CHAPTER 3

Five o’clock in the Evening—The Missing One—Neb’s Despair— Search towards the North—The Islet—A dreadful Night—A Fog in the Morning—Neb swims—Sight of Land—Fording the Channel. The engineer, the meshes of the net having given way, had been carried off by a wave. His dog also had disappeared. The faithful animal had voluntarily leaped out to help his master. “Forward,” cried the reporter; and all four, Spilett, Herbert, Pencroft, and Neb, forgetting their fatigue, began their search. Poor Neb shed bitter t…