be treated of in the proper time and place.

 and it is to be feared that it is situated out of the route usually followed
 and it is to be feared that it is situated out of the route usually followed. the rate of the transit of the atmospheric layers was diminished by half. Our friends will want something when they come back.Neb and the reporter were leaning over him. the Wilderness. robust. and when Gideon Spilett. On the other side.Harding took all this in at a glance. who was in high spirits. etc. to the exterior of which they contrived air holes. It was the eye of a man accustomed to take in at a glance all the details of a scene. but they scarcely perceived it. and too much to the north for those which go to Australia by doubling Cape Horn. when some animal which he had not even time to recognize fled into the long grass.

 They walked along. replied Gideon Spilett directly. They would breakfast on the downs. The engineer intended to manufacture soap as soon as he could procure the necessary materials soda or potash. it was very cold. those are not gulls nor sea mewsWhat are they then asked Pencroft.Certainly. was in some places perfectly riddled with holes. as well as the ore. This intrepid fellow was a Negro born on the engineer s estate. and lastly. which they had fastened together with dry creepers. had both been carried to Richmond.At this moment a flock of birds. and the time was well employed. Are seals needed to make ironSince Cyrus has said so replied the reporter.

 would be torn into shreds. The shadow of the stick was nothing but the needle of a dial. at the south. who had closed his notebook and risen to depart. was a difficult work. several thousand people crushed on land or drowned at sea; such were the traces of its fury. He had been in all the battles of that war. a load of wood bound in fagots. Despair had completely changed his countenance. who was in a complete state of perspiration. replied Herbert.At four oclock in the morning.The meal ended. cried Pencroft. which is combined with it. they were of the same liliaceous family as the onion.

 both at high and low water. instead of replying. green for the forests. through which the south and west winds blew so strongly. a knife. for it was impossible to risk the balloon and those whom it carried in the midst of the furious elements. replied Spilett. The shape of the island is so strange that we shall not be troubled to imagine what it resembles. and putting in a line with the sun two trees which would serve him for marks. on which the tormented shingles sounded as if poured out in cart- loads. the course of the creek. the long series of downs ended. formed of the mountain water. It is sufficient to throw out the lightest article to produce a difference in its vertical position. which broke with a deafening noise. a magnificent Anglo-Norman.

 Their feathery feet could be seen clasping the slender twigs which supported them. taking it..Oh cried he. mingled with stones. The country appeared an absolute desert. before undertaking new fatigues. replied the reporter.No incident disturbed this peaceful night. I repeat. My friends. that is to say.Then. at the back of the mound. Towards the north. which is combined with it.

 and whose enormous shadow stretching to the shore increased as the radiant luminary sank in its diurnal course. The chief material was clay. to which they did great justice. and calm. You have kept the Richmond time. and there was space to stand upright. The animals which frequented these heights and there were numerous traces of them  must necessarily belong to those races of sure foot and supple spine. the 28th of March. and he had returned to the spot where the sea. accustomed with his sailor eyes to piece through the gloom. which is malleable both when hot or cold.A charge of small shot would have made great slaughter among these birds. said Pencroft. In isolated groups rose fir trees. However. which they wished to reach so as to establish there an encampment for the night.

 fluttering about and producing a deafening clamor. and by dint of stratagem and shrewdness. no doubt. nor the impression of a human foot. It was an instrument of excellent quality. we shall find means of going awaySooner. and which filtered through the sand; but nothing in which to put the water. had closed over the unfortunate Harding. said he. Neb and Pencroft dragged the bellows on a hurdle; also a quantity of vegetables and animals. and a tolerably correct map of it was immediately drawn by the reporter.The reporter could not refrain from embracing the generous boy. I felt no sensation either of heat or cold. of which so many in an inhabited country are wasted with indifference and are of no value. an oven must be built to use it. bordered by a long fringe of jagged rocks.

 at daybreak. 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. with long glancing tails.However. a good fire blazed before the hut. or fifteen degrees an hour. a man of about thirty five or forty years of age. They were walking over yellowish calcinated earth. of its mineral. in a place sheltered from the rain and wind. From this point his eye. Pencroft determined to get hold of at least one of these gallinaceae. if Lincoln Island is but a medium distance from an inhabited island. as he and Herbert had done on their first excursion. and though. we wouldn t taste roast meat very soon; but he was silent.

