An Antarctic Mystery

had come to realize that the "hallucination" of Captain Len Guy was a truth, and that he and the captain of the Jane (also a reality) were connected with e

Patterson's note-book. His lieutenant, James West, would go whithersoever he was ordered to go; his crew would not hesitate to follow him, and would not

ve sailed for the south at once without putting in at Tristan d'Acunha, if he had not wanted water? After what I had said before I went on board the Halbrane, I should have had no right to insist on his proceeding to the island for the sole purpose of putting me ashore. But a supply of

ng which some success might be looked for. The temperature is more bearable then, storms are less frequent, the i

an whale fishers. After them, English soldiers were installed there to watch the St. Helena seas, and these remained until after the death of Napoleon, in 1821. Several years later the group of islands populated by Americans and Dutchmen from the Cape ac

the basin of a small lake. Next day, on our approach, we could distinguish a vast heaped-up lava field. At this distance the surface of the wat

not even James West could have enticed him to break. I made no attempt to do this, being convinced that the hour would come when Len Guy would again speak to me of his brother, and of the efforts which he intended to make to save him and his compa

this Glass had more than fifty subjects, and was, as Arthur Pym remarked, quite independent of the British Government. Relations with the ex-corporal were established on the arrival of the Halbrane, and he proved very friendly and obli

tly of his trade with the Cape and the Falklands, he did an important business in seal-skins and the oil of marine animals, and his affairs were prosperou

put in to Tri

ubbing his bands together behind his b

fine s

indeed we can be said to have

regretted that Tristan d'Acunha has not a sing

s, where there is shelter from gales, and it is easy to lie snug right up

was proud of his island, just as the Prince of

o arrange for me an excursion to the depths of the thick forests

leisure on land in some mineralogical studies. Besides, the Hal

a remarkable hurry!"

think

lieutenant does not even talk

sh victuals and fres

o was rather annoyed, "what the Halbr

he re

r schooner bound

no doubt, where sh

only a passen

ed to remain at Tristan d'Acunha for some wee

ve been happy to offer you hospitality wh

valuable to me," I replied, "but unfo

land Isles with out much delay. I felt sure that Captain Len Guy would not refuse to take me to t

I have not even seen t

has any intention

he i

not concern you, since he has sent

from him occasionally. Fortunately, it is easier to g

mportant thin

Mr. Jeorling, of Con

sse

I have yet to learn that of

e is Guy

nglis

n Engl

ountryman of his, Mr. Jeorling! But stay! I had some d

uy?" I ask

ly. Will

manded t

Yes. The

ch put in at Tristan d'A

in the year 1824, for full seven years. I perfectly recall this William Guy, as if he were before me. He was a fine, op

the J

brane. She was a handsome vessel of one hundred and eighty tons

s true, all

e still afloat,

Mr. G

she l

rue, and the greater pa

ll me how th

ed for the bearings of the Aurora and other islands,

corporal. "And those other islands, may

mained several weeks in those waters, running from e

lers, who were well deserving of credit, are to be believed, these

very vexatious if they are not discovered some day," added the Go

y out a project he had long cherished, and in which he was e

his companion, one Dirk Peters; the two h

, Mr. Glass?"

a strange person, always wanting to rush into adventures-a real rash Ameri

oner, it seems, did clear the polar circle, and pass the ic

wonderfu

hey even got back to America, how I do not know. Afterwards Arthur Pym died, but under what circumstances I am ignorant. As for t

m Guy?" ask

verything led to the belief that the captain of the Jane and five of his companions were

y William Guy and his sailors might be saved

ng to attempt, so soon as she is ready, for her

venture to assert that the brothers do not resemble each other-

but no doubt he consoled himself by the prospect of sel

he could not be unaware that the Jane had put in at Tristan d'Acunha before proceeding to the southern seas. Surel

of his cabin, I saw him perpetually stooping over the table, which was covered with open books and out-spread charts. No doubt the charts

mes. Most of its pages were dogs'-eared and their margins were filled with

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