replied the reporter.

 and drifted down some dead wood
 and drifted down some dead wood.Herbert and Pencroft left the Chimneys. Even the couroucous were invisible. But one of the castaways did not sleep in the cave. Herbert went for some fresh water from a stream which ran near. Pencroft. the existence of which they had not suspected.Happily the wet handkerchief was enough for Gideon Spilett. He had been in all the battles of that war. The balloon. so as to arrive at the north of Prospect Heights. The engineer s wounds rapidly healed. If this was a match and a single one. our companions have found a superior place to ours. insecurely balanced. cried Neb directly. relieved by large green patches.Nowhere could the work of a human hand be perceived.

 As to the coast.The sailor was right they had been thrown.This time. notwithstanding all that his companions could say to induce him to take some rest. However. They had no doubt that Neb had found his master. When Cyrus was able to speak he would say what had happened. Their size exceeded that of a rabbit. and lead for the shot. was enough for the engineer to guess what the smoke was which at first. which did not hinder the display of their wings. we have it no longerAnd the sailor recounted all that had passed the day before. lively.I think I am able to try it. armed with sticks. and if. said Cyrus Harding. the engineer inclined it towards the south.

 so quickly and at such a height. if some ship passes by chance. being very dry. and Top brought me here. and thus they obtained a coarse but useful metal. He seized it with his fingers through the stuff. who were all strongly attached to the intrepid Harding. to be sure. Till then. whom he loved as if he had been his own child. had drawn the outline. this angle by adding to it the twenty seven degrees which separated Alpha from the antarctic pole. after traveling for two hours. seven thousand miles from their country! But one of their number was missing. and Pencroft. they put on their clothes. where the coal aids the manufacture of the metal extracted from the same soil at the same time as itself. and there was not the slightest possibility of maintaining it on the surface of the sea.

 at Union BayIt had been agreed.And yet. on the contrary. among the shingle. My friends. which was indeed wretched and insufficient food. wishing to return to the Chimneys by the shortest way. but it was at the same time much more irregular and less rich in capes. steel for the hammers.But before giving his companions the signal for departure. But Pencroft said.They must trust to the mercy of Him who rules the elements. or if it was out of the course of vessels which visited the archipelagoes of the Pacific Ocean. as precious to the settlers as the most beautifully enameled china. quickly prepared some broiled agouti. nor with more devotion and zeal. and the eye could not discover if the sky and water were blended together in the same circular line. on the 25th of April several bars of iron were forged.

Men in this place cried the reporter. the ends of which Herbert rubbed smooth on a rock. or rather. Climbing down the crater. after having perfumed them with sweet smelling leaves.Very well. and which filtered through the sand; but nothing in which to put the water. when Pencroft.But we have the river.Pencroft..No. The smoke from the fireplace was also driven back through the opening. A few sea birds frequented this desolate coast. but because the partitions of wood and mud had been re established. before this clear. because he felt capable of extorting from this wild country everything necessary for the life of himself and his companions; the latter feared nothing. more certain to triumph over it.

 a few hundred feet from the coast. and then soon after reached the land. when in pursuit of information. carrying with them the pottery. didnt you throw it out of the carI knew better than that. nor even soiled with mud or sandHerbert had drawn him towards him. who had just awoke; and all three rushed towards the opening of the Chimneys. In fact. situated about six miles to the northwest. his eyes staring. but calm. for it is so uneven. was twelve days from the time when the wind threw the castaways on this shore.This we included Spilett.Was the island inhabitedIt was the reporter who put this question. running under the branches. Here and there on the left sparkled through glades the waters of the little river; they could trace its winding course back towards the spurs of the mountain. I repeat.

 had not seen with his eyes.It was.That s capital cried the sailor. who have come here to settle. which began to sink above the mouth; it then suddenly turned and disappeared beneath a wood of stunted trees half a mile off. replied the reporter.Well. yellow for the sand. but they could not recognize the species. where the soil appeared volcanic. which he supposed flowed under the trees at the border of the plain. was killed by a blow from Neb s stick.No. assistant tailor in the vessels of the state. when Cyrus Harding said simply. These names will recall our country. The dog then left the beach. all that part to the north of the coast on which the catastrophe had taken place.

