THE PEARL OF LIMA.

A STORY OF TRUE LOVE.

Translated From The French Of M. Jules Verne By Anne T. Wilbur

THE PLAZA-MAYOR.
EVENING IN THE STREETS OF LIMA.
THE JEW EVERY WHERE A JEW.
A SPANISH GRANDEE.
THE HATRED OF THE INDIANS.
THE BETROTHAL.
ALL INTERESTS AT STAKE.
CONQUERORS AND CONQUERED.
THE CATARACTS OF THE MADEIRA.






A WINTER AMID THE ICE, AND OTHERS

By Jules Verne



CONTENTS

DOCTOR OX'S EXPERIMENT

CHAPTER I.
How it is useless to seek, even on the best maps, for the small town of Quiquendone
CHAPTER II.
In which the Burgomaster Van Tricasse and the Counsellor Niklausse consult about the affairs of the town
CHAPTER III.
In which the Commissary Passauf enters as noisily as unexpectedly
CHAPTER IV.
In which Doctor Ox reveals himself as a physiologist of the first rank, and as an audacious experimentalist
CHAPTER V.
In which the burgomaster and the counsellor pay a visit to Doctor Ox, and what follows
CHAPTER VI.
In which Frantz Niklausse and Suzel Van Tricasse form certain projects for the future
CHAPTER VII.
In which the Andantes become Allegros, and the Allegros Vivaces
CHAPTER VIII.
In which the ancient and solemn German waltz becomes a whirlwind
CHAPTER IX.
In which Doctor Ox and Ygène, his assistant, say a few words
CHAPTER X.
In which it will be seen that the epidemic invades the entire town, and what effect it produces
CHAPTER XI.
In which the Quiquendonians adopt a heroic resolution
CHAPTER XII.
In which Ygène, the assistant, gives a reasonable piece of advice, which is eagerly rejected by Doctor Ox
CHAPTER XIII.
In which it is once more proved that by taking high ground all human littlenesses may be overlooked
CHAPTER XIV.
In which matters go so far that the inhabitants of Quiquendone, the reader, and even the author, demand an immediate dénouement
CHAPTER XV.
In which the dénouement takes place
CHAPTER XVI.
In which the intelligent reader sees that he has guessed correctly, despite all the author's precautions
CHAPTER XVII.
In which Doctor Ox's theory is explained

MASTER ZACHARIUS.

CHAPTER I.
A winter night
CHAPTER II.
The pride of science
CHAPTER III.
A strange visit
CHAPTER IV.
The Church of St. Pierre
CHAPTER V.
The hour of death
A DRAMA IN THE AIR

A WINTER AMID THE ICE

CHAPTER I.
The black flag
CHAPTER II.
Jean Cornbutte's project
CHAPTER III.
A ray of hope
CHAPTER IV.
In the passes
CHAPTER V.
Liverpool Island
CHAPTER VI.
The quaking of the ice
CHAPTER VII.
Settling for the winter
CHAPTER VIII.
Plan of the explorations
CHAPTER IX.
The house of snow
CHAPTER X.
Buried alive
CHAPTER XI.
A cloud of smoke
CHAPTER XII.
The return to the ship
CHAPTER XIII.
The two rivals
CHAPTER XIV.
Distress
CHAPTER XV.
The white bears
CHAPTER XVI.
Conclusion
ASCENT OF MONT BLANC

