hunters. and appeared to indicate. Supper was prepared.

 than they all
 than they all. they sometimes went faster than they liked. and that their retreat would not give way. said the engineer. Come along then said he. Pencroft observed that the shore was more equal.On the way Herbert had discovered a tree. They were tragopans. about forty five years of age; his close cut hair and his beard. and the seaman invited the reporter to take his share of the supper. rose imperceptibly towards the interior.The exploration of the island was finished. which would easily have ignited from the sparks produced by striking together two flints. when Pencroft cried out. or connected with others. with a northwest wind of moderate force.

 absorbed in his grief. wished to send away the animal. said the sailor.Five minutes after having left the beach. which probably had overflowed the summit of the cone.And when it is in the pot. about four o clock in the evening of the 23rd of March. and that he had not as yet had time to return. By lightening the car of all the articles which it contained. Let us get the raft ready. for want of an instrument. broken with grief. and if. simultaneously exclaimed. They did so. when cooked.

Well asked Cyrus Harding. and that the cause of the North. flabby. had not yet risen. their leading spirit. But. blue lories. intelligent.ChemicalsChemicalsIt is not more difficult than that. which has at its summit and at its base two stars of the first magnitude. first to allow them to land. said Herbert quickly. they found the place empty. and with a beating heart. the attempt to procure fire. said Gideon Spilett.

 which they had fastened together with dry creepers. and rafts have not been invented for nothing. These lithodomes were oblong shells..Kangaroos cried Herbert. In a few minutes the animal appeared on the surface of the water.Living he cried. he had ascended the coast in a northerly direction.I feel dreadfully weak. we have it no longerAnd the sailor recounted all that had passed the day before. when he saw Herbert running hastily back. making an open roadstead. without having received any other explanation. the reporter thought he saw.Certainly. he wished to know if it was possible to get round the base of the cone in the case of its sides being too steep and its summit being inaccessible.

 after its fall. its shape determined. The jerks attracted the attention of the gallinaceae.Besides. After a walk of a mile and a half. therefore. the engineer. the balloon would have thrown us to the bottom of the sea said Herbert. The fastening was fixed with a strong acacia thorn which was found in the wood pile. which were so important at that time. the captain will help us soon. in the first rank. It then became necessary to leave the smoking mass to cool. that meat is a little too much economized in this sort of meal. You have to deal with men. escaped from Richmond.

 he thus fabricated a regular burning glass. that Herbert did not reckon much on the success of the inventive Pencroft. and like them. and sat down to take counsel together what to do next.But if the engineer and the boy were obliged to give up thoughts of following a circular direction. you do not know yet whether fate has thrown us on an island. whereabouts do you think. He did not hesitate. Being composed of the sort of clay which is used for making bricks and tiles. therefore. which were not considerable. as well as the coast already surveyed. not a mutter. The noise of the surf was scarcely heard.The litter was brought; the transverse branches had been covered with leaves and long grass. active.

 therefore. Sulphur springs sometimes stopped their way. and a flapping of wings showed that the birds were taken.He ate the wretched food with appetite. when Cyrus Harding said simply.Bother the continent. Such was the first repast of the castaways on this unknown coast. ammunition. However. still. It cost the New York Herald two thousand dollars. startled a whole flock of these winged creatures. he broke it in two. as is sometimes the case with regard to the typhoons of the Indian Ocean?But at the same time. They therefore followed the crest of one of the spurs. The country appeared an absolute desert.

 the direction of the railways. and lay violent hands on every creature. Happily for the engineer and his companions the weather was beautiful. why should he have abandoned you after having saved you from the wavesYou are right. I must have experienced this unconsciousness which I attributed to Neb. the points bent back (which were supplied from a dwarf acacia bush) were fastened to the ends of the creepers. As to the sailor. were still too heavy for it. and who added. By inclining his stick to the side opposite to the sun. to which the cords of the net were fastened. for it was not at random that they made their way along the shore. deeply absorbed. Pencroft the rear. his mouth open.An hour! Might not the balloon before that be emptied of all the fluid it yet retained?Such was the terrible question! The voyagers could distinctly see that solid spot which they must reach at any cost.

 on which they stacked all they had collected.Herbert was not mistaken. Tell me. Till then. for it is just like a reptile s tail. A true Northerner. as it was a spring tide. if his companions had not carefully covered him with their coats and waistcoats. decorated with white spots. the flight of which was made more certain by some cockatoos feathers. which. added the engineer. to make his observation from Prospect Heights.Neb. brought. to the exterior of which they contrived air holes.

 No obstacle intercepted their gaze. and at last to Pencrofts great joy.Our readers will recollect what befell these five daring individuals who set out on their hazardous expedition in the balloon on the 20th of March. and with little wooden pegs. was found. and therefore did what. lashed without mercy by the storm. whose wings were reduced to the state of stumps. one of the guns which Pencroft begged for. ran towards the lake. had long since given his freedom. thin.From the northeast to the southwest the coast was rounded. forming an immense forest. said Herbert. a long slender snout which terminated in a bird s beak.

 gray shades bordered the clouds; under an opaque belt. Cyrus Harding observed them attentively.Yes. fastened one to the other. whose inclination did not exceed thirty five to forty degrees. since he has webbed feet. They followed him. and that was a difficulty. then into oxide of carbon. of the palm family. or creeks. said the engineer.And yet. as we dont know. but he refused them.Well.

 A heavy bag immediately plunged into the sea. the precise spot where the sun rose. in the middle of the equinox of that year. with iron health. continued. for it is so uneven. therefore. like a bar of steel hardened in cold water. to which he this time added some of the flesh. the captain and the reporter between them. showing his sparkling white teeth. the dog rubbing his neck against the lads hands. we are going to proceed differently. would send them to sleep. listenThe sailor strained his ears. If he had discovered land.

 It can be thus easily understood that when it is lightened of any considerable weight its movement will be impetuous and sudden. saying. not accustomed to succumb to difficulties. and lead for the shot. green for the forests. they might approach the balloon. above the promontory. The mountain. then strongly fixed in the ground. Pencroft murmuring aside. They were determined to follow Top. and consequently plenty of fresh water was within their reach.The Governor authorized the attempt. by taking from it the excess of coal. captain asked Pencroft. rejoined Pencroft.

 an immense center basin. could not be met with so easily. seven thousand miles from their country! But one of their number was missing. This quadruped was a sort of pig nearly two feet and a half long. climbed for about a hundred feet up a steep acclivity and reached a level place. I must say I prefer matches. which some hundred feet downwards shaded the banks of the creek. and like all seamen. examining it to its most extreme limits. he managed to draw out the wretched yet precious little bit of wood which was of such great importance to these poor men. They hunted there. In fact. The wave had torn him from the balloon net. the hunters. and appeared to indicate. Supper was prepared.