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A Discouraging Confession

           DuringyourvisittothefarmyourelatedCaptainGrant’shistory,andIlearnedthenfactsofwhichIwasnotpreviouslyawarethattheBritanniahadtouchedatCallao,andthatherlatestnewswasdatedJune,1862,twomonthsaftermydisembarkation,andalsoaboutthedocumentandthelossoftheshipsomewherealongthe37thparallel;and,lastly,thestrongreasonsyouhadforsupposingHarryGrantwasontheAustraliancontinent.WithouttheleasthesitationIdeterminedtoappropriatetheDuncan,amatchlessvessel,abletooutdistancetheswiftestshipsintheBritishNavy.Butseriousinjurieshadtoberepaired.IthereforeletitgotoMelbourne,andjoinedmyselftoyouinmytruecharacterasquartermaster,offeringtoguideyoutothesceneoftheshipwreck,fictitiouslyplacedbymeontheeastcoastofAustralia.Itwasinthisway,followedorsometimesprecededbymygangofconvicts,IdirectedyourexpeditiontowardtheprovinceofVictoria.MymencommittedabootlesscrimeatCamdenBridge;sincetheDuncan,ifbroughttothecoast,couldnotescapeme,andwiththeyachtoncemine,Iwasmasteroftheocean.IledyouinthiswayunsuspectinglyasfarastheSnowyRiver.Thehorsesandbullocksdroppeddeadonebyone,poisonedbythegastrolobium.Idraggedthewagonintothemarshes,whereitgothalfburied.Atmyinstancebutyouknowtherest,myLord,andyoumaybesurethatbutfortheblunderofMr.Paganel,IshouldnowcommandtheDuncan.Suchismyhistory,gentlemen.

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