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A Startling Discovery

           Unlessthevehiclewastakentopieces,itwouldbeimpossibletoextricateitfromthemud;buttheyhadnotoolsforthepurpose,andcouldnotattemptsuchatask.

           However,Ayrton,whowasforconqueringthisobstacleatallcosts,wasabouttocommenceafresh,whenGlenarvanstoppedhimbysaying:"Enough,Ayrton,enough.Wemusthusbandthestrengthofourremaininghorseandbullock.Ifweareobligedtocontinueourjourneyonfoot,theoneanimalcancarrytheladiesandtheothertheprovisions.Theymaythusstillbeofgreatservicetous."

           "Verywell,myLord,"repliedthequartermaster,un-yokingtheexhaustedbeasts.

           "Now,friends,"addedGlenarvan,"letusreturntotheencampmentanddeliberatelyexamineoursituation,anddetermineonourcourseofaction."

           Afteratolerablygoodbreakfasttomakeupfortheirbadnight,thediscussionwasopened,andeveryoneofthepartywasaskedtogivehisopinion.Thefirstpointwastoascertaintheirexactposition,andthiswasreferredtoPaganel,whoinformedthem,withhiscustomaryrigorousaccuracy,thattheexpeditionhadbeenstoppedonthe37thparallel,inlongitude147degrees53minutes,onthebanksoftheSnowyRiver.

           "WhatistheexactlongitudeofTwofoldBay?"askedGlenarvan.

           "Onehundredandfiftydegrees,"repliedPaganel;"twodegreessevenminutesdistantfromthis,andthatisequaltoseventy-fivemiles."

           "AndMelbourneis?"

           "Twohundredmilesoffatleast."

           "Verygood.

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