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           Howhadthisisland,calledMariaTheresa,beenindicatedinthepapersoriginally?

           AtlastPaganelcouldcontainhimselfnolonger,andseizingHarryGrant’shand,heexclaimed:

           "Captain!willyoutellmeatlastwhatreallywasinyourindecipherabledocument?"

           Ageneralcuriositywasexcitedbythisquestionofthegeographer,fortheenigmawhichhadbeenforninemonthsamysterywasabouttobeexplained.

           "Well,captain,"repeatedPaganel,"doyouremembertheprecisewordsofthedocument?"

           "Exactly,"repliedHarryGrant;"andnotadayhaspassedwithoutmyrecallingtomemorywordswithwhichourlasthopeswerelinked."

           "Andwhatarethey,captain?"askedGlenarvan."Speak,forouramourpropreiswoundedtothequick!"

           "Iamreadytosatisfyyou,"repliedHarryGrant;"but,youknow,tomultiplythechancesofsafety,Ihadinclosedthreedocumentsinthebottle,inthreedifferentlanguages.Whichisityouwishtohear?"

           "Theyarenotidentical,then?"criedPaganel.

           "Yes,theyare,almosttoaword."

           "Well,then,letushavetheFrenchdocument,"repliedGlenarvan."Thatistheonethatismostrespectedbythewaves,andtheoneonwhichourinterpretationshavebeenmostlyfounded."

           "MyLord,Iwillgiveityouwordforword,"repliedHarryGrant.

           "LE27JUIN,1862,letrois-matsBritannia,deGlasgow,s’estperduaquinzecentslieuesdelaPatagonie,dansl’hemisphereaustral.Partesaterre,deuxmatelotsetleCapitaineGrantontatteintl’ileTabor—"

           "Oh!"exclaimedPaganel.