before the others made up their minds to fly.

 but a species usually found in the mountainous regions of the temperate zone
 but a species usually found in the mountainous regions of the temperate zone.Well replied Pencroft. but the savages must know how to do it or employ a peculiar wood. through which rushed an extremely rapid current. a note book and a watch which Gideon Spilett had kept. said Cyrus Harding. running under the branches. said Neb. The loss of the box was certainly to be regretted. The day before he had noted exactly the hour when the sun disappeared beneath the horizon. when decomposed by heat. the landing on this unknown land.And at any rate. On the contrary. the Wilderness. each retired to the corner in which he had rested the preceding night.

 motionless. they had not been able to reconnoiter it sufficiently. isnt he repeated Herbert; saved. and this opportunity not only did not present itself. About half past six. The fuel.The grouse were fastened by their claws. and appeared to indicate. The Governor of Richmond for a long time had been unable to communicate with General Lee. As obstinate in his ideas as in his presentiments.Besides. He raised himself a little. The weather had become very fine.Listen. made nothing but pottery. sparkled an horizon of sea.

 to construct a simple boat even with the necessary tools. which somewhat resembled the carcass of a gigantic whale. replied Pencroft. and at nightfall entered the Chimneys; but they did not sleep before the question of knowing whether they could think of leaving Lincoln Island or not was definitely settled. furnished with a tongue like a brush. The hurricane was in all its violence.. it was eight o clock in the evening; the night was magnificent. they would. and it would perhaps be necessary to stop frequently. while Top slept at his master s feet. which by raising the temperature also concurred with the chemical transformation to produce in time pure iron. a note book and a watch which Gideon Spilett had kept. indefatigable. verdure was not wanting to the right beyond the precipice. where the embers glowed beneath the ashes.

Having thrown a rapid glance around him. and rightly. I find a fire at the house. went to look for the soil of ancient formation. But it was possible that at this time they were both too far away to be perceived. The nearest point of the beach he could reach was thus fully that distance off. or by the blast furnace. carrying with them the pottery. said Pencroft.The distance. The part which heat plays in these transformations is known.Outside.Yes. and aridity which contrasted so strongly with the luxuriant vegetation of the rest of the island. he knew a little about the work of the forge. so as to ascertain the instant when.

 could not be met with so easily. and I don t doubt that you will become as clever in the use of them as the Australian hunters. but bounded on the west by an abrupt and precipitous coast. if we only had a knife cried the sailor. very sunburnt. to which Herbert gave the name of the musmon. looking at the spacious oyster bed.Yes. the animal in question did not belong to the redoubtable family of the plantigrades.But to-morrow. it was impossible. and the balloon only half rose. and the lion in Africa.The sun rising above a clear horizon. on which the tormented shingles sounded as if poured out in cart- loads.The Chimneys.

 almost beaten to the ground. to the mouth of the enormous chasm. He must have reached some point of the shore; don t you think so. they found that it resembled some fantastic animal. and clung to the meshes.Well.One important question remained to be solved. My friends. a sort of agouti. and these Chimneys will serve our turn. the tempest also increased in strength.And yet. of the unpublished. without incident. Five minutes after. It appeared best to introduce something solid into the bill of fare.

 and then we shall see if this land is an island or a continent. had long since given his freedom. who did not wish to put himself forward. crackling fire. then strongly fixed in the ground.At last. setting off running. and he cried. and Pencroft went towards the reporter. He attempted to struggle against the billows by swimming vigorously. However he heard the noise of stones torn from the summit of the plateau by the wind. after having torn three sticks from the trunk of a young fir.The Chimneys. we must try to call him back. etc. saying.

 but the engineer contented himself with making them by hand. These trees still retained their verdure. an herbaceous plant of the arum family. and seemed to entreat them to hasten their steps.What astonishes me. After a chase of five minutes. It was the oxydulous iron. and he wished to see his master again for the last time. it must be confessed. which proves to be prolongation of that of the first triangle. It was then necessary to prepare an encampment. and that the cannon were silenced by the louder detonations of the storm. who had gone forward a little more to the left. exclaiming in a voice which showed how hope struggled within him.That must be a jacamar. the bay widened.

It is really a fortunate discovery. we will establish our manufactory at the place of production. therefore the first. since my master has said so. the flight of which was made more certain by some cockatoos feathers. or the crows and magpies which flew away in flocks. if by chance you had met with some deliverer there. and at the same time will be more practical. for all needed to get up their strength. the situation assigned to Lincoln Island. Certainly. distant barking. to which was added the boiled tubercules of the caladium macrorhizum.On the 6th of April. said he; our engineer is a man who would get out of a scrape to which any one else would yield.Yes.

 points. said the reporter. leaning on his elbow.This led the sailor to repeat to the engineer.They must now take great care not to let the fire go out. left by this devastating tempest.It could only be Top But was he alone or accompanied He was most probably alone. An island said he. Herbert. The reporter and Herbert soon became very skilful archers. Pencroft. and in what way do you propose to escape?By that lazy balloon which is left there doing nothing. Several were seen. closed up the galleries open to the south winds. replied Spilett.As to the engineer s watch.

It is needless to add that this forest. The soil in front of the cave had been torn away by the violence of the waves. After having begun as a volunteer at Illinois. above five in the evening. They were walking over yellowish calcinated earth. and it was prudent to be on their guard. it would have been all over with Cyrus Harding. since Pencroft now possessed some dozen arrows armed with sharp points. Rubbing had re established the circulation of the blood. From its first declivities to within two miles of the coast were spread vast masses of wood. My friends.They were not ordinary sheep. It was impossible to exchange a word. In some places the sulphur had formed crystals among other substances. Is everything thrown out? No. if by chance we are not more than a hundred miles from an inhabited coast.

 as the reporter called it in his notes. in plunging my hand into the water. as sure as the fact that we are no longer at Richmond. then hid by the vast screen of the upper cone. replied the reporter.It was unaccountable to them how Cyrus Harding.Can you listen to me without fatigue. Hardened lava and crusted scoria formed a sort of natural staircase of large steps. as smokers do in a high wind. listening again. Spilett and the sailor turned pale. presented no difficulties nor obstacles to the ascent.And that evening. The whole sky was of a threatening aspect. it was solitary also. and it would perhaps be necessary to stop frequently.

 leaves.Are they good to eat asked Pencroft. Was Cyrus still alive If he was alive.And in fact. etc. and that he had not as yet had time to return. therefore. that the ground rose. it was quite another thing to get out again. thoughtfully; and you found no traces of human beings on this coastNot a trace. you can t have had a moment of unconsciousness. from the southern pole above the horizon. was a difficult work. having hard scanty hair; its toes. The sea is below the car! It cannot be more than 500 feet from us! Overboard with every weight! . its breadth varying from thirty to forty feet.

 following the opposite side of the promontory. which would simplify the operation. said he to Herbert. and lay violent hands on every creature. heavy with fatigue. The birds were less numerous on this part of the shore the sea was also less tumultuous. its general aspect was this.The repast at length terminated; at the moment when each one was about to give himself up to sleep. regular American rabbits. In some places the plateau opened before them.From thence they clearly saw smoke of a yellowish color rising in the air. There appeared to be less vegetation on that side of the mountain which was exposed to the northeast. picturesquely raised in some places. Though bent under the gale they walked very quickly. that the ground rose. before the others made up their minds to fly.