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THE KERGUELEN ISLANDS No doubt the following narrative will be received with entire incredulity, but I think it well that the public should be put in possession of the facts narrated in “An Antarctic…
THE SCHOONER HALBRANE The Halbrane was a schooner of three hundred tons, and a fast sailer. On board there was a captain, a mate, or lieutenant, a boatswain, a cook, and eight sailors; in all twelve…
CAPTAIN LEN GUY I slept ill. Again and again I “dreamed that I was dreaming.” Now—this is an observation made by Edgar Poe—when one suspects that one is dreaming, the waking comes almost instantly. I…
FROM THE KERGUELEN ISLES TO PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Never did a voyage begin more prosperously, or a passenger start in better spirits. The interior of the Halbrane corresponded with its exterior. Noth…
EDGAR POE’S ROMANCE In this chapter I have to give a brief summary of Edgar Poe’s romance, which was published at Richmond under the title of THE ADVENTURES OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM. We shall see whethe…
AN OCEAN WAIF. The navigation of the Halbrane went on prosperously with the help of the sea and the wind. In fifteen days, if this state of things lasted, she might reach Tristan d’Acunha. Captain L…
TRISTAN D’ACUNHA. Four days later, the Halbrane neared that curious island of Tristan d’Acunha, which may be described as the big boiler of the African seas. By that time I had come to realize that …
BOUND FOR THE FALKLANDS. On the 8th of September, in the evening, I had taken leave of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Archipelago of Tristan d’Acunha—for such is the official title bestow…
FITTING OUT THE HALBRANE On the 15th of October, our schooner cast anchor in Port Egmont, on the north of West Falkland. The group is composed of two islands, one the above-named, the other Soledad o…
THE OUTSET OF THE ENTERPRISE. Here was I, then, launched into an adventure which seemed likely to surpass all my former experiences. Who would have believed such a thing of me. But I was under a spel…
