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Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery
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Captain Adam Seaborn
54
I
told
them
all
to
be
perfectly
at
ease,
for
that
I
knew
what
I
was
about;
that
I
could
calculate
every
point
of
the
compass
as
well
as
if
that
instrument
performed
its
office;
that
we
would
heave
to
for
the
night,
the
occurrence
of
which
was
no
more
than
I
had
calculated
on;
and
finally,
to
give
them
confidence
in
my
skill,
told
them,
that
if
we
did
not
find
the
sun
directly
over
head
at
noon,
within
two
days,
provided
no
land
impeded
our
progress,
I
would
give
up
the
command
to
Albicore,
and
show
him
the
way
back
to
Seaborn's
Land.
Albicore
and
Slim
both
earnestly
entreated
that
I
would
instruct
them
how
to
calculate
the
points
of
the
compass,
if
I
possessed
that
important
knowledge,
so
that
they
might
be
enabled
to
find
their
way
back
again
in
case
any
accident
should
befal
me.
I
begged
to
be
excused,
choosing
to
keep
the
staff
in
my
own
hands.
The
truth
was,
having
three
excellent
chronometers,
one
set
to
the
time
at
Washington,
one
to
that
of
Greenwich,
and
the
other
to
that
of
Rio
de
Janeiro,
and
also
an
excellent
watch
daily
regulated,
which
gave
me
the
ship's
diurnal
time
accurately,
I
could
easily
calculate
my
longitude,
and
the
point
on
which
the
sun
ought
to
bear
every
hour
in
the
24.
With
these
calculations
before
me,
I
had
but
to
look
at
my
watch
and
the
sun
to
determine
my
course.
Thus
in
the
longitude
of
Greenwich,
when
the
chronometer
set
to
Greenwich
time
stood
at
12
o'clock
noon,
wherever
the
sun
was,
was
north;
and
when
that
chronometer
stood
at
midnight,
wherever
the
sun
was,
was
south--on
the
external
southern
hemisphere,
south
of
the
degree
of
the
sun's
declination.
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