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If
Cyrus
Harding
was
not
mistaken
in
his
calculation
,
the
island
had
almost
the
extent
of
Malta
or
Zante
,
in
the
Mediterranean
,
but
it
was
at
the
same
time
much
more
irregular
and
less
rich
in
capes
,
promontories
,
points
,
bays
,
or
creeks
.
Its
strange
form
caught
the
eye
,
and
when
Gideon
Spilett
,
on
the
engineer
's
advice
,
had
drawn
the
outline
,
they
found
that
it
resembled
some
fantastic
animal
,
a
monstrous
leviathan
,
which
lay
sleeping
on
the
surface
of
the
Pacific
.
This
was
in
fact
the
exact
shape
of
the
island
,
which
it
is
of
consequence
to
know
,
and
a
tolerably
correct
map
of
it
was
immediately
drawn
by
the
reporter
.
The
east
part
of
the
shore
,
where
the
castaways
had
landed
,
formed
a
wide
bay
,
terminated
by
a
sharp
cape
,
which
had
been
concealed
by
a
high
point
from
Pencroft
on
his
first
exploration
.
At
the
northeast
two
other
capes
closed
the
bay
,
and
between
them
ran
a
narrow
gulf
,
which
looked
like
the
half-open
jaws
of
a
formidable
dog-fish
.
From
the
northeast
to
the
southwest
the
coast
was
rounded
,
like
the
flattened
cranium
of
an
animal
,
rising
again
,
forming
a
sort
of
protuberance
which
did
not
give
any
particular
shape
to
this
part
of
the
island
,
of
which
the
center
was
occupied
by
the
volcano
.
From
this
point
the
shore
ran
pretty
regularly
north
and
south
,
broken
at
two-thirds
of
its
perimeter
by
a
narrow
creek
,
from
which
it
ended
in
a
long
tail
,
similar
to
the
caudal
appendage
of
a
gigantic
alligator
.
This
tail
formed
a
regular
peninsula
,
which
stretched
more
than
thirty
miles
into
the
sea
,
reckoning
from
the
cape
southeast
of
the
island
,
already
mentioned
;
it
curled
round
,
making
an
open
roadstead
,
which
marked
out
the
lower
shore
of
this
strangely-formed
land
.
At
the
narrowest
part
,
that
is
to
say
between
the
Chimneys
and
the
creek
on
the
western
shore
,
which
corresponded
to
it
in
latitude
,
the
island
only
measured
ten
miles
;
but
its
greatest
length
,
from
the
jaws
at
the
northeast
to
the
extremity
of
the
tail
of
the
southwest
,
was
not
less
than
thirty
miles
.
As
to
the
interior
of
the
island
,
its
general
aspect
was
this
,
very
woody
throughout
the
southern
part
from
the
mountain
to
the
shore
,
and
arid
and
sandy
in
the
northern
part
.
Between
the
volcano
and
the
east
coast
Cyrus
Harding
and
his
companions
were
surprised
to
see
a
lake
,
bordered
with
green
trees
,
the
existence
of
which
they
had
not
suspected
.
Seen
from
this
height
,
the
lake
appeared
to
be
on
the
same
level
as
the
ocean
,
but
,
on
reflection
,
the
engineer
explained
to
his
companions
that
the
altitude
of
this
little
sheet
of
water
must
be
about
three
hundred
feet
,
because
the
plateau
,
which
was
its
basin
,
was
but
a
prolongation
of
the
coast
.
"
Is
it
a
freshwater
lake
?
"
asked
Pencroft
.
"
Certainly
,
"
replied
the
engineer
,
"
for
it
must
be
fed
by
the
water
which
flows
from
the
mountain
.
"
