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On the Horizon

           Thepromontorywasstandingonthelarboardstern,butthecoastwasnotyettobetraced.

           Meanwhiletheskyclearedatthehorizon,andahighcoast,liketheAmericanland,borderedbytheimmensechainoftheAndes,shouldbevisibleformorethantwentymiles.

           DickSandtookhistelescopeandmoveditslowlyoverthewholeeasternhorizon.

           Nothing!Hecouldseenothing!

           Attwoo’clockintheafternooneverytraceoflandhaddisappearedbehindthe"Pilgrim."Forward,thetelescopecouldnotseizeanyoutlinewhatsoeverofacoast,highorlow.

           ThenacryescapedDickSand.Immediatelyleavingthedeck,herushedintothecabin,whereMrs.WeldonwaswithlittleJack,Nan,andCousinBenedict.

           "Anisland!Thatwasonlyanisland!"saidhe.

           "Anisland,Dick!butwhat?"askedMrs.Weldon.

           "Thechartwilltellus,"repliedthenovice.

           Andrunningtohisberth,hebroughttheship’schart.

           "There,Mrs.Weldon,there!"saidhe."Thatlandwhichwehaveseen,itcanonlybethispoint,lostinthemiddleofthePacific!ItcanonlybetheIsleofPaques;thereisnootherintheseparts."

           "Andwehavealreadyleftitbehind?"askedMrs.Weldon.

           "Yes,welltothewindwardofus."

           Mrs.WeldonlookedattentivelyattheIsleofPaques,whichonlyformedanimperceptiblepointonthechart.

           "AndatwhatdistanceisitfromtheAmericancoast?"

           "Thirty-fivedegrees."

           "Whichmakes"

           "Abouttwothousandmiles."

           "Butthenthe’Pilgrim’hasnotsailed,ifwearestillsofarfromthecontinent?"

           "Mrs.

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