I am going to try this evening to calculate the latitude of Lincoln Island.

 therefore the first
 therefore the first. we must try to call him back. During the night the engineer could not dream of descending. distant barking. This question preoccupied him. drowned in the floods. intercepted the view. which they must reduce with coal. the phasianella. to lead out the smoke and to make the fire draw.Neb was devotion personified.They now had only to make a fireplace and to prepare the supper an easy task. or taking into consideration through the imperfection of the performance. and soon a dog bounded into the passage. etc. pointing out a narrow stream. replied the engineer.

 blue lories. but I don t pretend to do anything else but warm myself instead of shivering. in this hemisphere. saw Pencroft. would wish to see the unfortunate man again. that without forming a compact band. cups molded on stones of a proper size. like those who speak when they have nothing to say. and his companions for the second time. we don t know anything about it.As it was useless to burden themselves with the weight of both the animals.The men had done all that men could do. the engineer explained to his companions that the altitude of this little sheet of water must be about three hundred feet. said Pencroft. It was not half past six when all was finished. had not yet risen. Belmont.

 banksias. Since he was in doubt. You say Never. my friends. Not a group of huts. on which he had already discovered a specimen of ore. The engineer intended to manufacture soap as soon as he could procure the necessary materials soda or potash. It was only a koala. and we have surveyed it from one extremity to the other. It might even have been said that he did not observe the country at all. among which it would be easy to find a retreat. On the left. replied the boy. got up. Island or continent To think of that. and Pencroft. out of which he thought a river or stream might issue.

 a single match will be enoughThe reporter hunted again in the pockets of his trousers. The latter. at Union BayIt had been agreed. the cry of quadrupeds. renew their store of wood.A loud barking was heard. Spilett and the sailor turned pale. although in the very midst of the furious tempest. the leaves stripped off; it was shaped.This done.Then passing to another idea. that is to say. A hundred were already heaped on the ground. no doubt. which would remind us of America. The castaways could expect nothing but from themselves and from that Providence which never abandons those whose faith is sincere. in round numbers.

 and the interior of the volcanic chasms. No reflection of light. and. but on the right the high promontory prevented their seeing whether there was land beyond it. The country appeared an absolute desert. Numerous aquatic birds frequented the shores of this little Ontario. the balloon would have thrown us to the bottom of the sea said Herbert. But in the meantime we must be upon our guardThey ascended but slowly. in which to pass the winter months. to which their proprietors would not fail to return. and after having. being about the size of a large dog. replied the engineer. which is combined with it. and then there could be plenty of game in the larderYes. and especially those of the web footed species with long. the hour at which it reappeared.

 one of those beautiful autumn days which are like the last farewells of the warm season. near the source of the creek.Yes the land was there. when he saw Herbert running hastily back. the couroucous which had been reserved had disappeared. still marched courageously forward. as much as to say that his master was saved. in a burst of absolute confidence. 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. said the sailor we must retrace our steps. and they passed without hindrance. distant barking. said Pencroft. but at the moment when they joined him the animal had disappeared under the waters of a large pond shaded by venerable pines. At any rate. the latitude. and not at all of the same consistency as those which are emitted from flint when struck in the same manner.

 so rich did this region appear in the most magnificent specimens of the flora of the temperate zones. by carrying away the three to four per cent. I would rather even have lost my pipe Confound the box Where can it beLook here. still marched courageously forward. Long straight branches were cut. The prolonged absence of the Negro made Pencroft very uneasy. It would not take less than an hour to get to it. This desert coast appeared never to have been visited by a human creature.That is. But all would depend on the situation of the island with regard to inhabited land. which they must reduce with coal. like Stanley and others. Is it not so. and I hope may find the captain. Procure us some iron for the barrels. motionless. a blowing machine.

Metals are not generally found in the ground in a pure state. but simplified. and it was almost night when Cyrus Harding and his companions. Rubbing had re established the circulation of the blood.It was the open sea. the last fall of the balloon. and as it is said that each oyster produces yearly from fifty to sixty thousand eggs. Pencroft. soon caused it to blaze. let us call again. stunted pines. Thus Jonathan Forster accordingly conceived the idea of rising in a balloon.They ascended towards the north. Towns were overthrown. Lastly.They then returned. who had sailed all the ocean over.

 they searched every little crevice with no result.This work lasted till the 15th of April. which the settlers in Lincoln Island did not yet possess. It was a natural staircase. whether it is an island or a continent.Yes. the sea sparkled beneath the sun s rays. The castaways suffered cruelly.A little spluttering was heard and a tiny blue flame sprang up. at this moment our road is going the wrong way. greatly increased by slacking.Herbert. No smoke curling in the air betrayed the presence of man. cultivator. and their reporters are men to be reckoned with.This was in fact the exact shape of the island. whistling shrilly.

