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The Three Documents

           "IhavetheMercantileandShippingGazettehere,andwe’llseethenameonthelist,andallaboutit."

           "Dolookatonce,then,"saidLordGlenarvan.

           Thefileofpapersfortheyear1862wassoonbrought,andJohnbegantoturnovertheleavesrapidly,runningdowneachpagewithhiseyeinsearchofthenamerequired.Buthisquestwasnotlong,forinafewminuteshecalledout:"I’vegotit!‘May30,1862,Peru-Callao,withcargoforGlasgow,theBritannia,CaptainGrant.’"

           "Grant!"exclaimedLordGlenarvan."ThatistheadventurousScotchmanthatattemptedtofoundanewScotlandontheshoresofthePacific."

           "Yes,"rejoinedJohnMangles,"itistheveryman.HesailedfromGlasgowintheBritanniain1861,andhasnotbeenheardofsince."

           "Thereisn’tadoubtofit,notashadowofdoubt,"repeatedLordGlenarvan."ItisjustthatsameCaptainGrant.TheBritannialeftCallaoonthe30thofMay,andonthe7thofJune,aweekafterward,sheislostonthecoastofPatagonia.Thefewbrokendisjointedwordswefindinthesedocumentstellusthewholestory.Yousee,friends,ourconjectureshitthemarkverywell;weknowallnowexceptonething,andthatisthelongitude."

           "Thatisnotneedednow,weknowthecountry.Withthelatitudealone,Iwouldengagetogorighttotheplacewherethewreckhappened."

           "Thenhavewereallyalltheparticularsnow?"askedLadyHelena.

           "All,dearHelena;IcanfillupeveryoneoftheseblankstheseahasmadeinthedocumentaseasilyasifCaptainGrantweredictatingtome."

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