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The Affidavit

           IhaveparticularlyquestionedhimconcerningthispassageinLangsdorff.Hesubstantiateseveryword.Theship,however,wasbynomeansalargeone:aRussiancraftbuiltontheSiberiancoast,andpurchasedbymyuncleafterbarteringawaythevesselinwhichhesailedfromhome.

           Inthatupanddownmanlybookofold-fashionedadventure,sofull,too,ofhonestwondersthevoyageofLionelWafer,oneofancientDampier’soldchumsIfoundalittlemattersetdownsolikethatjustquotedfromLangsdorff,thatIcannotforbearinsertingithereforacorroborativeexample,ifsuchbeneeded.

           Lionel,itseems,wasonhiswayto"JohnFerdinando,"ashecallsthemodernJuanFernandes."Inourwaythither,"hesays,"aboutfouro’clockinthemorning,whenwewereaboutonehundredandfiftyleaguesfromtheMainofAmerica,ourshipfeltaterribleshock,whichputourmeninsuchconsternationthattheycouldhardlytellwheretheywereorwhattothink;buteveryonebegantopreparefordeath.And,indeed,theshockwassosuddenandviolent,thatwetookitforgrantedtheshiphadstruckagainstarock;butwhentheamazementwasalittleover,wecastthelead,andsounded,butfoundnoground....Thesuddennessoftheshockmadethegunsleapintheircarriages,andseveralofthemenwereshakenoutoftheirhammocks.

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