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On the Horizon

           Weldon,"repliedDickSand,whopassedhishandoverhisforeheadforamoment,asiftoconcentratehisideas,"IdonotknowIcannotexplainthisincredibledelay!No!Icannotunlesstheindicationsofthecompasshavebeenfalse?ButthatislandcanonlybetheIsleofPaques,becausewehavebeenobligedtoscudbeforethewindtothenortheast,andwemustthankHeaven,whichhaspermittedmetomarkourposition!Yes,itisstilltwothousandmilesfromthecoast!Iknow,atlast,wherethetempesthasblownus,and,ifitabates,weshallbeabletolandontheAmericancontinentwithsomechanceofsafety.Now,atleast,ourshipisnolongerlostontheimmensityofthePacific!"

           Thisconfidence,shownbytheyoungnovice,wassharedbyallthosewhoheardhimspeak.Mrs.Weldon,herself,gavewaytoit.Itseemed,indeed,thatthesepoorpeoplewereattheendoftheirtroubles,andthatthe"Pilgrim,"beingtothewindwardofherport,hadonlytowaitfortheopenseatoenterit!TheIsleofPaquesbyitstruenameVai-HondiscoveredbyDavidin1686,visitedbyCookandLaperouse,issituated27°southlatitudeand112°eastlongitude.Iftheschoonerhadbeenthusledmorethanfifteendegreestothenorth,thatwasevidentlyduetothattempestfromthesouthwest,beforewhichithadbeenobligedtoscud.

           Thenthe"Pilgrim"wasstilltwothousandmilesfromthecoast.

           However,undertheimpetusofthatwindwhichblewlikethunder,it

           must,inlessthantendays,reachsomepointofthecoastofSouth

           America.

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