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Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery
·
Captain Adam Seaborn
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CHAPTER
XVI.
The
Author
returns
to
the
Explorer--Holds
a
council
of
officers--Determines
to
return
to
Seaborn's
Land--Takes
leave
of
Surui--Sails
from
Symzonia--Touches
at
Token
Island--Arrives
at
Boneto's
station.
I
returned
to
my
ship,
with
sensations
very
different
from
those
which
delighted
my
heart
on
my
passage
from
it.
I
felt
like
a
culprit
exiled
to
Botany
Bay
for
his
crimes:
so
strong
was
the
contrast
between
the
peaceful,
intelligent,
and
virtuous
people,
from
amongst
whom
I
was
driven,
and
the
turbulent,
rude,
and
corrupt
externals,
with
whom
I
was
doomed
to
pass
the
remainder
of
my
days.
My
chief
consolation
was
derived
from
that
contemptible
passion,
vanity,
a
certain
evidence
that
I
was
a
true
external.
I
could
not
avoid
being
elated,
and
indulging
some
pleasant
emotions,
when
I
thought
of
the
great
curiosity
my
arrival
from
the
internal
world
would
excite
amongst
the
externals,
the
celebrity
I
should
acquire,
the
prodigious
importance
which
would
be
ascribed
to
my
discoveries,
and
the
unbounded
encomiums
which
would
be
lavished
on
me
for
my
wonderful
capacity
of
mind,
displayed
in
the
contrivance
of
my
voyage,
and
the
incomparable
bravery,
skill,
and
perseverance
displayed
in
the
execution
of
it.
All
this,
with
the
anticipation
of
the
many
public
dinners
which
would
be
eaten
in
honour
of
the
discoverer,
the
flattering
toasts
which
would
be
drank
all
over
the
United
States,
and
perhaps
in
Europe,
together
with
the
pleasure
I
should
enjoy
in
relating
my
apparently
tough
stories,
helped
to
keep
up
my
spirits.
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