Chapter II: 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 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 first Words
-- Twelve Years on the Islet -- Avowal which escapes him
-- The Disappearance -- Cyrus Harding's Confidence --
Construction of a Mill -- The first Bread -- An Act of
Devotion -- Honest Hands 176

CHAPTER XVII

Still alone -- The Stranger's Request -- The Farm
established at the Corral -- Twelve Years ago -- The
Boatswain's Mate of the _Britannia_ -- Left on Tabor
Island -- Cyrus Harding's Hand -- The mysterious
Document 191

CHAPTER XVIII

Conversation -- Cyrus Harding and Gideon Spilett -- An
Idea of the Engineer's -- The Electric Telegraph -- The
Wires -- The Battery -- The Alphabet -- Fine Season --
Prosperity of the Colony -- Photography -- An Appearance
of Snow -- Two Years on Lincoln Island 203

CHAPTER XIX

Recollections of their Native Land -- Probable Future --
Project for surveying the Coasts of the Island --
Departure on the 16th of April -- Sea-view of Reptile
End -- The basaltic Rocks of the Western Coast -- Bad
Weather -- Night comes on -- New Incident 216