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Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery
·
Captain Adam Seaborn
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CHAPTER
II.
The
Author
arrives
at
the
Falkland
Islands--Describes
West
Point
Island,
and
States
harbour--Visits
the
city
of
the
Gentoo
Penguins
on
the
Grand
Jason--Gives
some
account
of
the
polity
and
habits
of
those
civilized
amphibia--Sails
for
South
Georgia.
I
soon
had
cause
to
congratulate
myself
on
my
ingenuity.
My
fin
paddles
worked
to
admiration.
When
the
wind
failed,
I
could,
by
setting
the
engine
in
motion,
propel
my
vessel
at
the
rate
of
12
knots
per
hour;
and
with
a
favourable
wind,
and
under
a
press
both
of
canvass
and
steam,
found
it
easy
to
drive
her
at
the
rate
of
16
knots.
With
such
advantages,
there
was
no
necessity
of
going
the
roundabout
passage
to
gain
the
trade
wind.
I
therefore
stood
straight
for
Cape
St.
Roque.
Whether
I
did
or
did
not
see
a
flying
fish,
catch
a
dolphin,
or
observe
a
black
whirling
cloud
called
a
water-spout,
is
of
very
little
importance
to
the
world.
On
the
sixteenth
day
after
leaving
port,
we
saw
the
land
of
Cape
St.
Roque,
in
South
America,
and
on
the
twenty-fourth,
anchored
in
the
harbour
of
Rio
de
Janeiro,
having
experienced
the
usual
changes
of
wind
and
weather,
and
discovered
that
air
and
water
are
much
the
same
elements,
and
are
governed
by
much
the
same
laws,
at
sea
as
on
shore.
I
entered
this
harbour
under
sail,
with
the
paddle
ports
closed,
that
no
suspicion
might
be
excited;
my
object
in
calling
at
this
place
being
only
to
provide
myself
with
live
stock
and
fruits.
I
took
on
board
two
fine
horses,
four
mules,
two
cows,
with
calves,
a
parcel
of
pigs,
sheep,
and
goats,
with
a
quantity
of
fruit
and
vegetables;
and,
on
the
26th
of
August,
sailed
again.
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