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Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery
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Captain Adam Seaborn
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My
own
bonds
for
these
duties
could
not
be
received,
because
I
was
not
a
permanent
resident
In
this
exigency
my
friend,
Mr.
Worthy,
occurred
to
my
mind
as
a
very
fit
man
to
act
as
my
factor.
He
was
an
old
acquaintance,
a
well
informed
merchant,
and
a
man
of
strict
integrity;
but,
unhappily,
at
this
time,
rather
low
in
credit,
in
consequence
of
having
lost
a
great
part
of
his
capital
by
endorsing
for
his
friends.
It
was
doubtful
whether
his
bonds
would
be
thought
sufficient
at
the
Custom-house,
and
I
was
assured
that
he
could
not
raise
cash
enough
to
answer
the
heavy
demands
which
would
be
immediately
made
upon
me
by
my
crew,
and
my
own
expenses.
Moreover,
as
I
was
now
very
rich,
and
had
daughters
nearly
grown
up,
it
was
proper
that
I
should
gain
a
place
in
genteel
society,
whereas
my
friend
Worthy,
being
a
plain
frugal
citizen,
did
not
mix
with
the
haut
ton,
and
could
give
me
no
assistance
in
that
particular.
All
my
friends
(and
they
were
now
very
numerous)
protested
against
so
foolish
a
step
as
that
of
putting
all
my
affairs
into
his
hands,
for
the
sake
of
giving
an
honest
man
a
commission
of
ten
or
twelve
thousand
dollars,
when
there
were
so
many
great
merchants
who
would
readily
manage
my
concerns
for
a
moderate
per
centage,
and
introduce
me
to
stylish
society
into
the
bargain.
I
confess
that
the
Symzonian
doctrines
had
left
so
much
impression
on
my
mind,
as
to
cause
me
some
compunction
at
the
thought
of
neglecting
an
opportunity
to
render
my
friend
Worthy's
family
comfortable,
by
giving
him
my
business,
instead
of
bestowing
the
advantages
of
it
upon
a
merchant
rolling
in
wealth,
who,
after
being
roundly
paid,
would
consider
me
under
obligations
for
his
services.
My
external
habits
and
sentiments,
however,
got
the
better
of
my
sympathies
for
my
old
friend,
and,
by
the
advice
of
my
new
friends,
I
addressed
myself
to
Mr.
Slippery.
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