; Claudius Bombarnac, 1894;
Foundling Mick, 1895; Clovis Dardentor, 1897; For the Flag,
tr. Mrs. C. Hoey, 1897; An Antarctic Mystery, 1898.

Jules Verne's works are published in an authorised and
illustrated edition by Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston & Co.,
Ltd.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
PAGE
Conversation on the Subject of the Bullet -- Construction
of a Canoe -- Hunting -- At the Top of a Kauri -- Nothing
to attest the Presence of Man -- Neb and Herbert's Prize
-- Turning a Turtle -- The Turtle disappears -- Cyrus
Harding's Explanation 1

CHAPTER II

First Trial of the Canoe -- A Wreck on the Coast --
Towing -- Flotsam Point -- Inventory of the Case: Tools,
Weapons, Instruments, Clothes, Books, Utensils -- What
Pencroft misses -- The Gospel -- A Verse from the Sacred
Book 11

CHAPTER III

The Start -- The rising Tide -- Elms and different Plants
-- The Jacamar -- Aspect of the Forest -- Gigantic
Eucalypti -- The Reason they are called "Fever Trees" --
Troops of Monkeys -- A Waterfall -- The Night Encampment 23

CHAPTER IV

Journey to the Coast -- Troops of Monkeys -- A new River
-- The Reason the Tide was not felt -- A woody Shore --
Reptile Promontory -- Herbert envies Gideon Spilett --
Explosion of Bamboos 34

CHAPTER V

Proposal to return by the Southern Shore -- Configuration
of the Coast -- Searching for the supposed Wreck -- A
Wreck in the Air -- Discovery of a small Natural Port --
At Midnight on the Banks of the Mercy -- The Canoe
Adrift 45

CHAPTER VI

Pencroft's Halloos -- A Night in the Chimneys --
Herbert's Arrows -- The Captain's Project -- An
unexpected Explanation -- What has happened in Granite
House -- How a new Servant enters the Service of the
Colonists 58

CHAPTER VII

Plans -- A Bridge over the Mercy -- Mode adopted for
making an Island of Prospect Heights -- The Drawbridge
-- Harvest -- The Stream -- The Poultry-yard -- A
Pigeon-house -- The two Onagas -- The Cart -- Excursion
to Port Balloon