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A New Destination

           "Letusgoonthen,"resumedPaganel."AfterleavingtheAtlantic,wepasstwodegreesbelowtheCapeofGoodHope,andintotheIndianOcean.Onlyonegroupofislandsisfoundonthisroute,theAmsterdamIsles.Now,then,wemustexaminetheseaswedidtheTristand’Acunhagroup."

           Afteraclosesurvey,theAmsterdamIsleswererejectedintheirturn.Notasingleword,orpartofaword,French,EnglishorGerman,couldapplytothisgroupintheIndianOcean.

           "NowwecometoAustralia,"continuedPaganel.

           "The37thparalleltouchesthiscontinentatCapeBernouilli,andleavesitatTwofoldBay.Youwillagreewithmethat,withoutstrainingthetext,theEnglishwordSTRAandtheFrenchoneAUSTRALmayrelatetoAustralia.Thethingistooplaintoneedproof."

           TheconclusionofPaganelmetwithunanimousapproval;everyprobabilitywasinhisfavor.

           "Andwhereisthenextpoint?"askedMcNabbs.

           "Thatiseasilyanswered.AfterleavingTwofoldBay,wecrossanarmoftheseawhichextendstoNewZealand.HereImustcallyourattentiontothefactthattheFrenchwordCONTINmeansacontinent,irrefragably.CaptainGrantcouldnot,then,havefoundrefugeinNewZealand,whichisonlyanisland.Howeverthatmaybethough,examineandcompare,andgooverandovereachword,andseeif,byanypossibility,theycanbemadetofitthisnewcountry."

           "Innowaywhatever,"repliedJohnMangles,afteraminuteinvestigationofthedocumentsandtheplanisphere.

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