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Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery
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Captain Adam Seaborn
19
Having
seen
my
vessel
safely
moored,
I
left
her
in
charge
of
Mr.
Albicore,
the
second
mate,
with
strict
orders
not
to
permit
either
fire
or
candle
to
be
used
on
board
in
my
absence.
I
caused
a
cook
house
to
be
erected
on
shore,
and
left
five
men
with
Mr.
Albicore,
to
fill
up
the
water-casks,
catch
and
cure
fish,
make
the
necessary
repairs
to
the
rigging,
and
put
the
vessel
in
perfect
order
against
my
return.
With
the
remainder
of
the
officers
and
men,
in
the
launch
and
one
whale
boat,
I
made
a
harbour
at
West
Point
Island
early
the
first
day,
and
at
the
close
of
the
second
joined
the
party
under
Mr.
Boneto,
on
the
Grand
Jason.
I
found
that
Boneto
had
made
good
use
of
his
time,
having
cleared
this
island
and
all
the
neighbouring
keys
and
shores
to
which
he
could
prudently
go
with
open
whale
boats,
of
the
few
seal
which
could
be
found.
There
was
but
here
and
there
a
seal
to
be
seen,
excepting
on
some
points
of
land,
which
on
account
of
the
surf
were
nearly
inaccessible.
The
frequent
visits
of
sealers
from
the
United
States
had
either
destroyed
or
frightened
most
of
them
away.
This
gave
me
no
uneasiness,
for
I
expected
it
when
I
planned
my
voyage.
I
concurred
in
the
opinion
published
by
Capt.
Symmes,
that
seals,
whales,
and
mackerel,
come
from
the
internal
world
through
the
openings
at
the
poles;
and
was
aware
of
the
fact,
that
the
nearer
we
approach
those
openings,
the
more
abundant
do
we
find
seals
and
whales,
I
felt
perfectly
satisfied
that
I
had
only
to
find
an
opening
in
the
"icy
hoop,"
through
which
I
could
dash
with
my
vessel,
to
discover
a
region
where
seals
could
be
taken
as
fast
as
they
could
be
stripped
and
cured.
I
therefore
employed
myself
chiefly
in
procuring
comforts
for
my
people,
and
in
studying
the
habits
and
propensities
of
those
amphibious
animals
which
might
be
supposed
to
have
communication
with
the
internal
world,
whither
I
was
ambitious
to
find
my
way.
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