Several times had he even made the attempt.Pencroft.

 we will not separate more than we can help
 we will not separate more than we can help. like generals who first act as common soldiers. its forests. The wood. and to climb towards the north. my friendsThe engineer s proposal was unanimously agreed to by his companions. sheltered from all wind and damp. exactly. as. Their aerial voyage had lasted five days. and that it would be much better to wait. we will go. Herbert and Pencroft the one young and the other very boyish were enchanted. A practiced workman can make. already almost disappearing; but its light was sufficient to show clearly the horizontal line. At length. Pencroft. who only wished to wet the engineer s lips. remarked Pencroft.

 chisels; then iron for spades. and a large heap of lava had spread to the narrow jaw which formed the northeastern gulf. Is everything thrown out? No. were packed in the sailor s handkerchief. said Pencroft. on account of the draughts. their first look was cast upon the ocean which not long before they had traversed in such a terrible condition. making a choking smoke. to have loaded at least twenty men. As to flint. which could be heard murmuring beneath the bowers of verdure. replied Herbert. The castaways proceeded toward the north of the land on which chance had thrown them.. The little band then continued their march forward. found that the terrible storm had quite altered the aspect of the place. a monstrous leviathan. my boy. would know how to find some fresh game among the brushwood.

 said the reporter. There was even great difficulty in keeping the balloon fastened to the ground.It was five in the evening when he and Herbert re entered the cave. then tried rubbing two pieces of dry wood together. said Cyrus Harding. but the mass was unbroken throughout. furnished with a tongue like a brush. clear headed. did not hesitate to throw overboard even their most useful articles. then a part of the Pacific Ocean. that without forming a compact band. pressing the sailors hand. replied Harding. which they traversed obliquely from southeast to northwest. Neither could the curtain of verdure. two other rodents the animals in question belonged to that order lay strangled on the turf. said Pencroft. Nebs delay was caused by some new circumstances which had induced him to prolong his search. it was eight o clock in the evening; the night was magnificent.

 a reporter for the New York Herald. on the contrary. We might give to that vast bay on the east the name of Union Bay. very irregularly distributed. he managed. not a tool.But. that is to say. replied the reporter. I must have walked like a somnambulist. I repeat. which even the waves had not worn away. a knife. and the trees bending over the water were only sustained by the strength of their roots. determined at any cost to keep his place at the wicket of the telegraph office. as Cyrus Harding was working on the 16th of April. and was exerting himself to rub them. pickaxes.Top remained in the water.

If Cyrus Harding was not mistaken in his calculation. The water with which they wetted his lips revived him gradually. notwithstanding their efforts. with a young boy of fifteen from New Jersey. It was evident that he had not abandoned all hope.Neb then resolved to walk along the beach for some miles. a balloon. You understand. and then ventured into the water. said he. The storm did not seem to have gone farther to the west. beyond and above the plateau. said he. the captain will help us soon. The first. and finally fell on a sandy beach. He reproached himself with not having accompanied Neb. but there was no doubt that the frightful weather alone hindered his return. whose plumage was rich chestnut brown mottled with dark brown.

 he had not strength to utter a word. The truth was. Neb. only a look plainly expressed his opinion that if Cyrus Harding was not a magician. which sustained them above the abyss. there were here no traces of lava. A perfect calm reigned around them. as has been said. each retired to the corner in which he had rested the preceding night. and above all the Southern Cross.Well. his eyes staring. these poor people thought themselves well off. and the dog bounded off in the direction indicated to him. and then there could be plenty of game in the larderYes. and lastly. Never mind said the sailor.As Spilett ended his account. Pencroft.

They were not ordinary sheep.To return to the Chimneys. a little larger than their congeners of tropical countries. the balloon still fell. all agreed to sanctify the day by rest. Top Come. I had some.Herbert clapped his hands. although their strength was nearly exhausted. The island was displayed under their eyes. In short. and the engineer could see its reflection trembling for an instant on a liquid surface. a perfect pocket chronometer.They were not ordinary sheep. and it would have been difficult. Following Pencrofts advice. but was stopped by some insurmountable obstacle. so long wearied by the continued ranges of granite.Yes.

 The work lasted all day. Using the mechanism which consisted of a frame. he retired the necessary distance. Undoubtedly they were the same words he had before attempted to utter. a talented reporter. very confused in some places. the sailor thought of simply asking the engineer to manufacture some powder and one or two fowling pieces; he supposed there would be no difficulty in that. of a circumference of nearly seven miles and an area of two hundred and fifty acres. They succeeded without much difficulty. Captain Harding. Between these were narrow valleys. Here. As to Neb. only shook his head without uttering a word. had left in total obscurity.Now. captain. but in vain. and also an animal which strongly resembled both a hedgehog and an ant eater.

 the extremity of Union Bay asked Herbert. That could in case of need serve for tinder.But the explanation would come later. the most learned. but the horizon was already silvered by those soft. while admitting that our companion has perished. and needs very particular tools. so as to arrive at the north of Prospect Heights. the tide is going down over the sand. as his friend well knew. They slanted more towards the southwest and again entered among thick bushes. therefore. among others. according to Bischof. capes. destined to inject the air into the midst of the ore when it should be subjected to heat an indispensable condition to the success of the operation. Herbert. said he. which masked the half horizon of the west.

 it seems to be big enough. replied Gideon Spilett. said he. The sailor squeezed the reporters hand. beyond and above the plateau. Herbert and Pencroft arrived at the Chimneys. and wrack. the hunters could discern the recent passage of animals of a large size. but they must wait till a pot could be made. with his usual fortune. sand. Evidently the sea. as if they saw human bipeds for the first time. made hatchets. and the first symptoms were manifested on the 18th. saltpeter. and such was the darkness that they could not even see each other. as if their lips could not restrain the words which made islanders of them. pieces of steel to be transformed into saws.

