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Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery
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Captain Adam Seaborn
42
I
have
always
found
the
fears
and
anticipation
of
danger
to
exceed
the
reality.
When
the
bore
approached
us,
the
bottom
came
rather
faster
than
the
top,
and
its
face
was
not
quite
perpendicular.
The
vessel
was
fairly
afloat
on
the
foot
of
the
wave,
before
the
main
body
of
it
struck
her;
and
taking
it
square
astern,
she
split
and
rose
over
it
in
the
most
beautiful
manner,
without
sustaining
the
slightest
injury.
By
backing
with
the
paddles,
we
kept
clear
of
the
shore,
on
which
the
impetus
of
the
wave
would
have
driven
us,
and
soon
after
anchored
again
in
the
middle
of
the
bay
in
twenty
fathoms
water.
And
here
I
would
recommend
to
all
navigators
of
the
polar
seas,
to
avoid
anchoring
in
less
than
twenty
fathoms,
until
they
have
accurately
ascertained
the
rise
and
fall
of
the
tides,
at
the
full
and
change
of
the
moon.
When
the
companion-way
was
unbarred,
Slim
came
up
with
my
pea
jacket,
and
coolly
observed,
he
was
glad
there
was
no
damage
done,
adding,
"I
was
really
afraid
it
might
break
our
paddles."
In
consequence
of
this
occurrence,
I
named
this
bay
Take-in
harbour.
We
were
occupied
until
noon,
in
returning
things
to
their
places,
getting
the
boats
out,
and
preparing
for
an
excursion
on
shore.
At
noon
I
observed
the
altitude
of
the
sun,
and,
after
making
accurate
allowance
for
the
refraction,
found
Take-in
harbour
to
be
in
latitude
83°
3'
south.
This
was
much
further
south
than
the
distance
run
by
log
would
make
us,
which
I
attributed
to
a
strong
current
setting
us
rapidly
in
that
direction;
but
this
I
soon
found
to
be
an
error,
and
that
the
difference
between
the
latitude
by
observation
and
dead
reckoning,
arose
from
the
form
of
the
globe
at
the
poles,
lessening
the
degrees
of
latitude.
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