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A Hospitable Colonist

           BesidesthePatagonianrivers,theRioColoradoandtheRioNegro,flowintotheseaalongdesertedsolitudes,uninhabitedanduninhabitable;while,onthecontrary,theprincipalriversofAustraliatheMurray,theYarrow,theTorrens,theDarlingallconnectedwitheachother,throwthemselvesintotheoceanbywell-frequentedroutes,andtheirmouthsareportsofgreatactivity.Whatlikelihood,consequently,wouldtherebethatafragilebottlewouldeverfinditswayalongsuchbusythoroughfaresrightoutintotheIndianOcean?

           Paganelhimselfsawtheimpossibilityofit,andconfessedtotheMajor,whoraisedadiscussiononthesubject,thathishypothesiswouldbealtogetherillogicalinAustralia.ItwasevidentthatthedegreesgivenrelatedtotheplacewheretheBritanniawasactuallyshipwreckedandnottheplaceofcaptivity,andthatthebottlethereforehadbeenthrownintotheseaonthewesterncoastofthecontinent.

           However,asGlenarvanjustlyremarked,thisdidnotalterthefactofCaptainGrant’scaptivityintheleastdegree,thoughtherewasnoreasonnowforprosecutingthesearchforhimalongthe37thparallel,morethananyother.Itfollowed,consequently,thatifnotracesoftheBritanniawerediscoveredatCapeBernouilli,theonlythingtobedonewastoreturntoEurope.LordGlenarvanwouldhavebeenunsuccessful,buthewouldhavedonehisdutycourageouslyandconscientiously.

           ButtheyoungGrantsdidnotfeeldisheartened.

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