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regions where unknown birds and beasts exist, 

 who shall say what the untraversed portions of 

 the ocean may not contain! 



To fit out a big yacht like the Veronique to 

 search for hypothetical treasure in a lonely island 

 in the Pacific may seem romantic ; but to the 

 nature-lover, to roam from sea to sea supplied 

 with every means of securing and preserving, in 

 the interests of science, the yet undescribed 

 denizens of that '' great and wide sea, wherein 

 are things creeping innumerable, both small and 

 great beasts," appears a far more useful and 

 philanthropic enterprise. 