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

She handed her father a pipe
The worthy Madame Brigitte Van Tricasse had now her second husband
"I have just come from Dr. Ox's"
"It is in the interests of science"
"The workmen, whom we have had to choose in Quiquendone, are not very expeditious"
The young girl took the line
"Good-bye, Frantz," said Suzel
Fiovaranti had been achieving a brilliant success in "Les Huguenots"
They hustle each other to get out
It was no longer a waltz
It required two persons to eat a strawberry
"To Virgamen! to Virgamen!"
"A burgomaster's place is in the front rank"
The two friends, arm in arm
The whole army of Quiquendone fell to the earth
He would raise the trap-door constructed in the floor of his workshop
The young girl prayed
"Thou wilt see that I have discovered the secrets of existence".
"Father, what is the matter?"
Then he resumed, in an ironical tone
From morning till night discontented purchasers besieged the house
This proud old man remained motionless
"It is there--there!"
"See this man,--he is Time"
He was dead
"Monsieur, I salute you"
"Monsieur!" cried I, in a rage
"He continued his observations for seven or eight hours with General Morlot"
"The balloon became less and less inflated"
"Zambecarri fell, and was killed!"
The madman disappeared in space
"Monsieur the curè," said he, "stop a moment, if you please"
André Vasling, the mate, apprised Jean Cornbutte of the dreadful event
A soft voice said in his ear, "Have good courage, uncle"
André Vasling showed himself more attentive than ever
On the 12th September the sea consisted of one solid plain
They found themselves in a most perilous position, for an icequake had occurred
Map in hand, he clearly explained their situation
The caravan set out
"Thirty-two degrees below zero!"
Despair and determination were struggling in his rough features for the mastery
It was Louis Cornbutte
Penellan advanced towards the Norwegians
Marie begged Vasling on her knees to produce the lemons, but he did not reply
Marie rose with cries of despair, and hurried to the bed of old Jean Cornbutte
The bear, having descended from the mast, had fallen on the two men
The old curè received Louis Cornbutte and Marie
View of Mont Blanc from the Brevent
View of Bossons glacier, near the Grands-Mulets
Passage of the Bossons Glacier
Crevasse and bridge
View of the "Seracs"
View of "Seracs"
Passage of the "Junction"
Hut at the Grands-Mulets
View of Mont Blanc from Grands-Mulets
Crossing the plateau
Summit of Mont Blanc
Grands-Mulets:--Party descending from the hut






THE VOYAGES AND ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN HATTERAS

By Jules Verne

Translated From The French

With Two Hundred And Fifty Illustrations By Riou

CONTENTS.

PART I. THE ENGLISH AT THE NORTH POLE.

CHAPTER  
I. THE FORWARD
II. AN UNEXPECTED LETTER
III. DR. CLAWBONNY
IV. THE DOG-CAPTAIN
V. AT SEA
VI. THE GREAT POLAR CURRENT
VII. THE ENTRANCE OF DAVIS STRAIT
VIII. THE TALK OF THE CREW
IX. ANOTHER LETTER
X. DANGEROUS SAILING
XI. THE DEVIL'S THUMB
XII. CAPTAIN HATTERAS
XIII. THE CAPTAIN'S PLANS
XIV. THE EXPEDITIONS IN SEARCH OF FRANKLIN
XV. THE FORWARD DRIVEN SOUTHWARD
XVI. THE MAGNETIC POLE
XVII. THE FATE OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN
XVIII. THE WAY NORTHWARD
XIX. A WHALE IN SIGHT
XX. BEECHEY ISLAND
XXI. THE DEATH OF BELLOT
XXII. THE FIRST SIGNS OF MUTINY
XXIII. ATTACKED BY THE ICE
XXIV. PREPARATIONS FOR WINTERING
XXV. ONE OF JAMES ROSS'S FOXES
XXVI. THE LAST PIECE OF COAL
XXVII. THE GREAT COLD AT CHRISTMAS
XXVIII. PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE
XXIX. ACROSS THE ICE-FIELDS
XXX. THE CAIRN
XXXI. THE DEATH OF SIMPSON
XXXII. THE RETURN TO THE FORWARD

PART II. THE DESERT OF ICE.


I. THE DOCTOR'S INVENTORY
II. ALTAMONT'S FIRST WORDS
III. SEVENTEEN DAYS OF LAND JOURNEY
IV. THE LAST CHARGE OF POWDER
V. THE SEAL AND THE BEAR
VI. THE PORPOISE
VII. A DISCUSSION ABOUT CHARTS
VIII. EXCURSION TO THE NORTH OF VICTORIA BAY
IX. COLD AND HEAT
X. THE PLEASURES OF WINTER-QUARTERS
XI. DISQUIETING TRACES
XII. THE ICE PRISON
XIII. THE MINE
XIV. THE POLAR SPRING
XV. THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE
XVI. NORTHERN ARCADIA
XVII. ALTAMONT'S REVENGE
XVIII. THE LAST PREPARATIONS
XIX. THE JOURNEY NORTHWARD
XX. FOOTPRINTS ON THE SNOW
XXI. THE OPEN SEA
XXII. THE APPROACH TO THE POLE
XXIII. THE ENGLISH FLAG
XXIV. POLAR COSMOGRAPHY
XXV. MOUNT HATTERAS
XXVI. RETURN TO THE SOUTH
XXVII. CONCLUSION

LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.

