CHAPTER 6

Expeditions planned—Ayrton at the corral—Visit to Port Balloon— Pencraft's observations on board the “Bonadventure”—Despatch sent to the corral—No reply from Ayrton—Departure the next day —The reason why the wire did not work—A report. However, the chief business of the colonists was to make that complete exploration of the island which had been decided upon, and which would have two objects: to discover the mysterious being whose existence was now indisputable, and at the same time to find out what …