I answered.

And, after all, that is the Great Discovery.

Transcriber's Note:

The original text has a number of typographical errors and spelling
inconsistencies, which have been maintained in this text. The following
list details these errors:

Original
Page No. Typographical error
4 marvelled for marveled
8 tighen for tighten
9 Danube's for Danubes
14 "... to me that Theseus. ..." "that" should read "than"
24 pealing for peeling
32 terriffic for terrific
47 lamp for lamb
60 egshell for eggshell
terriffic for terrific
61 inded for indeed
66 ride for pride
70 voluntered for volunteered
78 sad for said
92 intelligble for intelligible
109 gunwhale for gunwale
119 "I was tired cranking." for "I was tired of cranking."
131 tenson for tension
166 Kansis for Kansas
171 skulled for sculled
180 Thirce for Thrice
195 unintelligble for unintelligible

Inconsistencies

cross-cut / crosscut
Encleadus / Enceladus
faerie / faerie
half-way / halfway
Hole-in-the-Wall / Hole-in-the-wall
log-book / logbook
mid-stream / midstream
sand-bar / sandbar
"Texas" / Texas
wind-like / windlike

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