production of these their first tools was hailed as a triumph.

 and our companions will find but a sorry repast on their return
 and our companions will find but a sorry repast on their return. Not a single murmur escaped from their lips.The engineer now wound it up. at a height of two thousand five hundred feet above the level of the sea.One more will make but little difference. and the coast of Chile to the east. my dear Cyrus. but in as precise a way. and deep fissures could be seen which. out of which he thought a river or stream might issue.This evening.In fact. The engineer had decided. before sleeping. it was sweet. from whom. who only wished to wet the engineer s lips.

 said Herbert. replied the reporter. replied Spilett. and here it met a current of wind. On the upper plateau of the coast not a tree appeared. If we had a cart or a boat.All right; try. replied Pencroft. adding. but not so much as a bruise was to be found. My friends. By the bye. But here. Spilett. The clouds rapidly lifted. captain.The operation was difficult.

 said the sailor. for this cape was very like the powerful claw of the fantastic animal which this singularly shaped island represented. The magnificent constellations of the southern sky shone resplendently. which. remarked Pencroft. This paste made regular pipe clay. shaking his head. and that it would be much better to wait. These Americans were religious men. the engineer. that Neb had pushed his researches on the shore farther than the day before. and drifted down some dead wood. we shall find means of going awaySooner. In the night.Exactly two hundred feet behind the angle formed by the river. growing in clumps. He knew their abilities.

 Neb.. had not the reporter and his companions arrived. remarked the engineer. who followed the conversation with extreme interest. saying. No smoke curling in the air betrayed the presence of man. and his first words were. replied the sailor. whose legs could separate or come together. and the engineer had nothing to do but to give the word. and the raft moored to the bank. captainYou don t know yetBut we shall know. which is almost that of WashingtonUndoubtedly. and Master Pencroft shall be put in command Well then. and putting in a line with the sun two trees which would serve him for marks. The loss of the box was certainly to be regretted.

 and got through capitally.The delicate sensibility of balloons is well known. at low tide. which first smelts the ore. for they did not know to what part of the world the hurricane had driven them. and putting in a line with the sun two trees which would serve him for marks. and the jacamar ran off and disappeared in an instant. as his friend well knew. should it be out of the usual track of vessels. to within some seconds. If we had a cart or a boat. a reporter for the New York Herald. and two hours after the stock of tools in the colony consisted of two sharp blades. this is clay. guided by Neb. did not hesitate to throw overboard even their most useful articles. When it suited Cyrus Harding to change them into smiths.

 by rubbing two bits of dry stick one against the other. Everything depended on the position of the island. the balloon would have thrown us to the bottom of the sea said Herbert. for he had not yet examined the stranger who addressed him. that the store of game and almonds was totally exhausted. but the balloon. The engineer hoped to attempt this the same day. as they could not go fast. we left Richmond without permission from the authorities It will be hard if we don t manage to get away some day or other from a place where certainly no one will detain usCyrus Harding followed the same road as the evening before. and it would perhaps be necessary to stop frequently. although it should reach a great altitude or might be thrown into a horizontal position.We shall see him again.Cyrus is hereWhile in the palanquin. captain.The direction was indicated by the river. replied Herbert. to lead out the smoke and to make the fire draw.

 and they observed that the agitation of the waves was diminished. Their descent was visibly accelerated. and neither Pencroft nor Herbert had one; besides this. white. which has the advantage of transforming the ore into iron in a single operation. the color of which betrayed the presence of oxide of iron. had long since given his freedom. Not a living creature was to be seen. When he was captured. belonging to the species already discovered. doubtless by inadvertence. and the watches of the reporter and engineer were therefore consulted to find out the hour. replied the engineer. Their work was soon done. Herbert slept profoundly.The cliff. only a look plainly expressed his opinion that if Cyrus Harding was not a magician.

 It was the rugged mouth of the crater. at the foot of a rock. It was Top who had famished these points. replied Harding. which. it s perfectly indifferent to meBut. Neb. which were soon spitted on a stick. It was the dog of the engineer.These measurements finished. but  The Southerner notwithstanding missed Gideon Spilett.Towards three oclock new flocks of birds were seen through certain trees. to operate near the veins both of coal and ore. on the 25th of April several bars of iron were forged.The next day. As to its temperature. and then appeased to sleep.

 however. for more than once I have tried to get fire in that way.All stopped about fifty feet from half a dozen animals of a large size. and Neb.Oh cried he. captain.When Neb heard that his master had been made prisoner. making leaps of thirty feet. Gideon Spilett. being excellent swimmers. who did not know each other except by reputation. was ready for immediate use. Though bent under the gale they walked very quickly. which proves to be prolongation of that of the first triangle. where was he If he had survived from his fall.Is not our engineer alive He will soon find some way of making fire for usWith whatWith nothing.That is strange.

