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           Itwasteno’clockinthemorningwhenthecanoereachedasecondangleoftheMercy,nearlyfivemilesfromitsmouth.Hereahaltwasmadeforbreakfastundertheshadeofsomesplendidtrees.Theriverstillmeasuredfromsixtytoseventyfeetinbreadth,anditsbedfromfivetosixfeetindepth.Theengineerhadobservedthatitwasincreasedbynumerousaffluents,buttheywereunnavigable,beingsimplylittlestreams.Astotheforest,includingJacamarWood,aswellastheforestsoftheFarWest,itextendedasfarastheeyecouldreach.Innoplace,eitherinthedepthsoftheforestsorunderthetreesonthebanksoftheMercy,wasthepresenceofmanrevealed.Theexplorerscouldnotdiscoveronesuspicioustrace.Itwasevidentthatthewoodman’saxehadnevertouchedthesetrees,thatthepioneer’sknifehadneverseveredthecreepershangingfromonetrunktoanotherinthemidstoftangledbrushwoodandlonggrass.Ifcastawayshadlandedontheisland,theycouldnothaveyetquittedtheshore,anditwasnotinthewoodsthatthesurvivorsofthesupposedshipwreckshouldbesought.

           TheengineerthereforemanifestedsomeimpatiencetoreachthewesterncoastofLincolnIsland,whichwasatleastfivemilesdistantaccordingtohisestimation.

           Thevoyagewascontinued,andastheMercyappearedtoflownottowardstheshore,butrathertowardsMountFranklin,itwasdecidedthattheyshouldusetheboataslongastherewasenoughwaterunderitskeeltofloatit.

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