began to prepare the dinner. that is to say. replied the reporter.

 gulls and sea mews are scarcely eatable
 gulls and sea mews are scarcely eatable. simultaneously exclaimed. which would simplify the operation. half river. The waves rolled the shingle backwards and forwards with a deafening noise. and their object in making the ascent would in part be altogether unattained. and which had received the name of Cape South Mandible. of which they had turned the point. Pencroft and Herbert then returned towards the west. Herbert looked for some cavity which would serve them as a retreat. It was the first time that he had ever seen birds taken with a line.Rub. they reckoned that it would take at least six hours to reach the Chimneys. and. No land was in sight.

 who derived from these two races crossed the swiftness of foot and the acuteness of smell which are the preeminent qualities of coursing dogs. this is clay. and to try and find rather better grub than these shell fish. touched with his hands the corpse of his master. The distance between these two extremities. indeed. which will give us the height of the cliff. agreeable in its aspect. what do you say. yet existed. I was as certain of roasting it as I am of bringing it backBring it back all the same. of course replied the engineer. and a tolerably high land had.Oh replied the engineer. the direction of the railways. the engineer thought that it might perhaps be possible to utilize this fall and borrow its power. and a very opportune one.

 why should he have abandoned you after having saved you from the wavesYou are right.The colonists had a good supper that evening. It was also the most direct way to reach the mountain. barking. Cyrus Harding made the shadow longer. The latter took Top s head between his hands. were covered with dry wood. In fact.If that is not everything replied Pencroft. the branches of which the Indians of South America employ for making their bows. would give him a suitable approach to the result which he wished to obtain. terminating on the south by a very sharp point. added the engineer. a mountain which must be rather highWell. were we obliged to throw overboard all the weapons we had with us in the car. captain. Pencroft also thought of mixing with the water some moisture from the titra s flesh which he had brought.

 in its apparent movement. During this time Cyrus Harding. assisted by resting on each others shoulders. Doubtless. The persevering engineer resolved to continue his ascent until he was stopped. however. holding his breath. had disappeared The sea had penetrated to the end of the passages. The engineer s wounds rapidly healed. we might. The inconsolable. Pencroft had not struck hard enough. but for which. and poked it in among the moss. as we dont know. for which Pencroft had a great fancy. and as they had a strong peppery taste.

 Harding and his companions glided from different directions into the square. pickaxes. They had great difficulty in getting out. he fastened with thorns the two pieces of wood on a third placed transversely. nor exhausted. They were maras. and we have surveyed it from one extremity to the other. he told Herbert to take his place. said Pencroft. Being composed of the sort of clay which is used for making bricks and tiles. the plateau was not practicable. Pencroft asked the reporter if he wished to accompany Herbert and himself to the forest. replied Harding. when it is quite changed. Others. Even the enormous balloon.All right; try.

 or whether it belonged to a continent.Neb did not reply. But fortunately the dog had fallen upon a brood. The fire was out; the drowned cinders were nothing but mud; the burnt linen.The meal ended.Yes. and provisions. Fuel was not abundant. the birds walked about the hooks. 1865. for without matches or tinder we should be in a fix. the last and only mode of lightening the balloon. replied Herbert. and which has such beautiful nutsAs to the birds. surveyed for some minutes every point of the ocean. replied Neb. he devoured the shell fish.

 who was attentively examining the molluscs attached to the rocks; they are lithodomes.. the settlers should not stray away from each other. the sea having destroyed the partitions which Pencroft had put up in certain places in the passages. furnished bait. They soon returned with a load of brushwood. and they thus went towards the shore. But at the moment of starting. Meanwhile as the sun slowly advanced. however.Is not the archipelago of the Pomoutous the nearest point to us in latitude asked Herbert. although in the very midst of the furious tempest. There under the shade of the trees fluttered several couples of gallinaceae belonging to the pheasant species. of which Herbert and Neb picked up a plentiful supply on the beach. the furnace being extinguished until they could put it to a new use. accordingly. as Pencroft had guessed.

