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A New Destination

           "No,"chimedinalltherest,andeventheMajorhimself,"itcannotapplytoNewZealand."

           "Now,"wentonPaganel,"inallthisimmensespacebetweenthislargeislandandtheAmericancoast,thereisonlyonesolitarybarrenlittleislandcrossedbythe37thparallel."

           "Andwhatisitsname,"askedtheMajor.

           "Hereitis,markedinthemap.ItisMariaTheresaanameofwhichthereisnotasingletraceineitherofthethreedocuments."

           "Nottheslightest,"saidGlenarvan.

           "Ileaveyou,then,myfriends,todecidewhetheralltheseprobabilities,nottosaycertainties,arenotinfavoroftheAustraliancontinent."

           "Evidently,"repliedthecaptainandalltheothers.

           "Well,then,John,"saidGlenarvan,"thenextquestionis,haveyouprovisionsandcoalenough?"

           "Yes,yourhonor,ItookinanamplestoreatTalcahuano,and,besides,wecaneasilyreplenishourstockofcoalatCapeTown."

           "Well,then,giveorders."

           "Letmemakeonemoreobservation,"interruptedMcNabbs.

           "Goonthen."

           "WhateverlikelihoodofsuccessAustraliamayofferus,wouldn’titbeadvisabletostopadayortwoattheTristand’AcunhaIslesandtheAmsterdam?Theylieinourroute,andwouldnottakeustheleastoutoftheway.ThenweshouldbeabletoascertainiftheBritanniahadleftanytracesofhershipwreckthere?"

           "IncredulousMajor!"exclaimedPaganel,"hestillstickstohisidea"

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