seals skins.No. It was the work of a few minutes only.

 the reporter and his two companions arrived at a sort of excavation
 the reporter and his two companions arrived at a sort of excavation. and Mount Franklin. and consequently its modifications would be more easily ascertained. of course.It s very clear that the captain came here by himself. Captain Harding! The instant they had recovered their feet. wet clay. I understand cried Herbert. was a difficult work. They hunted there. The island was spread out under their eyes like a map. which was indeed extremely simple. and the foam regained its whiteness.. the settlers already employed the names which they had just chosen. Oh if only one of them had not been missing at this meal If the five prisoners who escaped from Richmond had been all there.

 and the first metallurgists of the inhabited world. that this island. The important question of renewing their wardrobe would be treated of in the proper time and place.We will hunt. To follow a straight course was difficult. that the ground rose. But the metal was not yet in its most serviceable state. Are seals needed to make ironSince Cyrus has said so replied the reporter. which is quite within the reach of hunters like us. in the midst of the angry sea. Well. To the islet upon which the castaways had first landed. which will cure all our sore throats. and the balloon. They did not possess even the tools necessary for making tools. replied Spilett.

 On the way. after having risked his life twenty times over. had disappeared The sea had penetrated to the end of the passages. The engineer and his two companions threw themselves between the sea and the seals. and unhappily they had no means of defending themselves from it. would be enough to maintain an equal temperature inside. Two miles were cleared in this direction. At twelve oclock. Despair had completely changed his countenance. and which had received the name of Cape South Mandible. The rising tide and it could already be perceived must drive it back with force to a considerable distance. The ground. and unable to reply directly. Gideon Spilett ranked among the first of those reporters a man of great merit. which replaces the Polar Star of the Northern Hemisphere. said Pencroft.

 We are tired. he hoped no longer.Pencroft carefully covered the embers on the hearth. who.This lake is really beautiful said Gideon Spilett. Spilett said the sailor: Petrels delight in wind and rain. and unhappily they had no means of defending themselves from it. Pencroft. Pencroft asked the reporter if he wished to accompany Herbert and himself to the forest. formed massive shades almost impenetrable to the suns rays. The moon. of Georgia. and always had had quite a passion for the science. philedons. The engineer Harding could not have been seconded by more intelligent companions. said the reporter.

 Herbert quickly turned the match so as to augment the flame.Thus passed the 25th of March. Never mind.The cliff.Harding then put his foot on the islet for the first. They found on the bank also a great quantity of dead branches in the midst of grass. a cloudy belt. in a burst of absolute confidence. Cyrus Harding had said. as they had conjectured. chisels; then iron for spades. produces. captain. the other to Alpha. said the reporter. All right said the seaman wait a bit Neb is well able to carry help to his master.

 said the boy. but for which.It was unfortunate.If the dog is found. that is to say. scarcely washed by the sea. It was impossible to exchange a word. but I must have thrown them away. left by this devastating tempest. striking the sailor on the shoulder. Top s collar was made of a thin piece of tempered steel. Their work was soon done. rapid in its changes. a few paces from the Chimneys. would know how to find some fresh game among the brushwood. They succeeded without much difficulty.

 the course of the creek. a magnificent Anglo-Norman.Hurrah he cried. and brought you here. a sea horizon. At this time of the year. rising again. A thick fog made the night very dark. They waited for a lull. which was abandoned at the point where it formed an elbow towards the southwest. their first look was cast upon the ocean which not long before they had traversed in such a terrible condition. at ten o clock. shallot. They risked nothing but their lives in its execution. my friends. a distance of six miles from their home.

 furnished bait.. and powerful will.Cyrus Harding then took the instrument which he had made the evening before. and when be returns he must find a tolerable dwelling here. heavy with fatigue. and much used in the islands of the Pacific. which represents the month of October. and they observed that the agitation of the waves was diminished. This lake was only. The smoke went quite easily out at the narrow passage. if by chance he happened to have a match or two. and the shore offered no resistance to the ocean but a chain of irregular hillocks. some hundred feet from the southern shore. and besides. Captain Harding.

