The Course Decided

           AWEEKaftertheyhaddoubledtheCapePilares,theDuncansteamedintothebayofTalcahuano,amagnificentestuary,twelvemileslongandninebroad.Theweatherwassplendid.FromNovembertoMarchtheskyisalwayscloudless,andaconstantsouthwindprevails,asthecoastisshelteredbythemountainrangeoftheAndes.InobediencetoLordGlenarvan’sorder,JohnMangleshadsailedasnearthearchipelagoofChiloeaspossible,andexaminedallthecreeksandwindingsofthecoast,hopingtodiscoversometracesoftheshipwreck.Abrokenspar,oranyfragmentofthevessel,wouldhaveputthemintherighttrack;butnothingwhateverwasvisible,andtheyachtcontinuedherroute,tillshedroppedanchorattheportofTalcahuano,forty-twodaysfromthetimeshehadsailedoutofthefogsoftheClyde.

           Glenarvanhadaboatloweredimmediately,andwentonshore,accompaniedbyPaganel.Thelearnedgeographergladlyavailedhimselfoftheopportunityofmakinguseofthelanguagehehadbeenstudyingsoconscientiously,buttohisgreatamazement,foundhecouldnotmakehimselfunderstoodbythepeople."ItistheaccentI’venotgot,"hesaid.

           "LetusgototheCustom-house,"repliedGlenarvan.

           Theywereinformedonarrivingthere,bymeansofafewEnglishwords,aidedbyexpressivegestures,thattheBritishConsullivedatConcepcion,anhour’sridedistant.

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