The Mysterious Island (Paperback)

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"Are we going up again?" "No. On the contrary; we are going down " "Worse than that, Mr. Smith, we are falling " "For God's sake throw over all the ballast " "The last sack is empty " "And the balloon rises again?" "No " "I hear the splashing waves " "The sea is under us " "It is not five hundred feet off " Then a strong, clear voice shouted: - "Overboard with all we have, and God help us " Such were the words which rang through the air above the vast wilderness of the Pacific, towards 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the 23d of March, 1865: