The engineer's orders were obeyed, and while the reporter and the lad, the best marksmen in the colony, posted themselves in a good position, but out of the monkeys' sight, Neb, Pencroft, and Cyrus climbed the plateau and entered the forest in order to kill some game, for it was now time for breakfast and they had no provisions remaining.
Nab, Pencroff és Cyrus Smith ezalatt átvágott a fennsíkon, és behatolt az erdőbe, hogy néhány vadat ejtsen, mert közben elérkezett már az ebéd ideje is, de még mindig nem akadt semmilyen ennivalójuk.