* "JOHNSON KNEW ALL THE SAILORS IN LIVERPOOL, AND IMMEDIATELY SET ABOUT ENGAGING A CREW"
* "EVERYTHING WAS ENVELOPED IN ONE OF THE ORDINARY FOGS OF THAT REGION"
* "THIS SPACE OF SIX FEET SQUARE CONTAINED INCALCULABLE WEALTH"
* "THE NEWS SPEAD IMMEDIATELY THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND A GREAT CONCOURSE OF SPECTATORS THRONGED THE PIERS"
* "TOWARDS EVENING THE BRIG DOUBLED THE CALF OF MAN"
* "WOULD ONE NOT SAY IT WAS A FOREIGN CITY, AN EASTERN CITY, WITH MINARETS AND MOSQUES IN THE MOONLIGHT"
* "FORTUNATELY THE OPENING OF THESE HUTS WAS TOO SMALL, AND THE ENTHUSIASTIC DOCTOR COULD NOT GET THROUGH"
* "A STRANGE ANIMAL WAS BOUNDING ALONG WITHIN A CABLE'S LENGTH FROM THE SHIP"
* "JOHN HATTERAS"
* "HE CAUGHT A LARGE NUMBER OF WHITE FOXES; HE HAD PUT ON THEIR NECKS COPPER COLLARS"
* "ALL THESE POOR FELLOWS HAD DIED OF MISERY, SUFFERING, AND STARVATION"
* "THE BRIG WAS TOSSED ABOUT LIKE A CHILD'S TOY" (Frontispiece)
* "THE WHALE SWAM AWAY FROM THE BRIG AND HASTENED TOWARDS THE MOVING ICEBERGS"
* "THE FORWARD IN WELLINGTON CHANNEL"
* HATTERAS MADE USE OF A DEVICE WHICH WHALERS EMPLOY
* "A CRASH WAS HEARD, AND AS IT CAME AGAINST THE STARBOARD-QUARTER, PART OF THE RAIL HAD GIVEN WAY"
* "THE MOON SHONE WITH INCOMPARABLE PURITY, GLISTENING ON THE LEAST ROUGHNESS IN THE ICE"
* "ALMOST EVERY NIGHT THE DOCTOR COULD OBSERVE THE MAGNIFICENT AURORAS"
* "HE WAS ARMED, AND HE KEPT CONSTANT GUARD, WITHOUT MINDING THE COLD, THE SNOW, OR THE ICE"
* "THE LITTLE BAND MADE THEIR WAY TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST"
* "THE DOCTOR HAD ENERGY ENOUGH TO ASCEND AN ICE-MOUNTAIN WHILE THE SNOW-HUT WAS BUILDING"
* "'FIRE!' SHOUTED THE CAPTAIN, DISCHARGING HIS PIECE"
* "THEY COULD ONLY THINK OF THEIR PERILOUS POSITION"
* "SUDDENLY, WITH A LAST EFFORT, HE HALF ROSE"
* "THEN A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION WAS HEARD"
* "THE LARGE PIECES OF THE ENGINE LAY HERE AND THERE, TWISTED OUT OF SHAPE"
* "THEY HARNESSED THE TIRED DOGS"
* JOHNSON'S STORY
* "'YES!' SAID THE AMERICAN"
* "THE DOCTOR WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO FIND A SEAL"
* "AT THE END OF TWO HOURS THEY FELL, EXHAUSTED"
* "HE PLUNGED HIS KNIFE INTO THE BEAST'S THROAT"
* "THESE CASTAWAYS LOOKED AT THEMSELVES AS COLONISTS WHO HAD REACHED THEIR DESTINATION"
* THE FORT WAS COMPLETED
* "I AM NOT AWARE THAT IT BEARS ANY NAME ON THE MOST RECENT MAPS"
* "THE DOCTOR REACHED THE SUMMIT WITH SOME LITTLE DIFFICULTY"
* "THEY ADVANCED IN FULL ILLUMINATION, AND THEIR SHARPLY CUT SHADOWS RAN OUT BEHIND THEM OVER THE SNOW"
