...But Herbert, from the height of his observatory, could examine all theyet unknown portion of the island which might have given shelter to thestrangers whose presence they suspected...
Jules Verne William Henry Giles Kingston 「Abandoned」
...Whilst strolling along the shore about two miles from Granite House,Herbert and Neb were fortunate enough to capture a magnificent specimenof the order of chelonia...
Jules Verne William Henry Giles Kingston 「Abandoned」
...It was a turtle of the species Midas, theedible green turtle, so called from the colour both of its shell andfat...
Jules Verne William Henry Giles Kingston 「Abandoned」
...There was no vegetation on this sharp promontory, which projectedtwo miles from the forest, and it thus represented a giant's armstretched out from a leafy sleeve...
Jules Verne William Henry Giles Kingston 「Abandoned」
...But soon the flow completely failed them either the tide was going down,and it was about the hour, or it could no longer be felt at thisdistance from the mouth of the Mercy...
Jules Verne William Henry Giles Kingston 「Abandoned」
...Hecalculated that they were still five or six miles from the coast, andthis distance was too great for them to attempt traversing during thenight in the midst of unknown woods...
Jules Verne William Henry Giles Kingston 「Abandoned」
...The source could not be far off, since it wasfed by the water from the southern slopes of the mountain...
Jules Verne William Henry Giles Kingston 「Abandoned」
...At half-past nine the way was suddenly found to be barred by an unknownstream, from thirty to forty feet broad, whose rapid current dashedfoaming over the numerous rocks which interrupted its course...
Jules Verne William Henry Giles Kingston 「Abandoned」
...Whilst Neb skinned the jaguar, his companions collected an abundantsupply of dry wood from the forest, which they heaped up at the cave...
Jules Verne William Henry Giles Kingston 「Abandoned」
...This spot was raised from fifty to sixty feet above the level of thesea...
Jules Verne William Henry Giles Kingston 「Abandoned」
...And in a stentorian voice the sailor gave a prolonged "Halloo!" whichwas echoed again and again from the cliff and rocks...
Jules Verne William Henry Giles Kingston 「Abandoned」
...Herbert then thought of fastening a cord to an arrow, and shooting thearrow so that it should pass between the first rounds of the ladderwhich hung from the threshold...
Jules Verne William Henry Giles Kingston 「Abandoned」
...Lastly on the south, from the mouth to the turn of the Mercy where thebridge was to be established...
Jules Verne William Henry Giles Kingston 「Abandoned」
...But nothing could be easier than to dig abroad deep ditch, which could be filled from the lake, and the overflowof which would throw itself by a rapid fall into the bed of the Mercy...
Jules Verne William Henry Giles Kingston 「Abandoned」
...Now, if these bridges can be raised atwill, Prospect Heights will be guarded from any surprise...
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... from which they were cut off for ever!...
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... not even knowing how they should preserve their miserablelives from the fury...
Jules Verne William Henry Giles Kingston 「Abandoned」
...Indeed, on the 2nd, peals of thunder were heard, the wind blew from theeast, and hail rattled against the façade of Granite House like volleysof grape-shot...
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