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Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery
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Captain Adam Seaborn
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I
remembered
the
misfortune
of
the
discoverer
Sindbad,
whose
ship,
when
he
approached
the
magnetic
mountain,
fell
to
pieces,
in
consequence
of
the
iron
being
all
drawn
out
of
it.
To
guard
against
a
similar
disaster,
I
fastened
my
vessel
first
with
tree-nails,
and
then
throughout
with
copper
bolts
firmly
rivetted
and
clenched.
To
obviate
the
dangers
of
exposed
and
upright
paddles,
I
built
her
with
double
top-sides
for
a
space
of
thirty
feet.
Within
this
space
the
inner
frames
sloped
in
from
the
bends,
on
an
angle
of
45
degrees,
and
were
covered
and
finished,
in
all
respects,
like
the
sides
of
a
common
ship.
The
outer
work
was
carried
up
in
the
usual
manner,
so
that
the
aperture
was
not
apparent
to
external
observation.
Through
this
outer
side
a
longitudinal
port
was
cut,
30
feet
long
and
3
feet
wide,
for
the
paddles
to
play
through
obliquely,
like
the
fins
of
a
seal.
The
nave
of
the
wheel
was
two
feet
within
the
sill
of
the
port,
between
the
double
walls,
and
supported
by
both
of
them.
The
blades
of
the
paddles,
made
of
the
best
ash
timber,
and
firmly
coaked
and
rivetted
together,
were
fitted
into
sockets
in
the
nave;
whence
they
could
be
easily
unshipped
for
the
purpose
of
closing
the
ports
in
bad
weather,
and
rendering
the
vessel
perfectly
secure,
with
the
paddles
inboard.
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