Chapter XX

A Night at Sea—Shark Gulf—Confidences—Preparations for Winter—Forwardness of the Bad Season—Severe Cold—Work in the Interior—In Six Months—A Photographic Negative—Unexpected Incident 226 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Click on the page number to view the illustrations TURNING A TURTLE 9 FLOTSAM AND JETSAM 15 UNPACKING THE MARVELLOUS CHEST 17 PENCROFT'S SUPERSTITION 21 IS IT TOBACCO? 27 THE HALT FOR BREAKFAST 29 DENIZENS OF THE FOREST 37 THE SEA 39 AT THAT MOMENT A SHOT STRUCK THE JAGUAR BETWEEN THE EYES AND IT FELL DEAD 43 "NOW THERE'S SOMETHING TO EXPLAIN THE BULLET!" EXCLAIMED PENCROFT 51 A WRECK IN THE AIR 53 THERE WAS NO LONGER A LADDER! 57 THE INVADERS OF GRANITE HOUSE 63 CAPTURING THE ORANG 67 ENGAGING THE NEW SERVANT 69 BUILDING THE BRIDGE 73 PENCROFT'S SCARECROWS 77 THE SETTLERS' NEW SHIRTS 83 JUP PASSED MOST OF HIS TIME IN THE KITCHEN, TRYING TO IMITATE NEB 87 PENCROFT TO THE RESCUE 93 THE GLASS-BLOWERS 97 THE VERANDAH ON THE EDGE OF PROSPECT HEIGHTS 101 THE DOCKYARD 105 A VALUABLE PRIZE 109 PENCROFT HAS NOTHING LEFT TO WISH FOR 113 THE MESSENGER 119 WINTER EVENINGS IN GRANITE HOUSE 121 HE SAW NOTHING SUSPICIOUS 125 TOP VISITING THE INVALID 133 THE TRIAL TRIP 137[Pg xiv] "LUFF, PENCROFT, LUFF!" 141 THE DEPARTURE 145 NEARING THE ISLAND 149 A HUT! 153 HERBERT IN DANGER 159 A LIGHT! A LIGHT! 165 "POOR FELLOW," MURMURED THE ENGINEER 169 THE EXPERIMENT 175 "WHO ARE YOU?" HE ASKED IN A HOLLOW VOICE 177 THE STRANGER 179 NOW FOR A GOOD WIND 187 HE SEIZED THE JAGUAR'S THROAT WITH ONE POWERFUL HAND 189 THE STRANGER'S STORY 195 "HERE IS MY HAND," SAID THE ENGINEER 201 THE ENGINEER AT WORK 209 JUP SITTING FOR HIS PORTRAIT 213 THE SNOWY SHEET AROSE AND DISPERSED IN THE AIR 215 ANOTHER MYSTERY 225 RETURNING FROM A SPORTING EXCURSION 233 THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVE 235

EARTH TO THE MOON, DIRECT IN NINETY-SEVEN HOURS AND TWENTY MINUTES: AND A TRIP ROUND IT By Jules Verne Translated From The French By Louis Mercier, M.A., (Oxon,) And Eleanor E. King WITH EIGHTY FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS

CONTENTS FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON. ROUND THE MOON. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. CHAPTER I. THE GUN CLUB CHAPTER II. PRESIDENT BARBICANE'S COMMUNICATION CHAPTER III. EFFECT OF THE PRESIDENT'S COMMUNICATION CHAPTER IV. REPLY FROM THE OBSERVATORY OF CAMBRIDGE CHAPTER V. THE ROMANCE OF THE MOON CHAPTER VI. THE PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES CHAPTER VII. THE HYMN OF THE CANNON-BALL CHAPTER VIII. HISTORY OF THE CANNON CHAPTER IX. THE QUESTION OF THE POWDERS CHAPTER X. ONE ENEMY v. TWENTY-FIVE MILLIONS OF FRIENDS CHAPTER XI. FLORIDA AND TEXAS CHAPTER XII. URBI ET ORBI CHAPTER XIII. STONES HILL CHAPTER XIV. PICKAXE AND TROWEL CHAPTER XV. THE FÃSTE OF THE CASTING CHAPTER XVI. THE COLUMBIAD CHAPTER XVII. A TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH CHAPTER XVIII. THE PASSENGER OF THE "ATLANTA" CHAPTER XIX. A MONSTER MEETING CHAPTER XX. ATTACK AND RIPOSTE CHAPTER XXI. HOW A FRENCHMAN MANAGES AN AFFAIR CHAPTER XXII. THE NEW CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES CHAPTER XXIII. THE PROJECTILE-VEHICLE