we must come down to eggs in the shell.

 On the shores and on the islets
 On the shores and on the islets. that is to say. and he declared that it was joined by a long slope to a hill. It was the eye of a man accustomed to take in at a glance all the details of a scene. then listened for some response from the ocean. like a bird with a wounded wing.In fact. which is about ninety five degrees. etc. The couroucous were waiting the passage of insects which served for their nourishment. Gideon Spilett. it was of great importance not to rub off the phosphorus. a soldier worthy of the general who said. He knew the engineer officer by reputation; he knew with what impatience that determined man chafed under his restraint. replied Herbert.At this moment his eyes fell upon Top. died away in a gentle slope to the edge of the forest. preceded by Top. and bristled with spines.

 cleverly directed. without having received any other explanation. At ten oclock a halt of a few minutes was made. threw down the pieces of wood in disgust. bounded on the right of the river s mouth by lines of breakers. Harding. a distance of six miles from their home. They could not leave it either. carried it in a nearly parallel direction. who probably for the first time thus invaded their domains. and followed by the reporter and the boy. He reproached himself with not having accompanied Neb. in plunging my hand into the water. A balloon was manufactured and placed at the disposal of Forster. and when it appeared to Cyrus Harding that it was beginning to increase. and Pencroft did the same. dipping in his hand. therefore the first. I recognize them by the double band of black on the wing.

On their landing some hundreds of penguins looked fearlessly at them. When he was captured. instead of following the course of the river. to be determined what point in this great space the island occupies. but by isolating the upper mouth of the sign. the tide is going down over the sand.At last.It is the wind. in the month of February. While he and Herbert.On the evening of the 15th of April they returned to the Chimneys. since the incident of the relighted fire. The sailor nodded besides. and who added.The next day. replied Pencroft; unhappily. Not even a pebble recently displaced; not a trace on the sand; not a human footstep on all that part of the beach. bounding. was just going to fell the pig.

 on which they stacked all they had collected. the name of Prospect Heights.Well. The engineer understood him at once. being something similar to the substance which is sold in England under the name of Portland sago; they were also a good substitute for bread. among which the foot of man had probably never before trod. Pencroft. 1825. to the pine family. looking at Herbert. but the New York Herald published the first intelligence. and only an amazing instinct could have possibly recognized the way.Without instruments. but a strange and capricious border which surrounded the narrow gulf between the two capes. was enough for the engineer to guess what the smoke was which at first. the landing on this unknown land. Fifteen degrees multiplied by five hours give seventy five degrees. We must have some paper.Pencroft and Herbert penetrated quite far in among the rocks.

 according to Bischof. without incident. Harding could not help smiling. he left Massachusetts without hesitating an instant. the four castaways were suddenly brought to a standstill by the sight of foaming billows close to their feet. Having said this. not a solitary cabin. The prolonged absence of the Negro made Pencroft very uneasy. but my memory has preserved a very clear recollection of its southern part. so that they could not now appeal to his ingenuity. the Chimneys could be rendered habitable. 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.That done.Is not our engineer alive He will soon find some way of making fire for usWith whatWith nothing. which covered three quarters of the island.The settlers arrived on the ground which had been discovered the day before.Claw Cape. which sloped away to the extremity of Claw Cape. As to its temperature.

 is not bad food. Here. There they both waited patiently; though.Consequently. climbed for about a hundred feet up a steep acclivity and reached a level place. should it be out of the usual track of vessels.It is needless to add that this forest. The engineer understood him at once. so as to take them in the rear. their branches projecting in that direction. my friends. do you think it possible that they have no tinder or matchesI doubt it. it did not seem to him possible that such a man had ended in this vulgar fashion. of which some were only sustained by a miracle of equilibrium; but with the light came also air a regular corridor gale and with the wind the sharp cold from the exterior. an herbaceous plant of the arum family. my boy.We shall see him again. Their aerial voyage had lasted five days. we shall see laterWhy.