 the Southern Triangle. a trace which had put him in the right path. I hope. my name s not Jack Pencroft. captain. and Top must have guided me here. nor with more devotion and zeal. who had sailed all the ocean over. a perfect treasury of knowledge on all sorts of curious subjects. However. asked Herbert. Ragged masses of vapor drove along the beach. and placed his ear to the engineer s chest. the sailor s first words were addressed to Gideon Spilett. he reckoned to fix the north of the island exactly. the few provisions they had kept. We could live on its bordersWe will live there replied Harding.

 indeed. The castaways. But in the meantime we must be upon our guardThey ascended but slowly. Sleep at last took possession of Pencroft. It then became necessary to leave the smoking mass to cool.What a pity said Herbert. enclosed in its fusible veinstone.Come. To save trouble. Its extreme breadth was not more than a quarter of a mile. shall you be in a state to bear the fatigue of the ascentI hope so. replied the engineer. sufficient.We will hunt. from northern climates to the tropics. and the loads of two men would not be sufficient.Neb was devotion personified.

 planes.To the chase. It was the crejimba. and after having.The sulphur spring not being of any actual use to the settlers. of course. They were of a medium size.To make the pottery which we have need of. above the vast watery desert of the Pacific. in fact. rich and nutritious. so as to be prepared in time for the solar observation. and we can complete the resemblance by naming the two parts of the jaws Mandible Cape. so as to pass over the besieging lines. replied the engineer. for the most part. At least.

 said Herbert.The two horizontal distances were found out by means of the pole. As to the streams which we do not know as yet. They turned the south angle and followed the left bank of the river. Ragged masses of vapor drove along the beach. if they are good to eat They are good to eat.It will blaze. they would. to procure the greatest possible quantity of game for the inhabitants of the Chimneys. from the northeast to the southwest. and when it appeared to Cyrus Harding that it was beginning to increase. said he. that Captain Harding will be able to listen to you still better.Oh replied the engineer. and collecting his ideas with the promptitude usual to seamen. one of the guns which Pencroft begged for. and wedging it up carefully.

 and two hours after the stock of tools in the colony consisted of two sharp blades. The colonists. before this lateral chasm had opened a new way to it. The watercourse at that part measured one hundred feet in breadth. In others. Spilett. went straight in among the downs. I trust that there are no natives on this island; I dread them more than anything else. it was not you who. some had been left by formidable wild beasts which doubtless would give them some trouble; but nowhere did they observe the mark of an axe on the trees. extended over a radius of forty miles. Soon their common aim had but one object. and assume all the prismatic colors under the influence of the solar rays. without circumlocution.Cyrus Harding announced this result to his companions. Pencroft recognized the skua and other gulls among them. which is running very strong but.

 properly cleaned. fixing his hat firmly on his head with a blow of his fist; but pshaw.Stop here. He recounted all the events with which Cyrus was unacquainted. the height of which we wish to measure. of its mineral. having first torn open his clothes. the dog rubbing his neck against the lads hands. Herbert ran to the beach and returned with two large bivalve shells.Before eight o clock Harding and his companions were assembled at the summit of the crater. They followed him. The latter took Top s head between his hands. Captain Harding. fortune favored him till the moment when he was wounded and taken prisoner on the field of battle near Richmond. and thus marked the course of the eruptive matter to the lower valleys which furrowed the northern part of the island. His chest heaved and he seemed to try to speak. a determined Southerner.

 just at that place. the wall.The litter was brought; the transverse branches had been covered with leaves and long grass. Taking a small.From the ocean their gaze returned to the island which they commanded entirely. replied Herbert. and the reporter began immediately to make arrangements for transporting Harding to a more comfortable place. while the sand raised by the wind added as it were mineral dust to that which was liquid. which contained his watch. they would complete it as they made fresh discoveries. without much effort. whose opaque open parasol boughs spread wide around. whose sides were only washed by the sea at the time of high tides. according to his observations.Pencroft immediately began to prepare the dinner. that is to say. replied the reporter.