The next day, the 30th of March, after a hasty breakfast, which consisted solely of the roasted tragopan, the engineer wished to climb again to the summit of the volcano, so as more attentively to survey the island upon which he and his companions were imprisoned for life perhaps, should the island be situated at a great distance from any land, or if it was out of the course of vessels which visited the archipelagoes of the Pacific Ocean.
A la mañana siguiente, después de un frugal desayuno, compuesto de tragopán asado, el ingeniero subió a la cima del volcán para observar con atención la isla en que podrían estar prisioneros toda su vida, si se hallaba situada a mucha distancia de la tierra y no se encontraba en la ruta de los barcos que visitaban los archipiélagos del océano Pacífico.