70

CHAPTER VIII

Linen -- Shoes of Seal-leather -- Manufacture of Pyroxyle
-- Gardening -- Fishing -- Turtle-eggs -- Improvement of
Master Jup -- The Corral -- Musmon Hunt -- New Animal
and Vegetable Possessions -- Recollections of their
Native Land 81

CHAPTER IX

Bad Weather -- The Hydraulic Lift -- Manufacture of
Glass-ware -- The Bread-tree -- Frequent Visits to the
Corral -- Increase of the Flock -- The Reporter's
Question -- Exact Position of Lincoln Island --
Pencroft's Proposal 92

CHAPTER X

Boat-building -- Second Crop of Corn -- Hunting Koalas
-- A new Plant, more Pleasant than Useful -- Whale in
Sight -- A Harpoon from the Vineyard -- Cutting up the
Whale -- Use for the Bones -- End of the Month of May --
Pencroft has nothing left to wish for 103

CHAPTER XI

Winter -- Felling Wood -- The Mill -- Pencroft's fixed
Idea -- The Bones -- To what Use an Albatross may be put
-- Fuel for the Future -- Top and Jup -- Storms -- Damage
to the Poultry-yard -- Excursion to the Marsh -- Cyrus
Harding alone -- Exploring the Well 114

CHAPTER XII

The Rigging of the Vessel -- An Attack from Foxes -- Jup
wounded -- Jup cured -- Completion of the Boat --
Pencroft's Triumph -- The _Bonadventure's_ trial Trip
to the South of the Island -- An unexpected Document 127

CHAPTER XIII

Departure decided upon -- Conjectures -- Preparations --
The three Passengers -- First Night -- Second Night --
Tabor Island -- Searching the Shore -- Searching the
Wood -- No one -- Animals -- Plants -- A Dwelling --
Deserted 142

CHAPTER XIV

The Inventory -- Night -- A few Letters -- Continuation
of the Search -- Plants and Animals -- Herbert in great
Danger -- On Board -- The Departure -- Bad Weather -- A
Gleam of Reason -- Lost on the Sea -- A timely Light 154

CHAPTER XV

The Return -- Discussion -- Cyrus Harding and the Stranger
-- Port Balloon -- The Engineer's Devotion -- A touching
Incident -- Tears flow 166

CHAPTER XVI

A Mystery to be cleared up -- The Stranger's firs