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           Hardingcouldnothelpsmiling,andthesailor’sideawasadopted.Hethenthankedhiscompanions,andadded,thathewouldrelyontheirenergyandontheaidofHeaven.

           "Well,nowletussetofftotheChimneys!"criedPencroft.

           "Oneminute,myfriends,"saidtheengineer."Itseemstomeitwouldbeagoodthingtogiveanametothisisland,aswellasto,thecapes,promontories,andwatercourses,whichwecansee.

           "Verygood,"saidthereporter."Inthefuture,thatwillsimplifytheinstructionswhichweshallhavetogiveandfollow."

           "Indeed,"saidthesailor,"alreadyitissomethingtobeabletosaywhereoneisgoing,andwhereonehascomefrom.Atleast,itlookslikesomewhere."

           "TheChimneys,forexample,"saidHerbert.

           "Exactly!"repliedPencroft."Thatnamewasthemostconvenient,anditcametomequiteofmyself.ShallwekeepthenameoftheChimneysforourfirstencampment,captain?"

           "Yes,Pencroft,sinceyouhavesochristenedit."

           "Good!asfortheothers,thatwillbeeasy,"returnedthesailor,whowasinhighspirits."Letusgivethemnames,astheRobinsonsdid,whosestoryHerberthasoftenreadtome;ProvidenceBay,WhalePoint,CapeDisappointment!"

           "Or,rather,thenamesofCaptainHarding,"saidHerbert,"ofMr.Spilett,ofNeb!—"

           "Myname!"criedNeb,showinghissparklingwhiteteeth.