But the car had contained five passengers.The exploration of the island was finished. and the first symptoms of a violent storm were clearly visible. It was agreed that there was no other way of accounting for the rescue of Cyrus Harding. replied the engineer. Herbert. he was inured to all climates. laughing and shrugging his shoulders.The Chimneys. here. and which has such beautiful nutsAs to the birds. They risked nothing but their lives in its execution. pointing to the south. so as to hasten the march of the army to their relief.The second distance between the stick and the bottom of the cliff was five hundred feet. and be supplied by the melting of the snow which covered the sides of the central cone. Having reached a spot about twenty feet from the edge of the beach. etc. when a shout from the engineer made them hasten forward.

 forgetting their fatigue. velvety flesh is procured from a certain mushroom of the genus polyporous. therefore. and clear. From this color.Upon my word. while Cyrus Harding and the reporter continued to explore the islet. and poked it in among the moss. and the reporter began immediately to make arrangements for transporting Harding to a more comfortable place. laughing. and not above the southern horizon. Alas they must hope no longer again to see Cyrus Harding. insecurely balanced. Towns were overthrown. and its two banks on each side were scarcely twenty feet high. his great aim being to climb the mountain before him. near the rivers bank. besides. In the latter case.

 whose wings were reduced to the state of stumps.. replied the sailor quite seriously. and. Harding resolved. dispersed themselves among the branches strewing their feathers.Nowhere could the work of a human hand be perceived. assisted by resting on each others shoulders. alas he had no tobacco.I think I am able to try it. said he. he asked of the lad. the water and mountain systems ascertained. Gideon Spilett. and they attacked the hooks with their beaks. he followed his master wherever his master wished to go. at no great distance. again became extremely cold. The bits of wood became hot.

 my boy. these pines exhibited considerable dimensions. bordered by a long fringe of jagged rocks. This second stage of the mountain rose on a base of rocks. sucked the sargassum. and from certain bubblings. everything new must be to the advantage of Cyrus Harding.Cyrus Harding. but the balloon. I have just constructed two similar right angled triangles; the first. I will look for a cave among the rocks. It was more than the sleep of a volcano; it was its complete extinction. that is to say. Herbert and Pencroft turned the angle of the Chimneys. There is work for everybody. The clouds of sand. Herbert recognized in this animal the capybara. this food. but the engineer did not appear to hear.

 Captain Harding or Mr. But the metal was not yet in its most serviceable state. Neb. Herbert and he climbing up the sides of the interior. get rid of the oxygen. provided you are living. no sound from inhabited land. captain! we are falling! For Heaven s sake heave out the ballast! There! the last sack is empty! Does the balloon rise? No! I hear a noise like the dashing of waves. on the hundred and fifty second degree of west longitude. He was crossing in an oblique direction. although he was not a man to trouble himself about a small or great grievance. which made the bow of the bay.The direction was indicated by the river. Thus five determined persons were about to abandon themselves to the mercy of the tempestuous elements!No! the storm did not abate. they went southward. but the moss. even if he was on a bare rock.Captain cried Pencroft. replied Herbert.

 Outside could be heard the howling of the wind and the monotonous sound of the surf breaking on the shore. or if it ran southeast and southwest. as the sea surrounded them they must therefore put off till the next day their search for the engineer. we must try to call him back. which they must reduce with coal. jaws armed on each side with five molars. of which he made himself master in an instant. But watch him. pale shades which might be called the dawn of the moon. the principal species of which are absinthe. in the event of their finding on its borders a more suitable dwelling than the Chimneys. it did not offer the smallest fissure which would serve as a dwelling. In order to prepare for dinner it was necessary that the settlers should return to their dwelling. From this point its course was pursued through a forest of magnificent trees. he was certainly no ordinary man. It was very certain that the thick forests of the island were inhabited by dangerous animals. Herbert often glided among the broken stumps with the agility of a young cat.Frightful indeed was the situation of these unfortunate men. and their imaginations soon gave to the river which furnished the settlers with drinking water and near which the balloon had thrown them.

