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           Forthwiththegeographersetoff,hoistinghimselfupverycleverlyfromboughtobough,tillhedisappearedbeyondthethickfoliage.Hiscompanionsbegantoarrangethenightquarters,andpreparetheirbeds.Butthiswasneitheralongnordifficulttask,andverysoontheyresumedtheirseatsroundthefiretohaveatalk.

           AsusualtheirthemewasCaptainGrant.Inthreedays,shouldthewatersubside,theywouldbeonboardtheDuncanoncemore.ButHarryGrantandhistwosailors,thosepoorshipwreckedfellows,wouldnotbewiththem.Indeed,itevenseemedafterthisillsuccessandthisuselessjourneyacrossAmerica,thatallchanceoffindingthemwasgoneforever.Wherecouldtheycommenceafreshquest?WhatgriefLadyHelenaandMaryGrantwouldfeelonhearingtherewasnofurtherhope.

           "Poorsister!"saidRobert."Itisallupwithus."

           ForthefirsttimeGlenarvancouldnotfindanycomforttogivehim.Whatcouldhesaytothelad?

           Hadtheynotsearchedexactlywherethedocumentstated?

           "Andyet,"hesaid,"thisthirty-seventhdegreeoflatitudeisnotamerefigure,andthatitappliestotheshipwreckorcaptivityofHarryGrant,isnomereguessorsupposition.Wereaditwithourowneyes."

           "Allverytrue,yourHonor,"repliedTomAustin,"andyetoursearchhasbeenunsuccessful."

           "Itisbothaprovokingandhopelessbusiness,"repliedGlenarvan.

           "Provokingenough,certainly,"saidtheMajor,"butnothopeless.

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