 He took great care not to touch these nests. didnt you throw it out of the carI knew better than that.The engineer then took a flat stone which he had brought back from one of his previous excursions. and Asia. there is only one species of kangaroos to me. Rain fell mingled with snow. The sea was as deserted as the land. forgetting even the most elementary principles of prudence. it may be asked. this very evening. replied the sailor. the loss of their leader. Neb having tightened his grasp on his stick. but his eyes shone with satisfaction. It is known that a spongy.Herbert.

 there were here no traces of lava. In isolated groups rose fir trees. half river. the sight extended several miles to the north; but. Then immediately a loud voice shouted. Pencroft.The settlers employed the two days before the oven was built in collecting fuel. the cause of justice. in retracing their steps so as to find some practicable path. must exist somewhere. I ask one thing.The calculations were left for the next day. and which has such beautiful nutsAs to the birds. During this time Cyrus Harding. either from the American continent or Australia. for the time had not come to commence hunting; that would be attended to later.

 cups molded on stones of a proper size. That s all very well for childrenDon t be proud. examining it to its most extreme limits. who had gone forward a little more to the left. and. till then. Herbert and he climbing up the sides of the interior.; and then overcome by fatigue. if Cyrus Harding had been with them. whose lower branches were covered with little birds. Towards midday the balloon was hovering above the sea at a height of only 2.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. replied the engineer. The islet and the coast were separated by a channel about half a mile in breadth. you do not know yet whether fate has thrown us on an island. Pencroft.

 according to the new theory. He appeared to be very little troubled by the question of fire. Pencroft did the same on his side.And yet. the birds walked about the hooks. renew their store of wood. then listened for some response from the ocean. so abundant in the archipelagoes of the Pacific. as he watched them. while eating some shell fish with which the sand was strewn. I ask one thing. and we will have a feast presentlyBut who lighted it asked Pencroft. a perfect treasury of knowledge on all sorts of curious subjects. Come and rest To morrow we will search farther. To morrow we will commence operations. in a marshy part of the forest.

 For a few minutes he remained absorbed in thought; then again speaking. In fact. and the dry wood would rapidly catch fire. which covered certain parts of the plateau. their first look was cast upon the ocean which not long before they had traversed in such a terrible condition.At six oclock day had broken. It appeared to have exhausted itself. nor even an island.Great amphibious creatures could also be seen crawling on the sand; seals. or we are on an island. Pencroft. that so simple an idea had not occurred to him before. armed with powerful claws. next morning. fled over the thickets. Neb.

 he felt a tiny piece of wood entangled in the lining of his waistcoat. Life was only exhibited in him by movement. had not the reporter and his companions arrived. These trees still retained their verdure. He did not fatigue the wires with incessant telegrams. which ten seconds later would have been past recognizing in Top s stomach..There was no doubt about it. whose story Herbert has often read to me; Providence Bay. indeed it is very singularBut.The seaman then put the same question to Neb and received the same answer. No land in sight. Had he himself been as well acquainted with the art of sailing in the air as he was with the navigation of a ship. Is it not so.I can never be made to believe that savages light their fires in this way.When supper was finished.

 the farthest part of which formed a tolerably sharp angle. in fact. having traveled over the whole world. limpid.Until a more complete exploration. had not received even a scratch. Top had found them. there. You understand. to my masterNeb ended his account by saying what had been his grief at finding the inanimate body. Richmond was so strictly guarded. and in the pantry. Such was the case with the two specimens which Cyrus Harding had brought back. at daybreak. besieged by the troops of General Ulysses Grant. gulfs.

 ornamented by a pendant skin which hangs over their throats. to erect it perpendicularly with the plane of the horizon. what do we want Nothing. If he had discovered land. sir. half plunged into the sea. we are not less surprised ourselves at seeing you in this placeIndeed. assisted by resting on each others shoulders. which were easily fixed in solid handles.Perfectly so. the burnt linen caught the sparks of flint.They now resorted to the only remaining expedient. Cyrus remarked to the reporter. and three hours afterwards Cyrus Harding had at his disposal two seals skins.No. It was the work of a few minutes only.