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The
castaways
accordingly
returned
,
following
the
opposite
side
of
the
promontory
,
over
a
soil
equally
sandy
and
rugged
.
However
,
Pencroft
observed
that
the
shore
was
more
equal
,
that
the
ground
rose
,
and
he
declared
that
it
was
joined
by
a
long
slope
to
a
hill
,
whose
massive
front
he
thought
that
he
could
see
looming
indistinctly
through
the
mist
.
The
birds
were
less
numerous
on
this
part
of
the
shore
;
the
sea
was
also
less
tumultuous
,
and
they
observed
that
the
agitation
of
the
waves
was
diminished
.
The
noise
of
the
surf
was
scarcely
heard
.
This
side
of
the
promontory
evidently
formed
a
semicircular
bay
,
which
the
sharp
point
sheltered
from
the
breakers
of
the
open
sea
.
But
to
follow
this
direction
was
to
go
south
,
exactly
opposite
to
that
part
of
the
coast
where
Harding
might
have
landed
.
After
a
walk
of
a
mile
and
a
half
,
the
shore
presented
no
curve
which
would
permit
them
to
return
to
the
north
.
This
promontory
,
of
which
they
had
turned
the
point
,
must
be
attached
to
the
mainland
.
The
castaways
,
although
their
strength
was
nearly
exhausted
,
still
marched
courageously
forward
,
hoping
every
moment
to
meet
with
a
sudden
angle
which
would
set
them
in
the
first
direction
.
What
was
their
disappointment
,
when
,
after
trudging
nearly
two
miles
,
having
reached
an
elevated
point
composed
of
slippery
rocks
,
they
found
themselves
again
stopped
by
the
sea
.
"
We
are
on
an
islet
,
"
said
Pencroft
,
"
and
we
have
surveyed
it
from
one
extremity
to
the
other
.
"
The
sailor
was
right
;
they
had
been
thrown
,
not
on
a
continent
,
not
even
on
an
island
,
but
on
an
islet
which
was
not
more
than
two
miles
in
length
,
with
even
a
less
breadth
.
Was
this
barren
spot
the
desolate
refuge
of
sea-birds
,
strewn
with
stones
and
destitute
of
vegetation
,
attached
to
a
more
important
archipelago
?
It
was
impossible
to
say
.
When
the
voyagers
from
their
car
saw
the
land
through
the
mist
,
they
had
not
been
able
to
reconnoiter
it
sufficiently
.
However
,
Pencroft
,
accustomed
with
his
sailor
eyes
to
piece
through
the
gloom
,
was
almost
certain
that
he
could
clearly
distinguish
in
the
west
confused
masses
which
indicated
an
elevated
coast
.
But
they
could
not
in
the
dark
determine
whether
it
was
a
single
island
,
or
connected
with
others
.
They
could
not
leave
it
either
,
as
the
sea
surrounded
them
;
they
must
therefore
put
off
till
the
next
day
their
search
for
the
engineer
,
from
whom
,
alas
!
not
a
single
cry
had
reached
them
to
show
that
he
was
still
in
existence
.
"
The
silence
of
our
friend
proves
nothing
,
"
said
the
reporter
.
"
Perhaps
he
has
fainted
or
is
wounded
,
and
unable
to
reply
directly
,
so
we
will
not
despair
.
"
The
reporter
then
proposed
to
light
a
fire
on
a
point
of
the
islet
,
which
would
serve
as
a
signal
to
the
engineer
.
But
they
searched
in
vain
for
wood
or
dry
brambles
;
nothing
but
sand
and
stones
were
to
be
found
.
The
grief
of
Neb
and
his
companions
,
who
were
all
strongly
attached
to
the
intrepid
Harding
,
can
be
better
pictured
than
described
.
It
was
too
evident
that
they
were
powerless
to
help
him
.
They
must
wait
with
what
patience
they
could
for
daylight
.
Either
the
engineer
had
been
able
to
save
himself
,
and
had
already
found
a
refuge
on
some
point
of
the
coast
,
or
he
was
lost
for
ever
!
The
long
and
painful
hours
passed
by
.
The
cold
was
intense
.
The
castaways
suffered
cruelly
,
but
they
scarcely
perceived
it
.
They
did
not
even
think
of
taking
a
minute
's
rest
.
Forgetting
everything
but
their
chief
,
hoping
or
wishing
to
hope
on
,
they
continued
to
walk
up
and
down
on
this
sterile
spot
,
always
returning
to
its
northern
point
,
where
they
could
approach
nearest
to
the
scene
of
the
catastrophe
.
They
listened
,
they
called
,
and
then
uniting
their
voices
,
they
endeavored
to
raise
even
a
louder
shout
than
before
,
which
would
be
transmitted
to
a
great
distance
.
The
wind
had
now
fallen
almost
to
a
calm
,
and
the
noise
of
the
sea
began
also
to
subside
.
One
of
Neb
's
shouts
even
appeared
to
produce
an
echo
.
Herbert
directed
Pencroft
's
attention
to
it
,
adding
,
"
That
proves
that
there
is
a
coast
to
the
west
,
at
no
great
distance
.
"
The
sailor
nodded
;
besides
,
his
eyes
could
not
deceive
him
.
If
he
had
discovered
land
,
however
indistinct
it
might
appear
,
land
was
sure
to
be
there
.
But
that
distant
echo
was
the
only
response
produced
by
Neb
's
shouts
,
while
a
heavy
gloom
hung
over
all
the
part
east
of
the
island
.
Meanwhile
,
the
sky
was
clearing
little
by
little
.
Towards
midnight
the
stars
shone
out
,
and
if
the
engineer
had
been
there
with
his
companions
he
would
have
remarked
that
these
stars
did
not
belong
to
the
Northern
Hemisphere
.
The
Polar
Star
was
not
visible
,
the
constellations
were
not
those
which
they
had
been
accustomed
to
see
in
the
United
States
;
the
Southern
Cross
glittered
brightly
in
the
sky
.
The
night
passed
away
.
Towards
five
o'clock
in
the
morning
of
the
25th
of
March
,
the
sky
began
to
lighten
;
the
horizon
still
remained
dark
,
but
with
daybreak
a
thick
mist
rose
from
the
sea
,
so
that
the
eye
could
scarcely
penetrate
beyond
twenty
feet
or
so
from
where
they
stood
.
At
length
the
fog
gradually
unrolled
itself
in
great
heavily
moving
waves
.
