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A Rough Captain

           RatherthanabandonoursearchIwillresumeitalone!IwilleitherfindCaptainGrantorperishintheattempt!"

           ItwasaseriousundertakingtowhichJohnManglesboundhimself;Maryaccepted,andgaveherhandtotheyoungcaptain,asiftoratifythetreaty.OnJohnMangles’sideitwasalife’sdevotion;onMary’sundyinggratitude.

           Duringthatday,theirdeparturewasfinallyarranged;theyresolvedtoreachMelbournewithoutdelay.NextdayJohnwenttoinquireabouttheshipsreadytosail.HeexpectedtofindfrequentcommunicationbetweenEdenandVictoria.

           Hewasdisappointed;shipswerescarce.Threeorfourvessels,anchoredinTwofoldBay,constitutedthemercantilefleetoftheplace;noneofthemwereboundforMelbourne,norSydney,norPointdeGalle,atanyofwhichportsGlenarvanwouldhavefoundshipsloadingforEngland.Infact,thePeninsularandOrientalCompanyhasaregularlineofpacketsbetweenthesepointsandEngland.

           Underthesecircumstances,whatwastobedone?Waitingforashipmightbeatediousaffair,forTwofoldBayisnotmuchfrequented.Numbersofshipspassbywithouttouching.Afterduereflectionanddiscussion,GlenarvanhadnearlydecidedtofollowthecoastroadtoSydney,whenPaganelmadeanunexpectedproposition.

           ThegeographerhadvisitedTwofoldBayonhisownaccount,andwasawarethattherewerenomeansoftransportforSydneyorMelbourne.ButofthethreevesselsanchoredintheroadsteadonewasloadingforAuckland,thecapitalofthenorthernislandofNewZealand.

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