L’Île mysterieuse - Mysterious Island

TABLE OF CONTENTS

		PART I    LES NAUFRAGÉS DE L’AIR   -   SHIPWRECKED IN THE AIR
	CHAPTER  1	The Hurricane of 1865—Cries in the Air—Only the Sea in Sight—Five Passengers—What Took Place in the Basket—Land Ahead!
	CHAPTER  2	An Episode of the Rebellion—Cyrus Smith—Gideon Spilett—Neb—Pencroft—Herbert—Top—A Proposal—Rendezvous at 10 O’clock P.M.—Departure in the Storm.
	CHAPTER  3	Despair of Neb—The Island—A Night of Anguish—The Fog of the Morning—Fording the Channel.
	CHAPTER  4	The “Chimneys”—The Forest of Evergreens—Getting Firewood—Waiting for the Tide—On Top of the Cliff—The Timber-Raft.
	CHAPTER  5	Arranging the Chimneys—The Match Box—Search Over the Shore—Return of the Reporter and Neb—One Match—The Crackling Fire—The First Night on Land.
	CHAPTER  6	The Castaways’ Inventory—The Charred Linen—An Expedition Into the Forest—The Flora of the Woods—The Flight of the Jacamar—The Couroucous.
	CHAPTER  7	Neb Has Not Yet Returned—The Reflections of the Reporter—The Frightful Storm—Struggle with the Rain and Wind.
	CHAPTER  8	Is Cyrus Smith Alive?—Neb’s Story—Footprints—An Insoluble Question—The First Words of Smith—Comparing the Footprints—Return to the Chimneys.
*	CHAPTER  9	Rubbing Wood—Island or Continent—In the Depths of the Forest—The Pistachio Pine—A Pig Chase.
	CHAPTER 10	Island Or Continent?—Departure for the Mountain—The Forest—Volcanic Soil—The First Plateau—Encamping for the Night—The Summit.
	CHAPTER 11	At the Summit—The Interior of the Crater—Sea Everywhere—No Land in Sight—A Bird’s Eve View of the Island.
	CHAPTER 12	Regulation of Watches—A Suspicious Smoke—The Course of Red Creek—Flora of the Island—Its Fauna—A Kangaroo Chase—Lake Grant—Return to the Chimneys.
	CHAPTER 13	Making Bows and Arrows—A Brick-Kiln—A Pottery—Cooking Utensils—Mugwort—The Southern Cross—Astronomical Observation.
*	CHAPTER 14	Measuring Granite Wall—Theorem of Similar Triangles—Latitude of the Island—The Sun’s Passage of the Meridian—Coordinates of the Island.
*	CHAPTER 15	Winter Sets In— Exploration of Safety Island—The Catalonian Method—Making Iron and Steel.
	CHAPTER 16	Exploration to the North of the Lake—The Western Boundary of the Plateau—The Serpents—The Outlet of the Lake—A Fight Under Water—The Dugong.
	CHAPTER 17	A Visit to the Lake—The Direction of the Current—The Dugong Fat—Limestone—Sulphate of Iron—How Glycerin Is Made—Soap—Saltpeter—Sulphuric Acid—Nitric Acid—The New Outlet.
	CHAPTER 18	The Old Outlet of the Lake—A Subterranean Descent—The Way Through the Granite—The Central Cavern—The Lower Well—Mystery—The Blows with the Pick—The Return.
	CHAPTER 19	Gideon Smith’s Plan—The Front of Granite House—The Rope Ladder— Aromatic Herbs—Getting Water—View From Windows of Granite House.
*	CHAPTER 20	The Rainy Season—What to Wear—Candle-Making—-Work in the Granite House—The Two Causeways—Return From a Visit to the Oyster-Bed—What Herbert Found in His Pocket.
*	CHAPTER 21	Several Degrees Below Zero—Exploration of the Swamp Region—The View of the Sea—The Incessant Labor of the Infusoria—The Chase—The Swamp of the Tadorns.