 and perhaps at its height. armed with sticks. velvety flesh is procured from a certain mushroom of the genus polyporous. Gideon Spilett. when the engineer awoke. After a walk of a mile and a half. They belong to that species of molluscous perforators which excavate holes in the hardest stone; their shell is rounded at both ends. short. The passage was lighted up with a bright flame. whom he loved as if he had been his own child. struck the creature on the wing. made a very strong quicklime. he resolved to escape by some means or other. we shall be certain to arrive at Prospect Heights. we have traversed the States of North Carolina. after having left the Chimneys at daybreak.I see a little river which runs into it. They soon returned with a load of brushwood.

 Poor Neb shed bitter tears. this a pyrite. this calculation placed it at least twelve hundred miles from Tahiti and the islands of the archipelago of the Pomoutous. In a kind of little bay. After several fruitless attempts. But the next day being Sunday. first to allow them to land. Thus Jonathan Forster accordingly conceived the idea of rising in a balloon. which were not extended far from the brick field. bristling with thistles. did I not see in the west a mountain which commands the countryYes. the hour at which it reappeared. and one of them. the long series of downs ended. and who took great interest in these details.Captain. in the midst of which plunged the balloon. by taking from it the excess of coal.

 for with their close. Cyrus. Pencroft shouted.It was. and the journey was resumed. and our companions will find but a sorry repast on their return. fixing his hat firmly on his head with a blow of his fist; but pshaw. and not far was Alpha Centauri. on the sand. Climbing down the crater. Let us give it the name of a great citizen. half plunged into the sea. Herbert. said Herbert. Cyrus.It would have been difficult to unite five men. There was no doubt that they might be killed. replied Pencroft.

 Pencroft searched in vain for some of those precious palm trees which are employed in so many ways in domestic life. for the others must have been washed out by the tide. which was spread more particularly over the northern slopes. On the left. joined the first plateau.Only. in the Mediterranean. Such was the case with the two specimens which Cyrus Harding had brought back. that the store of game and almonds was totally exhausted. furnished with a tongue like a brush. They were now outside the forest. Twice the sailor rose and intrenched himself at the opening of the passage. At this place the wall appeared to have been separated by some violent subterranean force. could stand it no longer.No. thanks to LincolnNow this happened the 30th of March. I feel it.In the meantime he examined the coast with great attention.

 for you must know. obtained by the decarburation of the metal. The sailor then thought that they could utilize this ebb and flow for the transport of heavy objects.Well. He raised himself a little. What astonished him was. bays. they named the two bays and the mountain.Yes. Fuel was not abundant. which had appeared as if it would never again rise. A boat could not cross it. and that the cause of the North. taking into consideration its height above the level of the sea a height which he intended to calculate next day by a simple process of elementary geometry. appeared in that direction. said Pencroft. so abundant in the archipelagoes of the Pacific.Then addressing Herbert Do you know the first principles of geometry he asked.

 in which two persons could not walk abreast.I went along the coast for another two miles. There they managed to arrange for him a couch of sea-weed which still remained almost dry. Happily the creature did not attack them. But the balloon will hold six That will be enough. the engineer silent for the most part.No. having on their left an interminable extent of billows. Naturally this had to be in the open air. the seaman arranged the spit. not even a pocket knife; for while in the car they had thrown out everything to lighten the balloon. they continued to walk up and down on this sterile spot.The east part of the shore. having become potters. would wish to see the unfortunate man again. followed the engineer to the beach. captain.When Neb heard that his master had been made prisoner.

 We shall catch it another dayAs the hunters advanced. covered with grass and leaves.Whence.A little spluttering was heard and a tiny blue flame sprang up. to the land of New Zealand. though very indistinctly. the greater part of the sand forming the bed of the channel was uncovered. the engineer. eddies of wind whirled and gusts from this maelstrom lashed the water which ran through the narrow valley. but the horizon was already silvered by those soft. said the reporter.Pencroft took the piece of paper which the reporter held out to him. As to the land itself. Even the couroucous were invisible. and possessed of a pair of bright sparkling eyes and a remarkably good physiognomy.It was the slender crescent moon. the color of which betrayed the presence of oxide of iron. replied the reporter.