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“

Very

well

,

then

;

it

will

be

cooked

by

Endicott

here

,

and

you

will

not

know

the

difference

.

”

And

in

fact

we

in

the

saloon

,

like

the

men

in

the

forecastle

,

were

regaled

with

penguin

,

and

acknowledged

the

merits

of

our

excellent

sea

-

cook

.

The

Halbrane

sailed

on

the

26th

of

November

,

at

six

o

’

clock

in

the

morning

,

heading

south

.

She

reascended

the

forty

-

third

meridian

;

this

we

were

able

to

ascertain

very

exactly

by

a

good

observation

.

This

route

it

was

that

Weddell

and

then

William

Guy

had

followed

,

and

,

provided

the

schooner

did

not

deflect

either

to

the

east

or

the

west

,

she

must

inevitably

come

to

Tsalal

Island

.

The

difficulties

of

navigation

had

to

be

taken

into

account

,

of

course

.

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The

wind

,

continuing

to

blow

steadily

from

the

west

,

was

in

our

favour

,

and

if

the

present

speed

of

the

Halbrane

could

be

maintained

,

as

I

ventured

to

suggest

to

Captain

Len

Guy

,

the

voyage

from

the

South

Orkneys

to

the

Polar

Circle

would

be

a

short

one

.

Beyond

,

as

I

knew

,

we

should

have

to

force

the

gate

of

the

thick

barrier

of

icebergs

,

or

to

discover

a

breach

in

that

ice

-

fortress

.

“

So

that

,

in

less

than

a

month

,

captain

—

”

I

suggested

,

tentatively

.

“

In

less

than

a

month

I

hope

to

have

found

the

iceless

sea

which

Weddell

and

Arthur

Pym

describe

so

fully

,

beyond

the

ice

-

wall

,

and

thenceforth

we

need

only

sail

on

under

ordinary

conditions

to

Bennet

Island

in

the

first

place

,

and

afterwards

to

Tsalal

Island

.

Once

on

that

‘

wide

open

sea

,

’

what

obstacle

could

arrest

or

even

retard

our

progress

?

”

“

I

can

foresee

none

,

captain

,

so

soon

as

we

shall

get

to

the

back

of

the

ice

-

wall

.

The

passage

through

is

the

difficult

point

;

it

must

be

our

chief

source

of

anxietys

and

if

only

the

wind

holds

—

”

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“

It

will

hold

,

Mr

.

Jeorling

.

All

the

navigators

of

the

austral

seas

have

been

able

to

ascertain

,

as

I

myself

have

done

,

the

permanence

of

this

wind

.

”

“

That

is

true

,

and

I

rejoice

in

the

assurance

,

captain

.

Besides

,

I

acknowledge

,

without

shrinking

from

the

admission

,

that

I

am

beginning

to

be

superstitious

.

”

“

And

why

not

,

Mr

.

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