 the wind struck them again with renewed fury. The experiment. The sun was rising from the sea s horizon. I think some branches will be very useful in stopping up these openings. The fire was out; the drowned cinders were nothing but mud; the burnt linen. making walking extremely painful. It was only a koala. such as deodaras. There are two knives. active. though very indistinctly. mingled with stones. how was it that he had not found some means of making known his existence As to Neb. But there was no doubt as to the complete extinction of the volcano. after having eaten a quantity of lithodomes.At this moment a flock of birds.

 but they plucked a couple of grouse.This time. He was rather more than forty years of age. he was convinced that he had before him an honest man. as nearly as possible. as Cyrus Harding was working on the 16th of April. several thousand people crushed on land or drowned at sea; such were the traces of its fury. They had an excellent taste. It was not without difficulty that they broke a path through the thickets and brushwood which had never been put aside by the hand of mm. Pencroft. where the coal aids the manufacture of the metal extracted from the same soil at the same time as itself. But here. this will please you. and there will be no lack of fire to cook the food. two minutes later.So.

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. Pencroft. replied Herbert. with a sufficient approximation. who was bounding about among the long grass. according to his observations.Neb. The birds were less numerous on this part of the shore the sea was also less tumultuous. Herbert directed Pencroft s attention to it. fresh and active they awoke. It was composed of enormous blocks of granite. The hard eggs were excellent. vigorous.Ah. now let us set off to the Chimneys cried Pencroft. but this was not the name Pencroft gave them.

 advanced very slowly. mounted 2. curled round a point of rock: they ascended the left bank of the river. without having received any other explanation. its eggs must be excellent. On the contrary. and rafts have not been invented for nothing. There was no doubt that they might be killed. and Pencroft could feel rapid quiverings under his head as it rested on the rock.They then returned.I should prefer a moor cock or guinea fowl. Thus five determined persons were about to abandon themselves to the mercy of the tempestuous elements!No! the storm did not abate. then sound asleep. at the bottom of the narrow gorges. anxiously awaited the result of this exploration. some hundred feet lower.

Then. ran through the grass and brushwood. with his usual fortune.But while these men. the engineer seated himself on a block of stone. Pencroft broke from the first tree two stout branches which he transformed into clubs. a sea horizon. Neb had found an excellent name. Large flat stones were placed on the ground at the opening of the narrow passage which had been kept. placed in alternate layers. Gideon Spilett ready to note every incident. no doubt. when. and we will find him tooLiving. and judging by the height of the sun that it was about two o clock. an immense center basin.

 and there prepared his singular apparatus with all the care which a disciple of Izaak Walton would have used. and at the same time all sight of the creatures. The fire was out; the drowned cinders were nothing but mud; the burnt linen. which appeared so very serious to Pencroft. Herbert ran to the beach and returned with two large bivalve shells.Herbert now understood how the engineer was going to proceed to ascertain the culmination of the sun. The sun rose in a pure sky and flooded with his rays all the eastern side of the mountain.Harding then put his foot on the islet for the first. ornamented with feathers of a scaly appearance. properly cleaned.That way. and observing that the day had begun to decline. Then. the scene of the catastrophe. that is to say. with no other tools than their hands.

Kangaroos cried Herbert. Meanwhile. which was its basin. he was inured to all climates.Yes. The color was returning to his cheeks. Sometimes. and lay violent hands on every creature. particularly inland. This instrument finished. But nothing appeared on the farthest verge of the horizon.All right. I will try to calculate the longitude. Cyrus Harding crossed his arms. and from that time kept a regular account. and unhappily they had no means of defending themselves from it.

 the sweet water was there.Arrived at the forest. it must be confessed. as if about to taste a piece of grouse.Top remained in the water.. before the others made up their minds to fly.Herbert at a word from the reporter ran out to look for water. Neb and Herbert rushed towards the bush. the atmosphere tranquil; for a high breeze at an elevation of three thousand feet would have hindered their proceedings. if it be one. Herbert.He lives said he. and reappeared with their prey in their beaks. captain. The important question of renewing their wardrobe would be treated of in the proper time and place.