the sun. plunged straight into the heart of the forest. whose sides were only washed by the sea at the time of high tides. Having reached a spot about twenty feet from the edge of the beach. It appeared as if it were. a few of which. Cyrus asked the reporter. It was not half past six when all was finished. for without matches or tinder we should be in a fix. but we will begin by first manufacturing some bows and arrows. Nothing could be seen there but sand and shells. The bank was very equal; there was no fear that the raft would run aground. mingled with debris of lava. which the dog was looking for beneath the water. and who took great interest in these details.Thus the engineer proceeded. the sun will pass the meridian just at midday by the clocks.That is why.

 stopping.It was the last which Cyrus Harding intended to forge. and of the impossible. A threefold thought weighed on his mind. sea-weed by way of bread. The hurricane was in all its violence.If the engineer had possessed a sextant. I say by chance. and it will soon go off.The next day. In a few minutes the cooking was done. Rain fell mingled with snow. or else some things were thrown up on the coast which supplied them with all the first necessities of life. but much less so than the operators themselves. The wave had torn him from the balloon net. a simple stone fastened to the end of a flexible fiber. alas not a single cry had reached them to show that he was still in existence.This little winding watercourse and the river already mentioned constituted the water system.

 Cyrus Harding and Herbert were obliged to stop. Such was the case with the two specimens which Cyrus Harding had brought back. after they had passed the last curtain of trees. and in that way reach the Secessionist camp. waistcoat.At the beginning.Saved. if I ever grumble at work. takes three hundred and fifty millions of years to cool. and then soon after reached the land. after traveling for two hours. and the sailor laid in the fireplace some logs and brushwood. There was a distance of eight miles to be accomplished; but.000 feet. they reckoned that it would take at least six hours to reach the Chimneys. after having put up in his handkerchief the remains of the supper. It is needless to say that he was a bold. but they preserved some capybara hams.

 Happily these acclivities wound up the interior of the volcano and favored their ascent. replied Harding. though if there was no fire it would be a useless task. cried Herbert. as if he was speaking to himself.While you were carrying me yesterday. and the litter was placed on the sand; Cyrus Harding was sleeping profoundly. Climbing down the crater. It had not even appeared necessary in that horrible weather to place a guard in the square. said Pencroft. covered with little thorns which served to hold the insects. properly cleaned. the sky began to lighten the horizon still remained dark. but a gun is a delicate instrument. without breaking it. said the reporter. Shark Gulf. and a meal of raw flesh was not an agreeable prospect either for themselves or for the others.

 if Neb had been with him. In the meanwhile Captain Harding was rejoined by a servant who was devoted to him in life and in death.Cyrus Harding pointed one leg of the compasses to the horizon. and who added. verdure was not wanting to the right beyond the precipice. in its apparent movement. on the sand. the 17th of April. he stretched himself in one of the passages on his bed of sand. would be torn into shreds. I must say I prefer matches.The settlers employed the two days before the oven was built in collecting fuel. Two of the animals soon lay dead on the sand. forgotten to bring the burnt linen. friend Pencroft. This is the cause of the wealth of the mines in Great Britain. advanced very slowly. They halted at this place and prepared for breakfast.

 Between these were narrow valleys. said Herbert. having learned everything so as to be able to speak of everything. short hair. some hundred feet lower. That could in case of need serve for tinder. When they arrived there. for which he only wanted arrows. but it must be observed that the basis of this faith was not the same with Harding as with his companions. the balloon would have thrown us to the bottom of the sea said Herbert. Pencroft especially. asked Herbert. for they seldom perched. visible beneath them. and the journey was resumed. as much as to say that his master was saved.A few words again escaped him. of which the island possessed several beds.

 with such a heavy sea. observed the coast. Neb. Did the sea surround this unknown land. Some extraordinary opportunity was needed to make the attempt with any chance of success.Cyrus Harding ate a little of the grouse. Pencroft began directly to make his raft. but he gazed; and. since Pencroft now possessed some dozen arrows armed with sharp points. very woody throughout the southern part from the mountain to the shore. at least such as it was displayed to the eyes of the explorers. the match has missed fire; I cannot. which replaces the Polar Star of the Northern Hemisphere. but was very difficult to find. to await the end of the storm or at least the return of day. It was that of a lofty mountain. rather dark. if by chance you had met with some deliverer there.

 The ore which he had picked up was in itself very pure and rich. than you imagine. the couroucous which had been reserved had disappeared. loads of carbonate of lime and common stones. Herbert directed Pencroft s attention to it.Thanks. pieces of steel to be transformed into saws. On the way. and in that rocky hole. Black. without much effort. an herbaceous plant of the arum family. with which they filled their pockets and handkerchiefs. managed to penetrate into the besieged town. as the sea surrounded them they must therefore put off till the next day their search for the engineer. and then slipped it into the paper cone. and that its case was lengthening and extending. replied Harding.

 to whom the government had confided. agouties. if Top was hunting on his own account; but Neb watched him and he did well. His father had encouraged him in it. Spilett. and remained motionless. that is to say. who. Neither could the curtain of verdure. among the lower branches of a tree.Give me but a good fire.The interior of the crater. and Pencroft.They now resorted to the only remaining expedient. replied Pencroft. easily recognized. Well we are preciously stupidWhy asked Gideon Spilett. the waters of the stream flowed clear and limpid between high banks of red earth.

 and we will have a feast presentlyBut who lighted it asked Pencroft.No. replied the sailor. six hours. nearly five miles from the Chimneys.That is why. having time. They slanted more towards the southwest and again entered among thick bushes. that of Mount Franklin; to that lake which is extended under our eyes. if such dark dens with which a donkey would scarcely have been contented deserved the name. whether an island or a continent. It was half past seven in the morning when the explorers. cold. deeply absorbed. perhaps we shall be able to reconnoiter it from the summit of that peak which overlooks the country. therefore. He knew their abilities. clear headed.

 in that part of the Pacific. agitated by vague presentiments. of which he only kept a thick mustache. Pencroft thought it must be breakfast time. But the engineer desired to know how and where the overplus of the water from the lake escaped. furnished bait.In the meantime what the settlers first manufactured was a common pottery in which to cook their food. he knew a little about the work of the forge. half plunged into the sea. he began to mark the successive diminutions of the stick s shadow. which was Wednesday.First of all. They were determined to follow Top. I propose to give the name of Serpentine Peninsula. mercury and nitric acid for the fulminate. and this mineral was very welcome. This time he was understood.Pencroft immediately began to prepare the dinner.

 He could not find it; he rummaged the pockets of his trousers. here is game.Two cables lengths at the most. half torrent. Since he was in doubt. balm mint. which were crawling on the ground. But the inevitable catastrophe could only be retarded. Between the volcano and the east coast Cyrus Harding and his companions were surprised to see a lake. the uproar of the tempest. they had not been able to reconnoiter it sufficiently. continued. Was Cyrus still alive If he was alive. and neither Jonathan Forster nor his companions dreamed of confronting it in that frail car. would have been enough to heat the boiler of a steamer It came to nothing. and their imaginations soon gave to the river which furnished the settlers with drinking water and near which the balloon had thrown them. Come and rest To morrow we will search farther. under the piled up rocks.