	CHAPTER 22	The Snow-Storm—Making Furniture— The Coldest Snap of Winter—Mysterious Well—The Lead Pellet.
		PART II     L’ABANDONNÉ - THE ABANDONED
*	CHAPTER 23	Concerning the Leaden Pellet—Making a Canoe—In the Top of a Kauri—The Turtle on its Back—The Turtle Disappears.
*	CHAPTER 24	Trial of the Canoe—A Wreck on the Shore—The Tow—Jetsam Point—Inventory of the Box.
*	CHAPTER 25	The Departure—The Rising Tide—The Kingfisher—The Gigantic Eucalypti—Fever-Trees—Monkeys—The Waterfall.
*	CHAPTER 26	Going Toward the Coast—Troops of Monkeys—A New Water-Course—Reptile Promontory—The Bamboo Fusillade.
*	CHAPTER 27	Search for the Shipwrecked—A Waif in the Air—Discovery of a Small Natural Harbor—Midnight on the Mercy—A Drifting Canoe.
*	CHAPTER 28	A Night in the Chimneys—Herbert’s Arrow—An Unexpected Solution—What Had Happened in Granite House—How the Colonists Obtained a New Domestic.
*	CHAPTER 29	A Bridge Over the Mercy—Making a Prospect Plateau Island— Draw-Bridge—Corn Harvest—Causeway—Poultry Yard—Pigeon-House—Two Wild Asses—Excursion to Balloon Harbor.
	CHAPTER 30	Clothing—Seal-Skin Boots—Making Pyroxyline—Planting—The Fish—Turtles’ Eggs—Jup’s Education.
	CHAPTER 31	Bad Weather—The Hydraulic Elevator—Making Window Glass—The Bread Tree—Visits to the Corral—The Increase of the Herd—Exact Position of the Island.
*	CHAPTER 32	Ship Building—The Second Harvest—A New Plant—A Whale—The Harpoon From the Vineyard.
	CHAPTER 33	Winter—Felting Cloth—The Mill—The Whalebones—Top and Jup—Storms—Damage to the Poultry-Yard—An Excursion to the Marsh—Gideon Smith Alone—Exploration of the Pits.
*	CHAPTER 34	Rigging the Launch—Jup Wounded—Completion of the Launch—Pencroft's Triumph—The Good Luck—Trial Trip, to the South of the Island—An Unexpected Document.
*	CHAPTER 35	Departure Decided Upon—Preparations—The First Night—The Second Night—Tabor Island—Search on the Shore—Search in the Woods—Animals—Plants—A House—Deserted.
*	CHAPTER 36	The Inventory—The Night—The Search Continued—Herbert in Danger—Aboard—The Departure—Bad Weather—Lost At Sea—A Timely Light.
*	CHAPTER 37	Gideon Smith and the Unknown—Balloon Harbor—The Devotion of the Engineer—A Touching Experience—Tears.
*	CHAPTER 38	A Mystery to Be Solved—The First Words of the Unknown—Twelve Years on the Island—Confessions—Disappearance—Building a Wind-Mill—The First Bread.
*	CHAPTER 39	Always Apart—A Bequest of the Unknown’s—The Farm Established At the Corral—Twelve Years—The Boatswain’s Mate of the Britannia—Left on Tabor Island—The Mysterious Document.
*	CHAPTER 40	The Electric Telegraph—The Wires—The Battery—The Alphabet—Fine Weather—Photography—A Snow Effect—Two Years on the Island.
*	CHAPTER 41	Thoughts of Home—Plan to Explore the Coast—Serpentine Peninsula Seen From The Sea—The Basaltic Cliffs of the Western Coast—Bad Weather—Night—A New Incident.
*	CHAPTER 42	Night At Sea—Shark Gulf—Preparations for Winter—Early Advent of Bad Weather—Cold—Indoor Work—Six Months Later—A Speck on the Photograph—An Unexpected Event.
