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           Everycapriceofnature,stillmorevariedthanthoseoftheimagination,appearedonthisgrandcoast,whichextendedoveralengthofeightorninemiles.

           CyrusHardingandhiscompanionsgazed,withafeelingofsurpriseborderingonstupefaction.But,althoughtheyremainedsilent,Top,notbeingtroubledwithfeelingsofthissort,utteredbarkswhichwererepeatedbythethousandechoesofthebasalticcliff.Theengineerevenobservedthatthesebarkshadsomethingstrangeinthem,likethosewhichthedoghadutteredatthemouthofthewellinGraniteHouse.

           "Letusgoclosein,"saidhe.

           Andthe"Bonadventure"sailedasnearaspossibletotherockyshore.Perhapssomecave,whichitwouldbeadvisabletoexplore,existedthere?ButHardingsawnothing,notacavern,notacleftwhichcouldserveasaretreattoanybeingwhatever,forthefootofthecliffwaswashedbythesurf.SoonTop’sbarksceased,andthevesselcontinuedhercourseatafewcables-lengthfromthecoast.

           Inthenorthwestpartoftheislandtheshorebecameagainflatandsandy.Afewtreeshereandthereroseabovealow,marshyground,whichthecolonistshadalreadysurveyed,andinviolentcontrasttotheotherdesertshore,lifewasagainmanifestedbythepresenceofmyriadsofwater-fowl.Thateveningthe"Bonadventure"anchoredinasmallbaytothenorthoftheisland,neartheland,suchwasthedepthofwaterthere.Thenightpassedquietly,forthebreezediedawaywiththelastlightofday,andonlyroseagainwiththefirststreaksofdawn.

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