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Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery
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Captain Adam Seaborn
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Slim,
who
was
with
me,
as
I
did
not
think
it
prudent
to
leave
him
on
board,
had
been
very
docile
until
now:
on
finding
me
determined
to
push
into
the
interior
so
great
a
distance,
he
became
evidently
uneasy.
He
dared
not
express
his
fears
to
me,
but
took
care
that
I
should
overhear
him
say
to
one
of
the
men,
"I
hope
the
captain
won't
waste
so
much
time
in
exploring
this
desert,
that
we
shall
be
obliged
to
go
away
without
a
full
cargo
of
skins,
or
run
the
risk
of
being
obliged
to
winter
here,
so
near
the
pole,
where
we
should
certainly
all
freeze
to
death,
in
spite
of
every
thing
we
could
do."
As
this
was
a
reasonable
apprehension
in
the
mind
of
an
ignorant
man,
I
endeavoured
to
remove
his
fears
by
calling
his
attention
to
the
tussoc
grass
and
other
plants,
and
asked
him
how
they
survived
the
winter,
if
the
cold
was
so
intense
as
he
supposed?
and
advanced
the
opinion
that
wherever
plants
can
sustain
the
cold
of
winter,
and
retain
their
vitality,
man
can
exist,
with
the
aid
of
good
clothing
and
artificial
heat.
A
fatiguing
march
of
15
miles
brought
us
to
the
hill,
which
we
found
to
be
the
highest
part
of
a
ridge
of
moderate
elevation
running
from
the
coast
in
a
S.
S.
W.
direction
into
the
interior.
We
were
amply
compensated
for
our
trouble
in
wading
through
the
grass,
as
this
eminence
afforded
an
extensive
view
of
the
country
in
every
direction.
The
S.
E.
side
of
this
ridge
broke
off
very
abruptly,
in
some
places
perpendicularly;
and
at
its
foot
was
a
large
and
beautiful
river,
full
a
mile
in
width,
flowing
from
the
S.
S.
W.
Beyond
it
was
a
prairie
country,
gently
waving
and
rising
into
sloping
hills
in
the
distant
horizon.
Far
up
the
river
I
could
descry
with
my
glass
a
few
trees,
towards
which
I
felt
a
strong
inclination
to
proceed;
but
being
excessively
fatigued,
thought
best
to
devote
a
few
hours
to
refreshment.
After
a
comfortable
meal,
and
a
sound
nap
of
four
hours,
I
descended
the
precipice
to
ascertain
whether
the
river
was
an
arm
of
the
sea,
or
a
fresh
water
stream.
It
proved
to
be
pure
potable
water,
and
the
existence
of
a
continent
near
the
south
pole,
was
thus
fully
established.
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