[An Antarctic Mystery by Jules Verne]@TWC D-Link bookAn Antarctic Mystery CHAPTER I 5/10
I have visited the rookeries where the penguin and the albatross live together in good fellowship, and that was well worth my while.
You have given me now and again a dish of petrel, seasoned by your own hand, and very acceptable when one has a fine healthy appetite.
I have found a friendly welcome at the Green Cormorant, and I am very much obliged to you.
But, if I am right in my reckoning, it is two months since the Chilian twomaster _Penas_ set me down at Christmas Harbour in mid-winter. "And you want to get back to your own country, which is mine, Mr. Jeorling; to return to Connecticut, to Providence, our capital." "Doubtless, Mr.Atkins, for I have been a globe-trotter for close upon three years.
One must come to a stop and take root at some time." "Yes, and when one has taken root, one puts out branches." "Just so, Mr.Atkins.However, as I have no relations living, it is likely that I shall be the last of my line.
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