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A Rough Captain

           Perhapstherehadbeenafight?Theremightyetbefoundonthecoasttracesofastruggle,alastresistance.Ifthecrewhadperishedamongthewaves,thewavesprobablyhadthrownsomebodiesontheshore.

           Glenarvan,accompaniedbyhisfaithfulJohn,wenttocarryoutthefinalsearch.ThelandlordoftheVictoriaHotellentthemtwohorses,andtheysetoutonthenorthernroadthatskirtsTwofoldBay.

           Itwasamelancholyjourney.GlenarvanandCaptainJohntrottedalongwithoutspeaking,buttheyunderstoodeachother.Thesamethoughts,thesameanguishharrowedboththeirhearts.Theylookedatthesea-wornrocks;theyneedednowordsofquestionoranswer.John’swell-triedzealandintelligencewereaguaranteethateverypointwasscrupulouslyexamined,theleastlikelyplaces,aswellastheslopingbeachesandsandyplainswhereeventheslighttidesofthePacificmighthavethrownsomefragmentsofwreck.Butnoindicationwasseenthatcouldsuggestfurthersearchinthatquarteralltraceofthewreckescapedthemstill.

           AstotheDuncan,notraceeither.AllthatpartofAustralia,borderingtheocean,wasdesert.

           StillJohnManglesdiscoveredontheskirtsoftheshoreevidenttracesofcamping,remainsoffiresrecentlykindledundersolitaryMyall-trees.Hadatribeofwanderingblackspassedthatwaylately?No,forGlenarvansawatokenwhichfurnishedincontestableproofthattheconvictshadfrequentedthatpartofthecoast.

           Thistokenwasagreyandyellowgarmentwornandpatched,anill-omenedragthrowndownatthefootofatree.

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