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Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery
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Captain Adam Seaborn
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CHAPTER
IV.
The
Author
in
great
peril,
from
the
vast
rise
and
fall
of
the
tide
in
the
polar
sea--Brief
account
of
his
observations
at
Seaborn's
Land--He
takes
formal
possession
of
the
country,
in
the
manner
usual
in
such
cases,
in
the
name
and
on
behalf
of
the
United
States--Leaves
a
sealing
party
on
one
of
the
islands
near
the
coast,
and
proceeds
to
the
south,
to
extend
his
discoveries.
I
had
slept
some
hours,
when
I
was
awakened
by
Mr.
Boneto's
order,
and
informed
that
the
land
appeared
to
rise
very
much.
I
went
immediately
on
deck,
and
was
astonished
to
see
the
land
appear
more
than
three
times
as
high
as
when
we
came
to
anchor.
I
at
first
attempted
to
account
for
it
by
supposing
some
change
in
the
atmosphere
which
caused
the
land
to
loom;
but
was
soon
undeceived.
One
of
the
seamen
called
out
that
there
was
a
shoal
even
with
the
water
close
by.
The
lead
was
immediately
cast
to
see
if
the
ship
was
driving,
and
but
two
fathoms
water
were
found
alongside.
In
half
an
hour
more
we
were
high
and
dry.
Such
was
the
astonishing
rise
and
fall
of
the
tide
in
this
high
latitude!
The
bay,
which
had
twenty
fathoms
water
in
the
centre
at
full
sea,
and
ten
fathoms
a
mile
from
the
shore,
was
almost
entirely
emptied;
a
small
channel
in
the
middle,
not
more
than
half
a
mile
wide,
being
all
that
was
not
left
quite
bare.
There
was
no
immediate
inconvenience
to
be
apprehended
from
this
circumstance;
but
I
was
aware,
that
a
tide
that
fell
70
or
80
feet
perpendicular,
must
return
in
a
bore
with
prodigious
violence,
and
was
under
more
apprehension
of
the
consequences,
than
at
any
other
period
of
my
voyage.
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