This gives them six days of clear light--time enough in all conscience not only to land safely but to install themselves quite comfortably in their new home.

In fact, I see them there already--" "In my mind's eye, Horatio!" laughed one of the group.

"Though the Doc wears glasses, he can see more than any ten men on board." -- "Already"-- pursued the Doctor, heedless of the interruption.

"_Scene_, a stony valley near a Selenite stream; the Projectile on the right, half buried in volcanic _scoriae_, but apparently not much the worse for the wear; ring mountains, craters, sharp peaks, etc.

all around; old MAC discovered taking observations with his levelling staff; BARBICAN perched on the summit of a sharp pointed rock, writing up his note-book; ARDAN, eye-glass on nose, hat under arm, legs apart, puffing at his _Imperador_, like a--" [Illustration: MAC DISCOVERED TAKING OBSERVATIONS.] -- "A locomotive!" interrupted the young Midshipman, his excitable imagination so far getting the better of him as to make him forget his manners.