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           However,duringthefirstweekofApril,afterasuddenbarometricalfall,arenewedrisewasmarkedbyaheavygaleofwind,lastingfiveorsixdays;thentheneedleoftheinstrumentremainedstationaryataheightoftwenty-nineinchesandnine-tenths,andtheweatherappearedpropitiousforanexcursion.

           Thedeparturewasfixedforthe16thofApril,andthe"Bonadventure,"anchoredinPortBalloon,wasprovisionedforavoyagewhichmightbeofsomeduration.

           CyrusHardinginformedAyrtonoftheprojectedexpedition,andproposedthatheshouldtakepartinit,butAyrtonpreferringtoremainonshore,itwasdecidedthatheshouldcometoGraniteHouseduringtheabsenceofhiscompanions.MasterJupwasorderedtokeephimcompany,andmadenoremonstrance.

           Onthemorningofthe16thofAprilallthecolonists,includingTop,embarked.Afinebreezeblewfromthesouth-west,andthe"Bonadventure"tackedonleavingPortBalloonsoastoreachReptileEnd.Oftheninetymileswhichtheperimeteroftheislandmeasured,twentyincludedthesouthcoastbetweentheportandthepromontory.Thewindbeingrightaheaditwasnecessarytohugtheshore.

           Ittookthewholedaytoreachthepromontory,forthevesselonleavingporthadonlytwohoursofebbtideandhadthereforetomakewayforsixhoursagainsttheflood.Itwasnightfallbeforethepromontorywasdoubled.

           Thesailorthenproposedtotheengineerthattheyshouldcontinuesailingslowlywithtworeefsinthesail.

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