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Suspicious Occurrences

           ThechainoftheAlpswassafelypassed,andtheusualarrangementsweremadeforthenightlyencampment.

           Onthe21st,atdaybreak,thejourneywasresumedwithanardorwhichneverrelaxed.EveryonewaseagertoreachthegoalthatistosaythePacificOceanatthatpartwherethewreckoftheBritanniahadoccurred.NothingcouldbedoneinthelonelywildsofGippsland,andAyrtonurgedLordGlenarvantosendordersatoncefortheDuncantorepairtothecoast,inordertohaveathandallmeansofresearch.HethoughtitwouldcertainlybeadvisabletotakeadvantageoftheLucknowroutetoMelbourne.Iftheywaiteditwouldbedifficulttofindanywayofdirectcommunicationwiththecapital.

           Thisadviceseemedgood,andPaganelrecommendedthattheyshouldactuponit.Healsothoughtthatthepresenceoftheyachtwouldbeveryuseful,andheadded,thatiftheLucknowroadwasoncepassed,itwouldbeimpossibletocommunicatewithMelbourne.

           Glenarvanwasundecidedwhattodo,andperhapshewouldhaveyieldedtoAyrton’sarguments,iftheMajorhadnotcombatedthisdecisionvigorously.HemaintainedthatthepresenceofAyrtonwasnecessarytotheexpedition,thathewouldknowthecountryaboutthecoast,andthatifanychanceshouldputthemonthetrackofHarryGrant,thequartermasterwouldbebetterabletofollowitupthananyoneelse,and,finally,thathealonecouldpointouttheexactspotwheretheshipwreckoccurred.

           McNabbsvotedthereforeforthecontinuationofthevoyage,withoutmakingtheleastchangeintheirprogramme.

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