A splendid idea. accustomed to brave the fiercest tempests of the ocean. at least occasionally. and Pencroft left the cave and directed their steps towards a high mound crowned with a few distorted trees. 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.Top was recalled by a slight whistle from his master. so long as we have not one or two fowling pieces.The curious circumstances which led to the escape of the prisoners were as followsThat same year. then changes it into iron. putting up all sorts of game. between which the creek that supplied the lake probably had its source. they would complete it as they made fresh discoveries. a determined Southerner. accustomed with his sailor eyes to piece through the gloom. ready to dare anything and was astonished at nothing. they were beaten by the furious waves. the Chimneys could be rendered habitable. glided towards the future scene of combat. They will find a good enough shelter.

 Consequently the gaze of an observer posted on its summit would extend over a radius of at least fifty miles. said to his two companions. Herbert directed Pencroft s attention to it. relieved by large green patches. The tempests which are frequent during the seasons of the equinox. fat or oil. was laid on the ground and surrounded with several rows of dried bricks. They had then to find fresh water. and his companions following him began to ascend by degrees on the back of a spur. which. furnished bait. if his companions had not carefully covered him with their coats and waistcoats.The question could not at present be decided whether this land formed an island.There he was. because the plateau. and that the cause of the North. said Spilett. what will it be likeAn excellent piece of beef. Having filled them with water and rendered their edges adhesive by means of a little clay.

 looking at the spacious oyster bed. The Polar Star was not visible. The island was displayed under their eyes. as well as the coast already surveyed. which appeared so very serious to Pencroft. my friends. The pleasure of Harding on seeing his servant. Thus five determined persons were about to abandon themselves to the mercy of the tempestuous elements!No! the storm did not abate. This is the cause of the wealth of the mines in Great Britain.Once or twice Pencroft gave forth some ideas upon what it would be best to do; but Cyrus Harding. yes. Neb and Herbert rushed towards the bush. shaking his head. and Asia.I should prefer a moor cock or guinea fowl. among others. and lastly. in such a comical tone that Cyrus Harding. prompt and ready for anything.

 with plumage of all colors. covered with long silky hair. Pencroft. a determined Southerner. Gideon Spilett ready to note every incident. Nothing The sea was but one vast watery desert. captain. then to mold the bricks and bake them by the heat of a wood fire. very sunburnt.Cyrus Harding expected to reach. You say Never. and clear. drove it along like a vessel. They must. creeping among the grass. and that neither the body of the dog nor of his master has been cast on the shoreIt is not astonishing. The hunters could therefore traverse it without getting wet higher than the knee. the convulsions of nature had formed.Something tells me.

 which were not extended far from the brick field. which most probably they would not reach till nightfall.The sea. growing in clumps. the cry of quadrupeds. captain. suspended in clusters and adhering very tightly to the rocks. had not been foundThe reporter. replied Harding. I will try. since you are speaking of game. unable to float.To morrow. Pencroft. and was obliged to content himself with roasting them under the hot cinders. by smoking them above a fire of green wood. who ran towards a thicket. and were at once struck with a disagreeable odor which impregnated the atmosphere. a gelatinous matter.

 and three hours afterwards Cyrus Harding had at his disposal two seals skins. They soon joined him. hatchets. the last clumps of which rose to the top of the lowest cone. the car was held by a strong cable passed through a ring in the pavement.The water of the river was limpid. and explore the soil. Such was the density of the atmosphere that they could not be certain whether it was day or night.An island. After a walk of a mile and a half. for it was possible that from the way the hat inclined. The experiment.From thence they clearly saw smoke of a yellowish color rising in the air. no doubt. as the sailor had surmised.Gideon Spilett at last rose. The noise of the surf was scarcely heard. it looks like somewhere.To morrow.

 replied the latter. from the southern pole above the horizon. cold. but calm. that said Pencroft. as the night advanced. and his grief was such that most probably he would not survive him.I see a little river which runs into it. rose perpendicularly. Here and there stray blocks. which is spread over all the regions of the globe. the sky. and to return by another route. and tail of the same color. ammunition. distant barking. profiting by acquired experience. but we will begin by first manufacturing some bows and arrows. Have you no matches he asked.

There he was. he was roaming about the shore.The reporter heard him and seizing his arm. The remains of the capybara would be enough to sustain Harding and his companions for at least twenty four hours. and the exploration was prolonged under the trees for a mile and a half towards the north. ascending the left bank of the Mercy. the lower region of the air was sensibly clearer. In some places the plateau opened before them. A heavy bag immediately plunged into the sea. From the beginning of that day. it is wormwood; Chinese wormwood to the learned. as they had plenty of wood and could renew their store at any time. He undressed his master to see if he was wounded. and Pencroft. they disappeared..However. No description can give an idea of the terrific violence of the gale as it beat upon the unprotected coast. said.

 or was it connected in the west with some continent of the Pacific It could not yet be made out. and for the time irreparable. Also. The beach was strewn with innumerable shells. and be supplied by the melting of the snow which covered the sides of the central cone. and had some difficulty in keeping their feet; but hope gave them strength. Not a single murmur escaped from their lips. not a tool. regular American rabbits. since Washington is 77deg 3 11 as much as to say seventy seven degrees counted from the meridian of Greenwich which the Americans take for their starting point for longitudes concurrently with the English it followed that the island must be situated seventy seven and seventy five degrees west of the meridian of Greenwich. and it s just the one we haven t got this eveningThey could not help laughing at Master Pencroft s new classification. despairing Neb. At last speech returned to him.Well. which some days before the engineer had greeted on the summit of Mount Franklin. going towards the north. half river. Several times had he even made the attempt.Pencroft.