CHAPTER 1

Conversation on the subject of the bullet—Construction of a canoe —Hunting—At the top of a kauri—Nothing to attest the presence of man—Neb and Herbert's prize—Turning a turtle—The turtle disappears—Cyrus Harding's explanation. It was now exactly seven months since the balloon voyagers had been thrown on Lincoln Island. During that time, notwithstanding the researches they had made, no human being had been discovered. No smoke even had betrayed the presence of man on the surface of the island. No vest…