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           Theroutewasindefinitelyprolongedowingtotheinsurmountableobstacles,hugeblocksofgranite,deepravines,suspectedlagoons,whichobligedthemtomakeathousanddetours.Whennightcametheyfoundtheyhadonlygoneoverhalfadegree.TheycampedatthefootoftheAlps,onthebanksofthecreekofCobongra,ontheedgeofalittleplain,coveredwithlittleshrubsfourfeethigh,withbrightredleaveswhichgladdenedtheeye.

           "Weshallhavehardworktogetover,"saidGlenarvan,lookingatthechainofmountains,theoutlinesofwhichwerefastfadingawayinthedeepeningdarkness."TheverynameAlpsgivesplentyofroomforreflection."

           "Itisnotquitesobigasitsounds,mydearGlenarvan.Don’tsupposeyouhaveawholeSwitzerlandtotraverse.InAustraliatherearetheGrampians,thePyrenees,theAlps,theBlueMountains,asinEuropeandAmerica,butinminiature.Thissimplyimplieseitherthattheimaginationofgeographersisnotinfinite,orthattheirvocabularyofpropernamesisverypoor."

           "ThentheseAustralianAlps,"saidLordGlenarvan,"are"

           "Merepocketmountains,"putinPaganel;"weshallgetoverthemwithoutknowingit."

           "Speakforyourself,"saidtheMajor."Itwouldcertainlytakeaveryabsentmanwhocouldcrossoverachainofmountainsandnotknowit."

           "Absent!ButIamnotanabsentmannow.Iappealtotheladies.SinceeverIsetfootontheAustraliancontinent,haveIbeenonceatfault?Canyoureproachmewithasingleblunder?"

           "Notone.

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