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“
Will
be
signalled
before
a
week
,
Mr
.
Jeorling
,
or
,
if
not
,
it
will
be
because
there
is
no
longer
a
Captain
Len
Guy
;
and
if
there
is
no
longer
a
Captain
Len
Guy
,
it
is
because
the
Halbrane
has
sunk
in
full
sail
between
the
Kerguelens
and
the
Cape
of
Good
Hope
.
”
Thereupon
Mr
.
Atkins
walked
away
,
with
a
scornful
gesture
,
indicating
that
such
an
eventuality
was
out
of
all
probability
.
My
intention
was
to
take
my
passage
on
board
the
Halbrane
so
soon
as
she
should
come
to
her
moorings
in
Christmas
Harbour
.
After
a
rest
of
six
or
seven
days
,
she
would
set
sail
again
for
Tristan
d
’
Acunha
,
where
she
was
to
discharge
her
cargo
of
tin
and
copper
.
I
meant
to
stay
in
the
island
for
a
few
weeks
of
the
fine
season
,
and
from
thence
set
out
for
Connecticut
.
Nevertheless
,
I
did
not
fail
to
take
into
due
account
the
share
that
belongs
to
chance
in
human
affairs
,
for
it
is
wise
,
as
Edgar
Poe
has
said
,
always
“
to
reckon
with
the
unforeseen
,
the
unexpected
,
the
inconceivable
,
which
have
a
very
large
share
(
in
those
affairs
)
,
and
chance
ought
always
to
be
a
matter
of
strict
calculation
.
”
Each
day
I
walked
about
the
port
and
its
neighbourhood
.
The
sun
was
growing
strong
.
The
rocks
were
emerging
by
degrees
from
their
winter
clothing
of
snow
;
moss
of
a
wine
-
like
colour
was
springing
up
on
the
basalt
cliffs
,
strips
of
seaweed
fifty
yards
long
were
floating
on
the
sea
,
and
on
the
plain
the
lyella
,
which
is
of
Andean
origin
,
was
pushing
up
its
little
points
,
and
the
only
leguminous
plant
of
the
region
,
that
gigantic
cabbage
already
mentioned
,
valuable
for
its
anti
-
scorbutic
properties
,
was
making
its
appearance
.
I
had
not
come
across
a
single
land
mammal
—
sea
mammals
swarm
in
these
waters
—
not
even
of
the
batrachian
or
reptilian
kinds
.
A
few
insects
only
—
butterflies
or
others
—
and
even
these
did
not
fly
,
for
before
they
could
use
their
wings
,
the
atmospheric
currents
carried
the
tiny
bodies
away
to
the
surface
of
the
rolling
waves
.
“
And
the
Halbrane
”
I
used
to
say
to
Atkins
each
morning
.
“
The
Halbrane
,
Mr
.
Jeorling
,
”
he
would
reply
with
complacent
assurance
,
“
will
surely
come
into
port
to
-
day
,
or
,
if
not
to
-
day
,
to
-
morrow
.
”
In
my
rambles
on
the
shore
,
I
frequently
routed
a
crowd
of
amphibians
,
sending
them
plunging
into
the
newly
released
waters
The
penguins
,
heavy
and
impassive
creatures
,
did
not
disappear
at
my
approach
;
they
took
no
notice
;
but
the
black
petrels
,
the
puffins
,
black
and
white
,
the
grebes
and
others
,
spread
their
wings
at
sight
of
me
.
