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Paganel’s Disclosure

           TheycouldnowquittheAmericanContinentwithouttheleasthesitation,andalreadytheirthoughtshadflowntotheAustralias.IngoingonboardtheDuncanagaintheywouldnotbringdespairwiththem,andLadyHelenaandMaryGrantwouldnothavetomourntheirrevocablelossofCaptainGrant.Thisthoughtsofilledthemwithjoythattheyforgotallthedangersoftheiractualsituation,andonlyregrettedthattheycouldnotstartimmediately.

           Itwasaboutfouro’clockintheafternoon,andtheydeterminedtohavesupperatsix.Paganelwishedtogetupasplendidspreadinhonoroftheoccasion,butasthematerialswereveryscanty,heproposedtoRoberttogoandhuntintheneighboringforest.Robertclappedhishandsattheidea,sotheytookThalcave’spowderflask,cleanedtherevolversandloadedthemwithsmallshot,andsetoff.

           "Don’tgotoofar,"saidtheMajor,gravely,tothetwohunters.

           Aftertheirdeparture,GlenarvanandMcNabbswentdowntoexaminethestateofthewaterbylookingatthenotchestheyhadmadeonthetree,andWilsonandMulradyreplenishedthefire.

           Nosignofdecreaseappearedonthesurfaceoftheimmenselake,yetthefloodseemedtohavereacheditsmaximumheight;buttheviolencewithwhichitrushedfromthesouthtonorthprovedthattheequilibriumoftheArgentineriverswasnotrestored.Beforegettinglowertheliquidmassmustremainstationary,asinthecasewiththeoceanbeforetheebbtidecommences.

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