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Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery
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Captain Adam Seaborn
78
I
afterwards
learned,
that
the
air
vessel
over
the
boat
was
charged
with
an
elastic
gas,
which
was
readily
made
by
putting
a
small
quantity
of
a
very
dense
substance
into
some
fluid,
which
disengaged
a
vast
quantity
of
this
light
gas.
By
this
means,
the
specific
gravity
of
the
vessel
was
diminished,
in
the
same
manner
as
that
of
a
fish
is
by
its
sound.
I
also
learned
that
this
vessel
had
been
despatched
by
the
government
of
the
country
to
make
observations
upon
the
stranger
who
had
entered
their
waters.
The
following
day
I
made
preparations
for
another
visit
on
shore,
when
I
was
made
to
understand
by
my
instructors
that
I
must
not
land
again
until
I
could
speak
the
language
of
the
country.
I
was
not
much
pleased
with
this,
not
liking
a
confinement
of
two
or
three
months,
which,
even
with
my
faculty
of
learning
languages,
was
the
least
term
within
which
I
could
expect
to
qualify
myself
to
speak
one
so
new
and
difficult.
My
instructors,
however,
appeared
very
earnest
on
this
point,
and
I
thought
it
best
to
comply,
and
gave
my
undivided
attention
to
the
necessary
study.
At
the
end
of
the
first
week,
I
was
astonished
and
delighted
to
find
my
instructors
addressing
me
in
very
good
English.
I
could
not
help
arguing,
from
their
wonderful
quickness
of
intellect,
and
faithfulness
of
memory,
that
I
should
find
them
intelligent
and
refined,
beyond
the
conception
of
external
mortals.
In
this
I
was
not
disappointed.
My
greatest
misfortune
was
a
want
of
capacity
to
comprehend
intelligence
so
far
beyond
my
powers
of
mind.
They
never
forgot
any
thing,
and
it
was
only
necessary
to
name
a
thing
once
to
fix
it
on
their
memories.
The
alphabet
once
read,
and
sounds
pronounced,
they
had
it
perfectly,
and
expressed
the
greatest
astonishment
that
I
should
require
them
to
repeat
the
same
names
of
things
over
five
or
six
times,
to
fix
them
in
my
mind.
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