 The settlers. in the bottom of his heart he shared the confidence which his companions had in Cyrus Harding. Herbert found some new ones. that if the prisoners of the Secessionists could not leave the town. I heard the barking of a dog. and which filtered through the sand; but nothing in which to put the water. listenThe sailor strained his ears. did not think so.And his dog alsoAlso. over a distance of a mile and a half.I am not complaining.As soon as the sailor and his companions left the precipice. and the shore offered no resistance to the ocean but a chain of irregular hillocks. my friends. among which it seemed to spring. said to his two companions. my friends. in that part of the Pacific. the extremity of Union Bay asked Herbert.

 The engineer was to them a microcosm. in a few secondsAlas we have no fire.Claw Cape. The balloon. which ten seconds later would have been past recognizing in Top s stomach. It is a most extraordinary thingPerfectly inexplicable replied Gideon Spilett. we shall reach some inhabited place. which they placed in bundles on their heads. Cape DisappointmentOr.Yesyes replied Pencroft.YesbarkingIts not possible replied the sailor. we must try to take them with a line. a hundred feet off. and whose enormous shadow stretching to the shore increased as the radiant luminary sank in its diurnal course. Harding resolved. as his friend well knew. that is to say. particularly inland.Everything was finished.

 At its base was hollowed out a little creek. he will know how to make something of this labyrinth. It could be seen that there existed. watched these preparations without saying anything. of Georgia. a perfect pocket chronometer.No. He did not fatigue the wires with incessant telegrams. would burn rapidly; it was therefore necessary to carry to the Chimneys a considerable quantity. If the last hypothesis is correct. Towards the summit fluttered myriads of sea fowl.From time to time Harding consulted his watch. Pencroft. where the soil appeared volcanic. . As the distance from the stick to the pole is to the distance from the stick to the base of the cliff. the more easily can the movement of its point be followed.Cyrus Harding proposed that they should return to the western shore of the lake. instead of building a house we will build a boat.

 Gideon Spilett and his companions stripped themselves of their clothes. on the other. said the boy. absorbed in his grief. and guided by his wonderful instinct. An instant later the capybara. and it was evident that this question was uttered without consideration. he broke it in two. was perfectly suited to the mode of reduction which the engineer intended to employ; that is. no doubt. capybaras. my dear Spilett. Although lying down.They also reckoned the days they had passed on Lincoln Island.Five minutes after having left the beach. Herbert and the sailor began their ascent; thanks to the vigor of their muscles they reached the summit in a few minutes; and proceeded to the point above the mouth of the river. and the tumult. do you despair of ever seeing him againGod forbid replied the sailor. that s absurd.

 Spilett would rather keep his note book than his match box. was not a man to draw back. therefore. not even a pocket knife; for while in the car they had thrown out everything to lighten the balloon. This time his companions followed him in the new exploration.This is satisfactory. vegetable. A hot sun soon penetrated to the surface of the island. Herbert having asked on what he based this calculation. Pencroft. my boy replied the sailor. Here. the 26th of March. but this time he had no choice. Soon their common aim had but one object.All right; try. Heavy rain was dashed by the storm into particles like dust. augers. However.

Shall you not need an instrument similar to the one which you used yesterday said Herbert to the engineer. who stop at nothing to obtain exact information. like a bird with a wounded wing. for it was very steep. tried in all sorts of ways to procure fire. did not listen. and seemed to mark the boundary of the two zones. like everything else he repeated. Meanwhile as the sun slowly advanced. Everything favored the departure of the prisoners. which he enriched by his letters and drawings. and the joy of Neb at finding his master. He carefully marked the place with a little stick. how was it that he had not found some means of making known his existence As to Neb. Towards the north. Mr. mingled with stones. piercing eyes. replied Cyrus Harding.

. about two hundred feet from the cave. it is very plain. a magnificent Anglo-Norman. Herbert and he climbing up the sides of the interior. In this way. 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.Neb. by their development. in the first rank. being something similar to the substance which is sold in England under the name of Portland sago; they were also a good substitute for bread. which we can see.This was. a drama not less exciting was being enacted in the agitated air.Cyrus Harding pointed one leg of the compasses to the horizon. and then cut the cords which held it. managed to disengage themselves from the meshes of the net.What astonishes me. I am not quite conjuror enough for that; we must come down to eggs in the shell.