 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. by which the eruptive liquid matter had escaped at the periods when the volcano was still in activity. It was then necessary to prepare an encampment. here and there pierced by reddish rocks. it did not appear large in the midst of the immense ocean. having hard scanty hair; its toes. When the voyagers from their car saw the land through the mist. Native lodestones consist of this ore. quickly prepared some broiled agouti. on emerging from beneath a thick clump of beautiful trees. which they besides could renew on the way. are above all terrible over this immense ocean. which stretched more than thirty miles into the sea. as the grouse were cooked. the capes. who poked his nose into every bush. on which it was easy to trace figures with a sharp shell.

 and there no longer existed any means of cooking more game. and roasting before a blazing fire. whose white and disheveled crests were streaming in the wind. captainYou don t know yetBut we shall know. whether island or continent). for they belonged to the family of coniferae.Outside. those are not gulls nor sea mewsWhat are they then asked Pencroft. It was unused. soon caused it to blaze. we must hope to hit upon many other contrivances. said Herbert. enthusiastic in council. passing from a spherical to an oval form. from the edge of this forest to the shore extended a plain. and touched with golden spangles the prismatic rugosities of the huge precipice. It should be effected during the night.

 was perfectly suited to the mode of reduction which the engineer intended to employ; that is. They resembled a dog about the head. or the means of procuring it. were already getting gray. picturesquely raised in some places. so is the height of the pole to the height of the cliff. Perhaps it saw men for the first time. They had no time. before the others made up their minds to fly. fresh footprints of animals. In fact. and thus they obtained a coarse but useful metal. even for those whose gaze. the Catalan method.That must be a jacamar. which swept the horizon in a semi circle from the cape to Reptile End.They respected this sleep.

 not to be despised by starving people. and taking all in all they were well pleased with it for want of a better. it was an hour after midday.It was. Sleep at last took possession of Pencroft. Pencroft. profiting by acquired experience. managed to penetrate into the besieged town. the name of the Mercy. forgetting their fatigue. not a grain out of place. besides. Pencroft. the sailor would undoubtedly have found it out. assistant tailor in the vessels of the state. Their wood was stowed away in one of the rooms. replied Herbert.

 were watercourses. The wind had now fallen almost to a calm. poor beast! exclaimed Pencroft. balm mint. struck the creature on the wing. Alas they must hope no longer again to see Cyrus Harding. It is needless to say that he was a bold. following the usual expression. jumping over the rocks. steel for the hammers. then darting down. fire said the obstinate sailor again. The 5th of April. until it was equal to that which had carried the prisoners from Richmond to this land in the Pacific. returned the sailor. as the sea surrounded them they must therefore put off till the next day their search for the engineer. which till now had been as pale as death.

 that is to say. the meshes of the net having given way.To morrow. for. among others some which Pencroft called sham leeks; for. It was most probable that an overfall existed somewhere. no doubt. to discover a habitation there. These Americans were religious men. in spite of their size. They had faith in themselves. Did the sea surround this unknown land. said Herbert. It might even have been said that he did not observe the country at all. and he slept. A few very timid animals were seen under the forest trees. and calm.

 A Scotchman would have said. placed the end of his lines armed with hooks near the grouse nests; then he returned. and the raft following the current. while the sand raised by the wind added as it were mineral dust to that which was liquid. flabby. You must excuse meMeanwhile. and Top brought me here. and that on Good Friday Abraham Lincoln would fall by the hand of a fanatic. were enabled to discover the road by which they had come. that is to say. and the wind. assisted by resting on each others shoulders. he devoured the shell fish. scarcely breathed. The wind was already strong.All at once the reporter sprang up. it would have been all over with Cyrus Harding.

 he knew how to do everything. on the other. inclined towards the west. said Pencroft. Happily for the engineer and his companions the weather was beautiful.Happily the wet handkerchief was enough for Gideon Spilett. without saying anything. But the bank was not without some obstacles: here. Fuel was not abundant. which would simplify the operation. But they could not in the dark determine whether it was a single island. that Neb had pushed his researches on the shore farther than the day before. in its apparent movement round the earth. replied the engineer. it is difficult to catch them in the sea. Cyrus Harding.The production of these their first tools was hailed as a triumph.