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Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery
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Captain Adam Seaborn
51
Having
completed
this
important
paper,
which
I
composed
with
great
care,
knowing
that
many
wars
had
been
waged
for
a
less
cause
than
a
right
to
so
valuable
a
continent,
I
had
it
engraved
on
a
plate
of
sheathing
copper,
with
a
spread
eagle
at
the
top,
and
at
the
bottom
a
bank,
with
100
dollar
bills
tumbling
out
of
the
doors
and
windows,
to
denote
the
amazing
quantity
and
solidity
of
the
wealth
of
my
country.
When
it
was
completed
by
the
blacksmith,
who
was
something
of
a
proficient
in
the
fine
arts,
I
went
on
shore
with
all
the
officers
and
men
that
could
be
spared
from
the
ship,
taking
my
music,
two
pieces
of
cannon,
some
wine
for
my
officers,
and
plenty
of
grog
for
the
men.
We
marched
up
the
shore
with
great
pomp,
the
music
playing
and
colours
flying,
to
a
convenient
spot,
where
I
buried
the
copper
plate,
and
rolled
upon
it
as
large
a
stone
as
the
whole
ship's
company
could
move,
and
ordered
the
blacksmith
to
engrave
upon
it,
in
large
deep
letters,
"Seaborn's
Land,
A.
D.
1817."
A
liberty
pole
was
then
erected
on
the
spot,
and
the
standard
of
the
United
States
displayed
upon
it;
all
of
which
being
accomplished,
I
ordered
a
salute
to
be
fired
of
one
gun
for
every
State.
"How
many
will
that
be,
sir?"
asked
Mr.
Boneto,
adding,
that
they
came
so
fast
he
could
not
keep
the
run
of
them.
Slim
said
it
was
twenty-one.
I
objected
to
that
number,
as
being
the
royal
salute
of
Great-Britain,
and
settled
the
matter
by
telling
them
to
fire
away
till
they
were
tired
of
it,
and
finish
off
with
a
few
squibs
for
the
half-made
States.
We
completed
the
ceremony
with
a
plenty
of
grog,
and
reiterated
huzzas,
as
usual,
and
thus
established
the
title
of
the
United
States
to
this
newly
discovered
country,
in
the
most
incontestible
manner,
and
strictly
according
to
rule.
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