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"To name a country, you must first discover it, I suppose, and that you certainly did not do. Besides, but for us, where would you have been, sir, at this moment, pray? TO NAME A COUNTRY YOU MUST FIRST DISCOVER IT I SUPPOSE AND THAT YOU CERTAINLY DID NOT DO BESIDES BUT FOR US WHERE WOULD YOU HAVE BEEN SIR AT THIS MOMENT PRAY
nknown continent, this virgin soil----" "Has already a name," replied Altamont, coolly. Hatteras was silent, but his lip quivered. "And what name has it, then?" asked the Doctor, rather astonished at Altamont's affirmation. "My dear Clawbonny," replied the American, "it is the custom, not to say the right, of every navigator to christen the soil on which he is the first to set foot. It appears to me, therefore, that it is my privilege and duty on this occasion to exercise my prerogative, and--" "But, sir," interrupted Johnson, rather nettled at his sang froid. "It would be a difficult matter to prove that the Porpoise did not come here, even supposing she reached this coast by land," continued Altamont, without noticing Johnson's protest. "The fact is indisputable," he added looking at Hatteras. [Illustration: "I dispute the claim," said the Englishman, restraining himself by a powerful effort.--P.72] "I dispute the claim," said the Englishman, restraining himself by a powerful effort.  EVEN IN THE MOST RECENT CHARTS HE LOOKED AT ALTAMONT AS HE SPOKE WHO MET HIS GAZE STEADILY AND SAID POSSIBLY YOU MAY BE MISTAKEN AGAIN HATTERAS MISTAKEN WHAT THIS UNKNOWN CONTINENT THIS VIRGIN SOIL HAS ALREADY A NAME REPLIED ALTAMONT COOLLY HATTERAS WAS SILENT BUT HIS LIP QUIVERED WHAT NAME HAS IT THEN ASKED THE DOCTOR RATHER ASTONISHED AT ALTAMONT'S AFFIRMATION MY DEAR CLAWBONNY REPLIED THE AMERICAN IT IS THE CUSTOM NOT TO SAY THE RIGHT OF EVERY NAVIGATOR TO CHRISTEN THE SOIL ON WHICH HE IS THE FIRST TO SET FOOT IT APPEARS TO ME THEREFORE THAT IT IS MY PRIVILEGE AND DUTY ON THIS OCCASION TO EXERCISE MY PREROGATIVE AND BUT SIR INTERRUPTED JOHNSON RATHER NETTLED AT HIS SAINT FROIS IT WOULD BE A DIFFICULT MATTER TO PROVE THAT THE PORPOISE DID NOT COME HERE EVEN SUPPOSING SHE REACHED THIS COAST BY LAND CONTINUED ALTAMONT WITHOUT NOTICING JOHNSON'S PROTEST THE FACT IS INDISPUTABLE HE ADDED LOOKING AT HATTERAS I DISPUTE THE CLAIM SAID THE ENGLISHMAN RESTRAINING HIMSELF BY A POWERFUL EFFORT
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