He then thanked his companions, and added, that he would rely on their energy and on the aid of Heaven.
"Well, now let us set off to the Chimneys!" cried Pencroft.
"One minute, my friends," said the engineer.

"It seems to me it would be a good thing to give a name to this island, as well as to, the capes, promontories, and watercourses, which we can see.
"Very good," said the reporter.

"In the future, that will simplify the instructions which we shall have to give and follow." "Indeed," said the sailor, "already it is something to be able to say where one is going, and where one has come from.

At least, it looks like somewhere." "The Chimneys, for example," said Herbert.
"Exactly!" replied Pencroft.

"That name was the most convenient, and it came to me quite of myself.