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Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery
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Captain Adam Seaborn
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I
found
the
latitude
this
day,
carefully
computed
from
the
sun's
altitude,
with
due
allowance
for
refraction,
to
be
65°
17'
south
internal.
We
ran
on
very
pleasantly
for
seven
days,
but
saw
nothing.
It
was
now
the
17th
December.
The
sun
had
nearly
attained
its
most
southern
declination,
and
would
soon
be
receding
to
the
north.
The
curious
fact,
that
we
could
see
the
sun
directly
but
for
a
short
part
of
the
day,
at
this
season
of
the
year,
in
a
high
southern
latitude,
astonished
and
alarmed
my
officers
and
people.
It
was
a
matter
of
continual
debate
amongst
them
on
the
forecastle,
where
Slim
and
even
Albicore
sometimes
took
a
part
in
those
grave
and
learned
disquisitions.
In
one
of
their
conferences,
Slim
advanced
the
opinion,
that,
as
the
sun
was
now
near
its
extreme
southern
declination,
and
we
could
see
it
but
a
small
part
of
the
time,
we
must
be
in
some
great
hole
in
the
earth;
and
that
when
the
sun
returned
to
the
north,
which
would
soon
take
place,
we
should
for
a
certainty
be
involved
in
total
darkness,
and
never
be
able
to
find
our
way
out
again.
This
idea
struck
the
whole
ship's
company
with
horror.
Even
Albicore
was
infected
with
the
panic.
Will
Mackerel
and
Jack
Whiffle
were
the
only
ones
among
them
who
expressed
a
ready
determination
to
stand
by
their
commander,
wheresoever
he
might
lead
them.
Numerous
propositions
were
advanced
and
rejected
by
this
council
on
the
forecastle;
but
it
was
finally
concluded
that
they
would
go
aft
in
a
body,
and
insist
upon
my
immediately
returning
to
Seaborn's
Land,
or
they
would
heave
me
overboard,
without
further
delay.
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