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A Hospitable Colonist

           Theboatshadhard,roughworkofitnow,butthemennevercomplained.Glenarvanandhisinseparablecompanion,Paganel,andyoungRobertgenerallyaccompaniedthem.Butallthispainstakingexplorationcametonothing.Notatraceoftheshipwreckcouldbeseenanywhere.TheAustralianshoresrevealednomorethanthePatagonian.However,itwasnottimeyettolosehopealtogether,fortheyhadnotreachedtheexactpointindicatedbythedocument.

           Onthe20thofDecember,theyarrivedoffCapeBernouilli,whichterminatesLacepedeBay,andyetnotavestigeoftheBritanniahadbeendiscovered.Stillthiswasnotsurprising,asitwastwoyearssincetheoccurrenceofthecatastrophe,andtheseamight,andindeedmust,havescatteredanddestroyedwhateverfragmentsofthebrighadremained.Besides,thenativeswhoscentawreckasthevulturesdoadeadbody,wouldhavepounceduponitandcarriedoffthesmallerDEBRIS.TherewasnodoubtwhateverHarryGrantandhiscompanionshadbeenmadeprisonersthemomentthewavesthrewthemontheshore,andbeendraggedawayintotheinteriorofthecontinent.

           Butifso,whatbecomesofPaganel’singenioushypothesisaboutthedocument?viz.,thatithadbeenthrownintoariverandcarriedbyacurrentintothesea.ThatwasaplausibleenoughtheoryinPatagonia,butnotinthepartofAustraliaintersectedbythe37thparallel.

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