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"
Why
not
?
"
replied
Cyrus
Harding
.
"
Why
should
not
Australia
,
New
Ireland
,
Australasia
,
united
to
the
archipelagoes
of
the
Pacific
,
have
once
formed
a
sixth
part
of
the
world
,
as
important
as
Europe
or
Asia
,
as
Africa
or
the
two
Americas
?
To
my
mind
,
it
is
quite
possible
that
all
these
islands
,
emerging
from
this
vast
ocean
,
are
but
the
summits
of
a
continent
,
now
submerged
,
but
which
was
above
the
waters
at
a
prehistoric
period
.
"
"
As
the
Atlantis
was
formerly
,
"
replied
Herbert
.
"
Yes
,
my
boy
...
if
,
however
,
it
existed
.
"
"
And
would
Lincoln
Island
have
been
a
part
of
that
continent
?
"
asked
Pencroft
.
"
It
is
probable
,
"
replied
Cyrus
Harding
,
"
and
that
would
sufficiently
,
explain
the
variety
of
productions
which
are
seen
on
its
surface
.
"
"
And
the
great
number
of
animals
which
still
inhabit
it
,
"
added
Herbert
.
"
Yes
,
my
boy
,
"
replied
the
engineer
,
"
and
you
furnish
me
with
an
argument
to
support
my
theory
.
It
is
certain
,
after
what
we
have
seen
,
that
animals
are
numerous
in
this
island
,
and
what
is
more
strange
,
that
the
species
are
extremely
varied
.
There
is
a
reason
for
that
,
and
to
me
it
is
that
Lincoln
Island
may
have
formerly
been
a
part
of
some
vast
continent
which
had
gradually
sunk
below
the
Pacific
.
"
"
Then
,
some
fine
day
,
"
said
Pencroft
,
who
did
not
appear
to
be
entirely
convinced
,
"
the
rest
of
this
ancient
continent
may
disappear
in
its
turn
,
and
there
will
be
nothing
between
America
and
Asia
.
"
"
Yes
,
"
replied
Harding
,
"
there
will
be
new
continents
which
millions
and
millions
of
animalculae
are
building
at
this
moment
.
"
