Project Gutenberg #1268
The Mysterious Island
Jules Verne
1874Verne's castaway engineering adventure, prepared chapter by chapter from Project Gutenberg HTML.
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by passing gusts.
Herbert had stationed himself in the bows that he might indicate the course to be followed among the channels, when all at once he shouted,—
“Luff, Pencroft, luff!”
“What’s the matter,” replied the sailor; “a rock?”
“No—wait,” said Herbert; “I don’t quite see. Luff again—right—now.”
So saying, Herbert, leaning over the side, plunged his arm into the water, and pulled it out, exclaiming,—
“A bottle!”
He held in his hand a corked bottle which he had just seized a few cables’ length from the shore.
Cyrus Harding took the bottle. Without uttering a single word he drew the cork, and took from it a damp paper, on which were written these words:—
“Castaway.... Tabor island: 153deg W. long., 37deg 11’ S. lat.”