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Penguin Island

BOOK V
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There is a first, a second, a third, and so on.

So that there exists no doubt as to the result of naval wars.
The Penguins had the finest army and the second navy in the world.
This navy was commanded by the famous Chatillon, who bore the title of Emiralbahr, and by abbreviation Emiral.

It is the same word which, unfortunately in a corrupt form, is used to-day among several European nations to designate the highest grade in the naval service.

But as there was but one Emiral among the Penguins, a singular prestige, if I dare say so, was attached to that rank.
The Emiral did not belong to the nobility.

A child of the people, he was loved by the people.


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