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An Antarctic Mystery

CHAPTER XIV
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20' of west longitude.

Bennet Islet, if it had any existence, could not be far off now.
Yes! the islet did exist, and its bearings were those indicated by Arthur Pym.
At six o'clock in the evening one of the crew cried out that there was land ahead on the port side.
(1) The legendary etymology of this piscatorial designation is _Janitore_, the "door-keeper," in allusion to St.Peter, who brought a fish said to be of that species, to our Lord at His command..


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