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Preparations for a Voyage of Discovery

           "Anddoesthecompassstillshowsouth-east?"

           "Yes;withawesterlydeviationofnineteendegreesforty-fiveminutes,justasaboveground.Asforitsdip,acuriousfactiscomingtolight,whichIhaveobservedcarefully:thattheneedle,insteadofdippingtowardsthepoleasinthenorthernhemisphere,onthecontrary,risesfromit."

           "Wouldyouthenconclude,"Isaid,"thatthemagneticpoleissomewherebetweenthesurfaceoftheglobeandthepointwhereweare?"

           "Exactlyso;anditislikelyenoughthatifweweretoreachthespotbeneaththepolarregions,aboutthatseventy-firstdegreewhereSirJamesRosshasdiscoveredthemagneticpoletobesituated,weshouldseetheneedlepointstraightup.Thereforethatmysteriouscentreofattractionisatnogreatdepth."

           Iremarked:"Itisso;andhereisafactwhichsciencehasscarcelysuspected."

           "Science,mylad,hasbeenbuiltuponmanyerrors;buttheyareerrorswhichitwasgoodtofallinto,fortheyledtothetruth."

           "Whatdepthhavewenowreached?"

           "Wearethirty-fiveleaguesbelowthesurface."

           "So,"Isaid,examiningthemap,"theHighlandsofScotlandareoverourheads,andtheGrampiansareraisingtheirruggedsummitsaboveus."

           "Yes,"answeredtheProfessorlaughing."Itisratheraheavyweighttobear,butasolidarchspansoverourheads.ThegreatArchitecthasbuiltitofthebestmaterials;andnevercouldmanhavegivenitsowideastretch.

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