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           TheEnglishAdmiraltyhavinghesitatedtoundertakethissearch,LordGlenarvanresolvedtoattempteverythingtofindthecaptain.HecommunicatedwithMaryandRobertGrant,whojoinedhim.The‘Duncan’yachtwasequippedforthedistantvoyage,inwhichthenobleman’sfamilyandthecaptain’schildrenwishedtotakepart,andthe‘Duncan,’leavingGlasgow,proceededtowardstheAtlantic,passedthroughtheStraitsofMagellan,andascendedthePacificasfarasPatagonia,where,accordingtoapreviousinterpretationofthedocument,theysupposedthatCaptainGrantwasaprisoneramongtheIndians.

           "The‘Duncan’disembarkedherpassengersonthewesterncoastofPatagonia,andsailedtopickthemupagainontheeasterncoastatCapeCorrientes.LordGlenarvantraversedPatagonia,followingthethirty-seventhparallel,andhavingfoundnotraceofthecaptain,here-embarkedonthe13thofNovember,soastopursuehissearchthroughtheOcean.

           "AfterhavingunsuccessfullyvisitedtheislandsofTristand’AcunhaandAmsterdam,situatedinhercourse,the‘Duncan,’asIhavesaid,arrivedatCapeBernouilli,ontheAustraliancoast,onthe20thofDecember,1854.

           "ItwasLordGlenarvan’sintentiontotraverseAustraliaashehadtraversedAmerica,andhedisembarked.Afewmilesfromthecoastwasestablishedafarm,belongingtoanIrishman,whoofferedhospitalitytothetravelers.

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