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Besides
the
Patagonian
rivers
,
the
Rio
Colorado
and
the
Rio
Negro
,
flow
into
the
sea
along
deserted
solitudes
,
uninhabited
and
uninhabitable
;
while
,
on
the
contrary
,
the
principal
rivers
of
Australia
--
the
Murray
,
the
Yarrow
,
the
Torrens
,
the
Darling
--
all
connected
with
each
other
,
throw
themselves
into
the
ocean
by
well-frequented
routes
,
and
their
mouths
are
ports
of
great
activity
.
What
likelihood
,
consequently
,
would
there
be
that
a
fragile
bottle
would
ever
find
its
way
along
such
busy
thoroughfares
right
out
into
the
Indian
Ocean
?
Paganel
himself
saw
the
impossibility
of
it
,
and
confessed
to
the
Major
,
who
raised
a
discussion
on
the
subject
,
that
his
hypothesis
would
be
altogether
illogical
in
Australia
.
It
was
evident
that
the
degrees
given
related
to
the
place
where
the
Britannia
was
actually
shipwrecked
and
not
the
place
of
captivity
,
and
that
the
bottle
therefore
had
been
thrown
into
the
sea
on
the
western
coast
of
the
continent
.
However
,
as
Glenarvan
justly
remarked
,
this
did
not
alter
the
fact
of
Captain
Grant
's
captivity
in
the
least
degree
,
though
there
was
no
reason
now
for
prosecuting
the
search
for
him
along
the
37th
parallel
,
more
than
any
other
.
It
followed
,
consequently
,
that
if
no
traces
of
the
Britannia
were
discovered
at
Cape
Bernouilli
,
the
only
thing
to
be
done
was
to
return
to
Europe
.
Lord
Glenarvan
would
have
been
unsuccessful
,
but
he
would
have
done
his
duty
courageously
and
conscientiously
.
But
the
young
Grants
did
not
feel
disheartened
.
They
had
long
since
said
to
themselves
that
the
question
of
their
father
's
deliverance
was
about
to
be
finally
settled
.
Irrevocably
,
indeed
,
they
might
consider
it
,
for
as
Paganel
had
judiciously
demonstrated
,
if
the
wreck
had
occurred
on
the
eastern
side
,
the
survivors
would
have
found
their
way
back
to
their
own
country
long
since
.
"
Hope
on
!
Hope
on
,
Mary
!
"
said
Lady
Helena
to
the
young
girl
,
as
they
neared
the
shore
;
"
God
's
hand
will
still
lead
us
.
"
"
Yes
,
Miss
Mary
,
"
said
Captain
John
.
"
Man
's
extremity
is
God
's
opportunity
.
When
one
way
is
hedged
up
another
is
sure
to
open
.
"
"
God
grant
it
,
"
replied
Mary
.
Land
was
quite
close
now
.
The
cape
ran
out
two
miles
into
the
sea
,
and
terminated
in
a
gentle
slope
,
and
the
boat
glided
easily
into
a
sort
of
natural
creek
between
coral
banks
in
a
state
of
formation
,
which
in
course
of
time
would
be
a
belt
of
coral
reefs
round
the
southern
point
of
the
Australian
coast
.
Even
now
they
were
quite
sufficiently
formidable
to
destroy
the
keel
of
a
ship
,
and
the
Britannia
might
likely
enough
have
been
dashed
to
pieces
on
them
.
The
passengers
landed
without
the
least
difficulty
on
an
absolutely
desert
shore
.
Cliffs
composed
of
beds
of
strata
made
a
coast
line
sixty
to
eighty
feet
high
,
which
it
would
have
been
difficult
to
scale
without
ladders
or
cramp-irons
.
John
Mangles
happened
to
discover
a
natural
breach
about
half
a
mile
south
.
Part
of
the
cliff
had
been
partially
beaten
down
,
no
doubt
,
by
the
sea
in
some
equinoctial
gale
.
