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Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery
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Captain Adam Seaborn
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I
had
not
been
long
on
the
bank
of
this
river,
before
I
found
cause
to
doubt
the
prudence
of
venturing
thus
far
by
land
into
an
unknown
country,
in
the
appearance
of
fresh
tracks
of
some
huge
land
animal,
which
were
larger
than
the
bottom
of
a
water
bucket.
Whether
they
were
those
of
a
white
polar
bear
as
big
as
an
elephant,
of
a
mammoth,
or
of
some
other
enormous
nondescript
animal,
I
could
not
guess.
I
re-ascended
the
hill
with
all
practicable
expedition,
collected
my
men,
and
hastened
towards
the
ship
as
fast
as
possible.
We
reached
the
ship
after
six
hours
constant
marching,
all
completely
tired
out,
our
horses
and
mules
being
too
feeble
to
travel,
from
long
confinement
on
ship-board.
The
discoveries
I
had
already
made
were
so
far
from
satisfying
my
ambition,
that
my
desire
to
push
on
and
explore
the
internal
world
was
more
intense
than
ever.
I
was
now
convinced
of
the
correctness
of
Capt.
Symmes's
theory,
and
of
the
practicability
of
sailing
into
the
globe
at
the
south
pole,
and
of
returning
home
by
way
of
the
north
pole,
if
no
land
intervened
to
obstruct
the
passage.
My
first
thought
was
to
enter
the
river
I
had
seen,
and
ascend
to
its
source,
which
must
necessarily
be
in
the
internal
world;
for
if
the
poles
were
open,
there
was
not
room
enough
for
a
sufficient
body
of
land
to
the
south
of
84
degrees,
to
maintain
so
mighty
a
river.
But
I
abandoned
this
idea,
on
reflecting
that
by
confining
myself
to
this
river,
I
should
at
best
enter
the
internal
world
but
a
few
hundred
miles,
while
by
entering
on
the
open
ocean,
I
should
be
able
to
visit
every
accessible
part
of
it.
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