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The
news
that
the
schooner
was
bound
for
the
Antarctic
seas
had
produced
some
sensation
in
the
Falklands
,
at
Port
Egmont
,
and
in
the
ports
of
La
Soledad
.
At
that
season
a
number
of
unoccupied
sailors
were
there
,
awaiting
the
passing
of
the
whaling
-
ships
to
offer
their
services
,
for
which
they
were
very
well
paid
in
general
.
If
it
had
been
only
for
a
fishing
campaign
on
the
borders
of
the
Polar
Circle
,
between
the
Sandwich
Islands
and
New
Georgia
,
Captain
Len
Guy
would
have
merely
had
to
make
a
selection
.
But
the
projected
voyage
was
a
very
different
thing
;
and
only
the
old
sailors
of
the
Halbrane
were
entirely
indifferent
to
the
dangers
of
such
an
enterprise
,
and
ready
to
follow
their
chief
whithersoever
it
might
please
him
to
go
.
In
reality
it
was
necessary
to
treble
the
crew
of
the
schooner
.
Counting
the
captain
,
the
mate
,
the
boatswain
,
the
cook
and
myself
,
we
were
thirteen
on
board
.
Now
,
thirty
-
two
or
thirty
-
four
men
would
not
be
too
many
for
us
,
and
it
must
be
remembered
that
there
were
thirty
-
eight
on
board
the
Jane
.
In
this
emergency
the
Governor
exerted
himself
to
the
utmost
,
and
thanks
to
the
largely
-
extra
pay
that
was
offered
,
Captain
Len
Guy
procured
his
full
tale
of
seamen
.
Nine
recruits
signed
articles
for
the
duration
of
the
campaign
,
which
could
not
be
fixed
beforehand
,
but
was
not
to
extend
beyond
Tsalal
Island
.
The
crew
,
counting
every
man
on
board
except
myself
,
numbered
thirty
-
one
,
and
a
thirty
-
second
for
whom
I
bespeak
especial
attention
.
On
the
eve
of
our
departure
,
Captain
Len
Guy
was
accosted
at
the
angle
of
the
port
by
an
individual
whom
he
recognized
as
a
sailor
by
his
clothes
,
his
walk
,
and
his
speech
.
This
individual
said
,
in
a
rough
and
hardly
intelligible
voice
,
—
“
Captain
,
I
have
to
make
a
proposal
to
you
.
”
“
What
is
it
?
”
“
Have
you
still
a
place
?
”
“
For
a
sailor
?
”
