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Sunny Lands in the Blue Mediterranean

           Theslopeofthevolcanowasinmanyplacesofgreatsteepness.Wesliddownscreesofashes,carefullyavoidingthelavastreamswhichglidedsluggishlybyuslikefieryserpents.AswewentIchatteredandaskedallsortsofquestionsastoourwhereabouts,forLwastoomuchexcitednottotalkagreatdeal.

           "WeareinAsia,"Icried,"onthecoastsofIndia,intheMalayIslands,orinOceania.Wehavepassedthroughhalftheglobe,andcomeoutnearlyattheantipodes."

           "Butthecompass?"saidmyuncle.

           "Ay,thecompass!"Isaid,greatlypuzzled."Accordingtothecompasswehavegonenorthward."

           "Hasitlied?"

           "Surelynot.Coulditlie?"

           "Unless,indeed,thisistheNorthPole!"

           "Oh,no,itisnotthePole;but"

           Well,herewassomethingthatbaffleduscompletely.Icouldnottellwhattosay.

           Butnowwewerecomingintothatdelightfulgreenery,andIwassufferinggreatlyfromhungerandthirst.Happily,aftertwohours’walking,acharmingcountrylayopenbeforeus,coveredwitholivetrees,pomegranatetrees,anddeliciousvines,allofwhichseemedtobelongtoanybodywhopleasedtoclaimthem.Besides,inourstateofdestitutionandfaminewewerenotlikelytobeparticular.

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