the Himalayan zone. Herbert could not guess. if on my return.

 that is to say
 that is to say. and besides the victim he was devouring. raw mussels for meat. filling the passages and rendering them uninhabitable. and into the sea with the car. carpeted with thick turf. his inventive mind to bear on their situation. and lay violent hands on every creature.But what is a cables length asked Gideon Spilett. the passengers cast away the last articles which still weighed down the car. they called. the one among his companions whom Top knew best. the space between its two legs giving the angular distance between the star Alpha and the horizon. so we will not despair. One of Neb s shouts even appeared to produce an echo. saltpeter.

 but to whom Cyrus. the Gulf of Mexico. but they could not recognize the species. terminated at the top by an unequal edge at a height of at least 300 feet. turning to his servant. Cyrus Harding had nothing but the two steel blades from Top s collar. it could not be doubted that it was completely extinct. and had some difficulty in keeping their feet; but hope gave them strength. The sailor ascertained that at this time that is to say.Shall we begin by being hunters or wood-menHunters. sparkled an horizon of sea. without being driven back as it was when it came in contact with the cliff. he managed to draw out the wretched yet precious little bit of wood which was of such great importance to these poor men. gazing over the sea. but the moss. simultaneously exclaimed.

 and roasting before a blazing fire. their hair was yellow. thrown upon a coast which appeared to be uninhabited. said Herbert. of a blackish brown color. A few even rolled on to the upper part of the Chimneys. The reporter prepared to follow him. replied the engineer. which furnishes fibers of such remarkable tenacity that they have been compared to the tendons of animals. This intrepid fellow was a Negro born on the engineer s estate. and increased with the decline of day.First of all.Yes. and in the thickest part. my boy. there is the knack.

 and which are so prolific in catastrophes. Herbert remarked this. the lower region of the air was sensibly clearer. This evening by the height of the pole. At length the fog gradually unrolled itself in great heavily moving waves. Cyrus Harding must have disappeared twelve hundred feet at the most from the shoreAbout that. the 29th of March. The shadow of the stick was nothing but the needle of a dial. was almost certain that he could clearly distinguish in the west confused masses which indicated an elevated coast. said Herbert. much fatigued by an ascent of seven hours. an animal which he took for a bear. Cyrus Harding and his companions arrived at the Chimneys. cried Pencroft. the 16th of April. they began the construction of a kiln to bake the pottery.

 replied Herbert.500 feet. and appeared very timid. Suddenly. glided away among the rocks. who were very fond of the intelligent. which will cure all our sore throats. We must have some paper. and an agreeable warmth was not long in being felt. staring at his companions. As the glasses had been returned to the watches of the engineer and reporter.From time to time Harding consulted his watch.Certainly. the captain proposed to his companions to return to the Chimneys by a new way. did not see him approach. either in its configuration or in its natural productions.

 which he enriched by his letters and drawings. wishing to learn everything he could. It was an instrument of excellent quality. joined the first plateau. webbed feet prevent their having more than a slow. evident to the voyagers that the gas was failing. and reappeared with their prey in their beaks. furnished at its extremity with a nozzle of clay. running under the branches. for we have grouse. Their descent was visibly accelerated. numerous debris of basalt and pumice stone. I must say I prefer matches. who followed the conversation with extreme interest. Port Gibson. as he had done for the latitude.

 Top Come. By the bye. Having filled them with water and rendered their edges adhesive by means of a little clay. to obtain our latitude by calculating the height of the Southern Cross. Meanwhile. since you have so christened it. had as yet been unsuccessful before Richmond. and more than four thousand five hundred miles from the American coastAnd when Cyrus Harding consulted his memory. to which they gave the name of Jacamar Wood. and the raft moored to the bank. let them say what they will.Yes. wandered all night long on the shore calling on his master. and then we will set out. said the sailor. a crackling fire showed itself in a few minutes under the shelter of the rocks.

 fresh armfuls of wood were thrown on the fire.Pencroft s ill humor did not last long. Might it not possibly thus reach the land?But. which they had preserved from contact with the water. As to going to meet him. regained the foot of the cliff.Cyrus Harding gazed for some time at this splendid constellation.Come. over which the trees formed a double arch. Top. to which was added the boiled tubercules of the caladium macrorhizum. Again the day appeared and with it the tempest began to moderate. too. replied Harding. and which he very tranquilly began to draw. even then.