		PART III         LE SECRET DE L’ÎLE  -  THE SECRET OF THE ISLAND
*	CHAPTER 43	Lost Or Saved?—Ayrton Recalled—Important Discussion—It Is Not the Duncan—Suspicion And Precaution—Approach of the Ship—A Cannon Shot—The Brig Anchors in Sight of the Island.
*	CHAPTER 44	Discussions—Presentiments—Ayrton’s Proposal—Ayrton and Pencroft on Safety Islet—Norfolk Convicts—Heroic Attempt of Ayrton—His Return—Six Against Fifty.
*	CHAPTER 45	The Mist Rises—Ayrton and Pencroft—The First Attack—On the Islet—Six Convicts on Shore—The Brig Weighs Anchor—The Ship's Projectiles—Desperate Situation—Unexpected Denouement.
*	CHAPTER 46	The Colonists on the Beach—Exploration of the Brig’s Hull—The Magazine—New Riches—A Discovery—A Piece of a Broken Cylinder.
*	CHAPTER 47	The Engineer’s Theory—Four Projectiles—The Surviving Convicts—Ayrton Hesitates—Smith’s Generosity and Pencroft's Dissatisfaction.
*	CHAPTER 48	Ayrton At the Corral—Visit to Port Balloon—Dispatch Sent to the Corral—No Answer From Ayrton—Setting Out Next Day—Why the Wire Did Not Act—A Detonation.
*	CHAPTER 49	Moving Herbert—Despair of the Sailor—A Glimmer of Hope—How to Warn Neb—A Faithful Messenger—Neb’s Reply.
*	CHAPTER 50	The Convicts in the Neighborhood of the Corral—Herbert’s Treatment—Pencroft's Jubilation—Review of the Past—Future Prospects.
*	CHAPTER 51	No News of Neb—A Proposal From Pencroft and Spilett—The Reporter’s Sorties—A Fragment Of Cloth—A Message—Hurried Departure—Arrival At Prospect Plateau.
*	CHAPTER 52	Herbert Carried to Granite House—Visit of Cyrus Smith to the Plateau—Ruin and Devastation—The Colonists Helpless—Willow Bark—A Mortal Fever—Top Barks Again.
*	CHAPTER 53	An Inexplicable Mystery—Herbert’s Convalescence—The Unexplored Parts of the Island—Preparations for Departure—Footprints in the Sand.
*	CHAPTER 54	Exploration of Reptile End—Camp At the Mouth of Fall River—Return—An Open Door—A Light in the Window—By Moonlight.
*	CHAPTER 55	Ayrton’s Recital—Plans of His Old Comrades—Taking Possession of the Corral—Mount Franklin—The Upper Valleys—Subterranean Rumblings—At the Bottom of the Crater.
*	CHAPTER 56	After Three Years—The Question of a New Ship—Its Determination—Prosperity of the Colony—The Shipyard—The Cold Weather.
*	CHAPTER 57	The Awakening of the Volcano—Telegraph—Departure for the Corral—The Notice—The Extra Wire—The Basalt Wall—The Cavern—A Dazzling Light.
*	CHAPTER 58	Captain Nemo—His First Words—His Past—His Companions—Life Under Water—Alone—The Last Refuge of the Nautilus.
*	CHAPTER 59	The Last Hours of Captain Nemo—His Tomb—Some Counsel to the Colonists—The Supreme Moment—At the Bottom of the Sea.
*	CHAPTER 60	Renewal of Work—Smoke From the Volcano—Ayrton and Cyrus Smith At the Corral—Exploration of the Crypt Dakar—What Captain Nemo Said to Cyrus Smith.
*	CHAPTER 61	Hastening the Work—Last Visit to the Corral—The Fire and the Water—Decision to Launch the Ship—The Night of the 8th of March.
*	CHAPTER 62	An Isolated Rock in the Pacific—The Prospect of Death—Unexpected Succor—How and Why It Came—The Last Good Action—An Island on Terra Firma—The Tomb of Captain Nemo.

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