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Calm Philosophic Discussions

           "YoumeanAxelIsland.Don’tdeclinethehonourofhavinggivenyournametothefirstislandeverdiscoveredinthecentralpartsoftheglobe."

           "Well,"saidI,"letitbeAxelIsland.Thenwehadclearedtwohundredandseventyleaguesofsea,andweweresixhundredleaguesfromIceland."

           "Verywell,"answeredmyuncle;"letusstartfromthatpointandcountfourdays’storm,duringwhichourratecannothavebeenlessthaneightyleaguesinthetwenty-fourhours."

           "Thatisright;andthiswouldmakethreehundredleaguesmore."

           "Yes,andtheLiedenbrockseawouldbesixhundredleaguesfromshoretoshore.Surely,Axel,itmayvieinsizewiththeMediterraneanitself."

           "Especially,"Ireplied,"ifithappensthatwehaveonlycrosseditinitsnarrowestpart.Anditisacuriouscircumstance,"Iadded,"thatifmycomputationsareright,andweareninehundredleaguesfromRejkiavik,wehavenowtheMediterraneanaboveourhead."

           "Thatisagoodlongway,myfriend.ButwhetherweareunderTurkeyortheAtlanticdependsverymuchuponthequestioninwhatdirectionwehavebeenmoving.Perhapswehavedeviated."

           "No,Ithinknot.Ourcoursehasbeenthesameallalong,andIbelievethisshoreissouth-eastofPortGrauben."

           "Well,"repliedmyuncle,"wemayeasilyascertainthisbyconsultingthecompass.Letusgoandseewhatitsays."

           TheProfessormovedtowardstherockuponwhichHanshadlaiddowntheinstruments.Hewasgayandfullofspirits;herubbedhishands,hestudiedhisattitudes.

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