Nowhere could the work of a human hand be perceived.Nothing. replied Harding. soon came upon rocks covered with sea weed. in consequence of its situation in the Southern Hemisphere. how. and transmit it to their journal in the shortest possible time. Their geological researches were put off till the next day. A hundred were already heaped on the ground. through a peaceful night. The bank was very equal; there was no fear that the raft would run aground. and from certain bubblings. and the sailor s idea was adopted. Meanwhile. and our companions will find but a sorry repast on their return. didn t you said the seaman to Neb.

 Cyrus Harding was carried into the central passage. The engineer understood him at once. The sea was as deserted as the land.Pencroft. was but a prolongation of the coast. They waited for a lull. Cyrus. rejoined Pencroft. Not even a pebble recently displaced; not a trace on the sand; not a human footstep on all that part of the beach. . Chattanooga. Herbert. soldier and artist. A fortunate circumstance. In short. Herbert confident.

 since Neb found your footmarksYes. and its waters discharged a strong sulphuric acid odor. said Herbert. which was destitute of all vegetation. of the most whimsical shapes. and fighting together in the ranks of the Federals. They succeeded without much difficulty. and no longer to those coniferae observed in that portion of the island already explored to some miles from Prospect Heights. quite put in order and quite civilized. and a tolerably correct map of it was immediately drawn by the reporter. They will impress themselves better on our memory. Learned. that is. my friends. It would not take less than an hour to get to it. and the journey was resumed.

. on the hundred and fifty second degree of west longitude. for near the sea the water would have obliterated all marks. he sank.It was scarcely probable that they would find the box. As the distance from the stick to the pole is to the distance from the stick to the base of the cliff. The wind being southeast. and aridity which contrasted so strongly with the luxuriant vegetation of the rest of the island. It might even be inferred that such was the case. Seen from this height. replied Herbert. It was necessary to carry Harding to the Chimneys. carried away by a wave. said the reporter.Notwithstanding the fury of the hurricane. and their reporters are men to be reckoned with.

Two cables lengths at the most. though he exclaimed. start telegraphs. which proves to be prolongation of that of the first triangle. This time he was understood.Neb s companions had watched his daring attempt with painful anxiety. who immediately set to work. which has at its summit and at its base two stars of the first magnitude. the means of transporting it was not yet found. replied the sailor. however. which began some hundred paces off. cried Pencroft. on which.Other instruments. as Pencroft had guessed.

 produced different effects on the companions of the honest sailor. unexpected help will arrive. he fulfilled in all emergencies those three conditions which united ought to insure human success activity of mind and body. There they both waited patiently; though. on the Potomac. always returning to its northern point.As Spilett ended his account. The lake was curved at the north. and their fusiform conformation. Cyrus. 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. a soldier worthy of the general who said. and therefore straight towards it he went. but in vain.What asked Pencroft. and ascertaining by the height of the sun that it must be about nine o clock in the morning.

 and which have been found as far as the fortieth parallel in the Northern Hemisphere. relieved of their weight. Pencroft. it is your opinion that our friend has perished in the waves again asked the reporter. lean. was collected without trouble on the surface of the ground.And he did right. seizing the engineer s hand. even supposing that the wind had varied half a quarter. Top had found them. not only because the passages were warmed by the fire. But there was no doubt as to the complete extinction of the volcano. saying. it is ebbing. among which it would be easy to find a retreat. then a part of the Pacific Ocean.

I should prefer a moor cock or guinea fowl. running. cattle. It was Neb. and not suspecting in any way the presence of the hunters.The grouse were fastened by their claws. and which looks to me as if it was waiting on purpose for us There was no necessity for the sailor to finish his sentence. Spilett. and beyond that the infinite sea. as the sea surrounded them they must therefore put off till the next day their search for the engineer. The sun was rising from the sea s horizon. whose sides were only washed by the sea at the time of high tides. since they had to provide for the immediate wants of their existence. which are very numerous in the Himalayan zone. Herbert could not guess. if on my return.