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Chapter X. The Outset of the Enterprise

           

           ItwasdiscoveredbytheFrenchman,Barbe,in1675,beforeCook;but,althoughhecameinsecond,thecelebratednavigatorgaveittheseriesofnameswhichitstillbears.

           Theschoonertookthedirectionofthisisland,whosesnow-cladheights—formidablemassesofancientrock-risetoanimmensealtitudethroughtheyellowfogsofthesurroundingspace.

           NewGeorgia,situatedwithinfivehundredleaguesofMagellanStraits,belongstotheadministrativedomainoftheFalklands.TheBritishadministrationisnotrepresentedtherebyanyone,theislandisnotinhabited,althoughitishabitable,atleastinthesummerseason.

           Onthefollowingday,whilethemenweregoneinsearchofwater,Iwalkedaboutinthevicinityofthebay.Theplacewasanutterdesert,fortheperiodatwhichsealingispursuedtherehadnotarrived.NewGeorgia,beingexposedtothedirectactionoftheAntarcticpolarcurrent,isfreelyfrequentedbymarinemammals.Isawseveraldrovesofthesecreaturesontherocks,thestrand,andwithintherockgrottoesofthecoast.Whole“smalas”ofpenguins,standingmotionlessininterminablerows,brayedtheirprotestagainsttheinvasionofanintruder—Ialludetomyself.

           Innumerablelarksflewoverthesurfaceofthewatersandthesands;theirsongawokemymemoryoflandsmorefavouredbynature.Itisfortunatethatthesebirdsdonotwantbranchestoperchon;fortheredoesnotexistatreeinNewGeorgia.

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