* "HE DID HIS BEST TO INSTRUCT AND INTEREST HIS COMPANIONS"
* "HATTERAS COULD ONLY KEEP HIS DISTANCE FROM THE ANIMALS BY THROWING AWAY HIS CAP, HATCHET, AND EVEN HIS GUN"
* "THE BEARS HEAPED THE ICE IN SUCH A WAY AS TO RENDER FLIGHT IMPOSSIBLE"
* "AN ENORMOUS BLACK BODY APPEARED IN THE GLOOM OF THE ROOM. ALTAMONT RAISED HIS HAND TO STRIKE IT"
* "A LOUD EXPLOSION FOLLOWED"
* "THE CARPENTER SET TO WORK AT ONCE"
* "A HARD STRUGGLE WITH THE ICEBERGS"
* "MACCLURE SAW A MAN RUNNING AND GESTICULATING"
* "THE DOCTOR, JOHNSON, AND BELL INTERVENED. IT WAS TIME; THE TWO ENEMIES WERE GAZING AT ONE ANOTHER"
* "THEY WERE A CURIOUS AND TOUCHING SIGHT, FLYING ABOUT WITHOUT FEAR, RESTING ON CLAWBONNY'S SHOULDERS," ETC.
* "GAVE HIM A TERRIBLE BLOW WITH A HATCHET ON THE HEAD"
* "WELL, I'VE BROUGHT BACK TWO BROTHERS"
* "THE SEAL STRUGGLED FOR A FEW SECONDS, AND WAS THEN SUFFOCATED ON THE BREAST OF HIS ADVERSARY"
* "THEY LEFT AT SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING"
* "ON THE 29TH BELL SHOT A FOX, AND ALTAMONT A MEDIUM-SIZED MUSK-OX"
* "THE MASSES OF ICE TOOK THE FORMS OF HUMMOCKS AND ICEBERGS"
* "ON ALL SIDES RESOUNDED THE CRACKING OF THE ICE AMID THE ROAR OF THE AVALANCHES"
* "'WE OUGHT,' ANSWERED BELL, 'TO LIGHT TORCHES, AS IS DONE AT LONDON AND LIVERPOOL'"
* THE HUT WAS PITCHED IN A RAVINE FOR SHELTER
* "THEY CLIMBED A HILL WHICH COMMANDED A WIDE VIEW"
* "THREE HOURS LATER THEY REACHED THE COAST. 'THE SEA! THE SEA!' THEY ALL SHOUTED"
* "THE LAUNCH WAS ROCKING GENTLY IN HER LITTLE HARBOR"
* "AQUATIC BIRDS OF ALL SORTS WERE THERE"
* "THEN THE EYE GLANCING DOWN INTO THE TRANSPARENT WATER, THE SIGHT WAS EQUALLY STRANGE"
* "'IT'S A VOLCANO!' HE CRIED"
* "THE LAUNCH TOSSED HELPLESSLY ABOUT"
* "THE FOG, WITHOUT LIFTING, WAS VERY BRIGHT"
* "THIS DRIFTING FLOE WAS COVERED WITH WHITE BEARS, CROWDED TOGETHER"
* "HER SAIL FLEW AWAY LIKE A HUGE WHITE BIRD; A WHIRLPOOL, A NEW MAELSTROM, FORMED AMONG THE WAVES"
* "THE MOUNTAIN WAS IN FULL ERUPTION"
* "THEY NOTICED A LITTLE FIORD"
* "ALTAMONT SOON FOUND A GROTTO IN THE ROCKS"
* "THEY WERE ALL READY TO LISTEN TO THE DOCTOR"
* "THEY SAW THE CAPTAIN STANDING ON A ROCK"
* "HATTERAS APPEARED TO WAKE FROM HIS REVERY"
* "BUT HATTERAS DID NOT LOOK BACK. HE HAD MADE USE OF HIS STAFF AS A POLE ON WHICH TO FASTEN THE ENGLISH FLAG"
* "THE DOCTOR PUT UP A CAIRN"
* "DEAD—FROZEN"
* "TWO HOURS LATER, AFTER UNHEARD-OF EFFORTS, THE LAST MEN OF THE FORWARD WERE TAKEN ABOARD THE DANISH WHALER HANS CHRISTIAN"
* "A STEAMBOAT CARRIED THEM TO KIEL"