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Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery
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Captain Adam Seaborn
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Some
scanty
tussoc,
and
a
few
mountain
plants
and
mosses
in
the
most
favoured
spots,
formed
the
only
evidence
of
vegetation
observable
in
these
dreary
islands.
I
named
them
Albicore's
Islands,
they
having
been
first
discovered
by
that
vigilant
officer;
and
determined
to
avail
myself
of
the
discovery
to
extend
the
profits
of
my
voyage,
by
adding
as
many
seal
skins
to
my
cargo
as
could
be
stowed
in
the
space
occupied
by
the
steam
engine
and
boiler,
which
I
took
to
pieces,
and
placed
in
the
bottom
of
the
ship
for
ballast
and
dunnage.
By
caulking
in
the
paddle
ports
I
also
gained
the
place
between
the
double
sides,
and
rendered
the
ship
to
outward
observation
like
an
ordinary
vessel,
ketch
rigged.
We
remained
at
Albicore's
Islands
six
weeks,
in
which
time
we
obtained
seventeen
thousand
skins.
Having
taken
these
on
board,
and
performed
the
important
ceremony
of
taking
possession
of
the
islands
for
the
United
States,
by
hoisting
the
stripes
and
stars
upon
them
in
the
usual
manner,
I
was
ready
to
depart
for
Canton.
Being
now
about
to
visit
a
place
where
I
should
meet
many
of
my
countrymen
and
persons
full
of
curiosity
from
every
part
of
the
world,
who
would
be
very
inquisitive
as
to
the
discoveries
I
had
made,
I
was
led
to
reflect
maturely
on
the
consequences
which
might
result
from
a
disclosure
of
them;
and
the
advantages
which
might
be
derived
to
myself,
my
friends,
and
my
officers
and
people,
by
withholding
all
knowledge
of
them
from
the
world.
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