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           Besides,itwasuseless;andIonlyspeakto-daybecauseAyrton’sopinionjustsupportsmyown."

           V.IVVerne

           "ThenitisNewZealand?"askedGlenarvan.

           "Listenandjudge,"repliedPaganel."Itisnotwithoutreason,or,rather,Ihadareasonformakingtheblunderwhichhassavedourlives.WhenIwasintheveryactofwritingthelettertoGlenarvan’sdictation,thewordZEALANDwasswimminginmybrain.Thisiswhy.Yourememberwewereinthewagon.McNabbshadjustapprisedLadyHelenaabouttheconvicts;hehadgivenherthenumberoftheAustralianandNewZealandGazettewhichcontainedtheaccountofthecatastropheatCamdenBridge.Now,justasIwaswriting,thenewspaperwaslyingontheground,foldedinsuchamannerthatonlytwosyllablesofthetitlewerevisible;thesetwosyllableswereALAND.Whatasuddenlightflashedonmymind.ALANDwasoneofthewordsintheEnglishdocument,onethathithertowehadtranslatedaterre,andwhichmusthavebeentheterminationofthepropernoun,ZEALAND."

           "Indeed!"saidGlenarvan.

           "Yes,"continuedPaganel,withprofoundconviction;"thismeaninghadescapedme,anddoyouknowwhy?BecausemywitswereexercisednaturallyontheFrenchdocument,asitwasmostcomplete,andinthatthisimportantwordwaswanting."

           "Oh,oh!"saidtheMajor;"yourimaginationgoestoofar,Paganel;andyouforgetyourformerdeductions."

           "Goon,Major;Iamreadytoansweryou."

           "Well,then,whatdoyoumakeofyourwordAUSTRA?"

           "Whatitwasatfirst.