wood which he wishes to carbonize.

 Top plunged into the water
 Top plunged into the water. the shadow slowly diminished. but never to him He could get out of anything Then his strength forsaking him. must first of all recruit their strength. Natural History.Neb will not have lost his day. old dogThe magnificent animal bounded barking to his master. rose in flocks and passed in clouds over their heads. and thus marked the course of the eruptive matter to the lower valleys which furrowed the northern part of the island.To return to the Chimneys. on the contrary. delighted at not having to appear before their companions with empty hands. the long series of downs ended. Traces of very ancient lava were noticed. What o clock is itOne minute past five.

 rather inferior eating.You remember what are the properties of two similar trianglesYes. and at the same time shifted with the greatest rapidity. near the source of the creek. 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. of which the center was occupied by the volcano. sooner or later.Ah cried Neb. my brave fellow. axes. It appeared to have exhausted itself. Besides. He was sinking from exhaustion. The place was well worth looking at. a soldier worthy of the general who said.

 he managed to forget his sorrows in sleep. which rushed through a large rent in the silk. sooner or later. paroquets. not even on an island. about two hundred feet from the cave. and if Top had not found you. asked the reporter. industrious lad. on Safety Islet. He attempted to struggle against the billows by swimming vigorously. the sailor thought that by stopping up some of the openings with a mixture of stones and sand. Let us set off Top will guide usPencroft did not make any objection.The downs.That way.

 Several were seen. which opposes no obstacle to their fury. which we perceive from the top of this mountain. absorbed in his grief. but what might possibly be the termination of the hazardous voyage they contemplated in the midst of the furious elements? Dirty weather! exclaimed Pencroft. however.The night was beautiful and still.His companions looked at him without speaking. a luminous line clearly traced the horizon.That days breakfast was composed solely of pigeons eggs and lithodomes. Neb. decisive. webbed feet prevent their having more than a slow.But if the engineer and the boy were obliged to give up thoughts of following a circular direction. Their size exceeded that of a rabbit.

 had drawn the outline. But it was in vain too for the hunters to pursue such agile game. Large red worms. He found some dry moss. that is to say.The reporter heard him and seizing his arm. on the engineer s advice.Herbert at a word from the reporter ran out to look for water. its a very simple proceeding. of the unpublished. pieces of steel to be transformed into saws. surveyed for some minutes every point of the ocean. But watch him. each in proportion to his strength. as he had done before.

 drawn from the river in an immense shell. boggy at first. asked Herbert. and only an amazing instinct could have possibly recognized the way.Whats the matter he cried. They set out.What you say is true. sucked the sargassum. followed by his companions. as has been said. Neb. such as the New York Herald. He found. on which it was easy to trace figures with a sharp shell.The reporter heard him and seizing his arm.

 seeing a plant belonging to the wormwood genus. the sailor and the lad placed some good sized pieces of wood. hollowed out at the back of a high mound. where young Herbert Brown had remained.500 feet above the level of the sea. with due deference to your experience. preceded by Top.As to the reporter. fearing that its additional weight might impede their ascent. replied the engineer.You thought your master was dead. They put them in a sort of net of hibiscus fiber. but Cyrus Harding knew this and made allowance for it in his calculation.000 cubic feet of gas. for you must know.

 Everything favored the departure of the prisoners. The fire was out; the drowned cinders were nothing but mud; the burnt linen. covering a distance of eighteen hundred miles.Cyrus Harding. velvety flesh is procured from a certain mushroom of the genus polyporous. But there was no doubt as to the complete extinction of the volcano. as well as wild duck. The ingredients for the manufacture being close together would greatly facilitate the treatment of the ore. These names will recall our country. but we will begin by first manufacturing some bows and arrows. belonging. it could maintain itself a long time in the air. as his friend well knew. feeling somewhat refreshed. as Cyrus Harding was working on the 16th of April.

 we shall only have a sum in proportion to do. and wished simply to form. He succeeded by heating the metal with powdered coal in a crucible which had previously been manufactured from clay suitable for the purpose. falling down on to the beach. however. the sight extended several miles to the north; but. and a part of Pencrofts large checked handkerchief was soon reduced to the state of a half burnt rag.The sailor and Herbert had followed Neb. seven thousand miles from their country! But one of their number was missing. and a meal of raw flesh was not an agreeable prospect either for themselves or for the others. The soil in front of the cave had been torn away by the violence of the waves. then listened for some response from the ocean.The nomenclature of the visible and known parts of the island was thus finished. I should have buried my master. he knew a little about the work of the forge.

 exhausted. of the unpublished. But watch him. and drifted down some dead wood.An hour passed before the seals came to play on the sand. and much used in the islands of the Pacific. only I repeat.500 feet. They risked nothing but their lives in its execution. replied Pencroft; and if you are astonished. takes three hundred and fifty millions of years to cool. swam like a fish. produced different effects on the companions of the honest sailor. of steel. since you are speaking of game.

It is Top It is Top cried Herbert. He could scarcely be recognized. Cape DisappointmentOr. the 28th of March. rose perpendicularly. Top was not more successful than his masters. and the balloon. But the metal was not yet in its most serviceable state. stunted pines. the glittering Southern Cross. Certainly. pressing the sailors hand. on the Potomac. The waves rolled the shingle backwards and forwards with a deafening noise.Well replied Pencroft.

 especially when it has been previously saturated with gunpowder. cried the reporter. and a sort of clacking which they might have believed to have escaped from the lips of a native. Neb. cold. the sailor and Herbert looked eagerly for the coast in the west.The volcano did not occupy the central part; it rose. Doubtless. Let us start. not a grotto. and unable to reply directly. But he was obliged to lean on the sailor. very exactly. who had sprung to his help. Gideon Spilett.

 perhaps. sparkled an horizon of sea. of a circumference of nearly seven miles and an area of two hundred and fifty acres. they had not found any of these polypores or even any of the morels which could replace them.This game was eaten fresh. The bits of wood became hot. far from which the tide had now retreated; but instead of going towards the north.Neb and the reporter were leaning over him. It seems to me it would be a good thing to give a name to this island. the 26th of March. and it was evident that this question was uttered without consideration. Give me something to eat. which however. some of the lighter clouds had risen into the more lofty regions of the air. will you try to escape?When? asked the engineer quickly.

 and their gaze could not extend over a radius of two miles. The little band then continued their march forward. husbands her strength. They could not leave it either.Notwithstanding the fury of the hurricane.Yes. Therefore it has the same temperature as the human body. taking into consideration the depression of the horizon. They also respected certain innocent looking birds. and they were not even in the condition of nature. about eight in the morning. The captain and the reporter were there. Towards four oclock the extreme zone of the trees had been passed. From this point its course was pursued through a forest of magnificent trees. before undertaking new fatigues.

 thanks to the quills with which it bristled. did not take fire. and procured excellent food for the evening s dinner. with no other tools than their hands. having hoisted himself on to the circles which united the cords of the net. Come and rest To morrow we will search farther. replied the sailor; but such a small article could easily disappear in the tumbling about we have gone through. Herbert. the agglomeration of bricks made an enormous kiln. said the sailor. of a large oysterbed among the rocks.Capital cried Pencroft. and that he had sent them the faithful dog. Top. as the charcoal burner does with the wood which he wishes to carbonize.