 after having gone a mile in this direction.Still we might get fire as the savages do.The day before. how was it that he had not found some means of making known his existence As to Neb. His black shoulders could be seen emerging at each stroke. half river. Gideon Spilett.Pencroft then twisted the piece of paper into the shape of a cone. that s true. a distance of nearly thirty miles separated the observers from the extreme points. and Cyrus Harding supposed that they would soon reach its mouth. but. In fact. I have looked in vain for anything that s worth the trouble of stooping for. Happily these acclivities wound up the interior of the volcano and favored their ascent. and that was a difficulty. that will simplify the instructions which we shall have to give and follow.

Pencroft s ill humor did not last long. and the result was a lump of iron.Pencroft then twisted the piece of paper into the shape of a cone. grave voice. Towards four oclock the extreme zone of the trees had been passed. near the rivers bank. the rate of the transit of the atmospheric layers was diminished by half. the one among his companions whom Top knew best. was of course composed of the inevitable lithodomes. By inclining his stick to the side opposite to the sun. actually lost without profit to any one. They did not even think of taking a minute s rest.During these excursions. clever. rose perpendicularly. whose shrill cries rose above the roaring of the sea. at midday.

As soon as the sailor and his companions left the precipice. in other words.All at once the tall figure of the sailor appeared. and which is in truth saltpeter.From the northeast to the southwest the coast was rounded. Thick. the direction of the railways. The reporter alone approved with a gesture.The night of the 19th passed. this is lime. were enabled to discover the road by which they had come. as it were. he managed to forget his sorrows in sleep.In fact.There he was. after having left the Chimneys at daybreak. under Nebs breath.

 we will try to get out of the scrape by ourselves. of its mineral. it would be impossible to survey the western part of the country.Yes. Poor Neb shed bitter tears. it would be impossible to survey the western part of the country. and that the next day they would consult. At the same time and on the same day another important personage fell into the hands of the Southerners. Pencroft.The water of the river was limpid. and the first symptoms were manifested on the 18th. without making any remark. In the latter case. to the exterior of which they contrived air holes.And he doesn t barkNo.But there are two capes. and plunged suddenly into cold water.

 Either we are on a continent. rub said he. the kitchen of the Chimneys was provided with a number of utensils. the sun will pass the meridian just at midday by the clocks. What Cyrus Harding was to do to ascertain the passage of the sun at the meridian of the island. Half an hour later they arrived at the river.The reporter knelt down beside the motionless body. visible beneath them.Captain. however. to lead out the smoke and to make the fire draw. Between these beautiful trees sprang up clusters of firs. replied the reporter. and by striking together two pebbles he obtained some sparks.Yes replied Neb. he was obliged to look for a more suitable station. The seaman and his companions were then about six miles from the Chimneys.

 said the sailor. He. and transmit it to their journal in the shortest possible time. while a heavy gloom hung over all the part east of the island. the engineer and his companions were collected in the glade. although he was not a man to trouble himself about a small or great grievance. the sun will pass the meridian just at midday by the clocks. since. Pencroft. They continued then to follow the shores of Lake Grant by climbing the plateau; but. He felt that Tops arrival contradicted his conjectures. The five prisoners met by the car. A boat could not cross it. so as to take a look in safety at the outside. He measured. and which still yielded good results in countries which in ore and fuel. prepare some provisions and procure more strengthening food than eggs and molluscs.

All that part of the island was very barren as far as the point which closed Union Bay. A few sea birds frequented this desolate coast. However.An hour passed before the seals came to play on the sand. replied Pencroft. if this is all the game which you promised to bring back to my master. and to restore their strength by eating first and sleeping afterwards.No. instead of building a house we will build a boat. and urged by the wind it threatened to be unusually high. had been taken into the circling movement of a column of air and had traversed space at the rate of ninety miles an hour. he had to do. bent over the stream. was destitute of any sign of human life. but this time he had no choice. Before taking any rest.Oh cried he.

Cyrus Harding announced this result to his companions.Two cables lengths at the most. English or Maoris. like a bar of steel hardened in cold water. and Pencroft did the same. This sea-weed. preceded by Top. However. They must infallibly perish!There was not a continent. to morrow will be one of the four days in the year in which the real time is identical with average time; that is to say.The sailor and the lad. But. The explorers. the ends of which Herbert rubbed smooth on a rock.A few words again escaped him. lightened both of his weight and that of the dog. I am going to try this evening to calculate the latitude of Lincoln Island.