Таинственный остров / Mysterious Island

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“And the other extremity of the island,” said Herbert, “the gulf so like an open pair of jaws, let us call it Shark Gulf[56 - Shark Gulf – залив Акулы].”

“Good enough,” said Pencroff, “and we may complete the figure by calling the two capes North Mandible[57 - North Mandible – Северная Челюсть] and South Mandible[58 - South Mandible – Южная Челюсть]. Now we must name the southwestern extremity of the island.

“Claw Cape[59 - Claw Cape – мыс Коготь],” suggested Neb.

The river with fresh water they called the Mercy[60 - the Mercy – река Благодарения]. The islet on which they first set foot, was Safety Island[61 - Safety Island – остров Спасения]; the plateau at the top of the high granite wall above the Chimneys, from which the whole sweep of the bay was visible, Prospect Plateau[62 - Prospect Plateau – плато Кругозора]; and, finally, that mass of impenetrable woods which covered Serpentine Peninsula, the Forests of the Far West[63 - Forests of the Far West – леса Дальнего Запада].

All was settled, and the colonists were about to descend the mountain, when Pencroff cried:

“Why, what idiots we are!”

“Why so?” said Spilett, who had closed his note-book.

“We have forgotten to name our island!”

Cyrus Smith said quietly:

“Let us give it the name of a great citizen, my friends, of the defender of American unity! Let us call it Lincoln Island[64 - Lincoln Island – остров Линкольна]!”

Chapter XII

The colonists of Lincoln Island walked around the verge of the crater. Half an hour afterwards they were again upon the lower plateau.

As they were leaving the plateau, Smith proposed to his companions to take a new road back to the Chimneys. He wished to explore Lake Grant, which lay surrounded so beautifully with trees. The colonists employed in conversation only the proper names which they had just devised, and found that they could express themselves much more easily.