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Everything metallic turns up here sooner or later; and when you consider that thousands of vessels go down every year, vessels which are provisioned with tinned foods only, you will begin to comprehend how many millions of pounds of preserved salmon, sardines, _pâté de foie gras_, peaches, and so on, can be found strewn along its coast." EVERYTHING METALLIC TURNS UP HERE SOONER OR LATER AND WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT THOUSANDS OF VESSELS GO DOWN EVERY YEAR VESSELS WHICH ARE PROVISIONED WITH TIN FOODS ONLY YOU WILL BEGIN TO COMPREHEND HOW MANY MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF PRESERVE SALMONS SARDINES PATCHE DE BOI GRAS PEACHES AND SO ON CAN BE FOUND STREWN ALONG ITS POST
aving one, we’ll call it Holmes Island, in your honor. It is not stationary. It is a floating island of lava formation, and is a menace to every craft that goes to sea. I spent a year of my life upon it once, and it is more barren than the desert of Sahara, because you cannot raise even sand upon it, and it is devoid of water of any sort, salt or fresh.” “What did you live on during that year?” asked Holmes, eying him narrowly. “Canned food from wrecks,” replied the Baron, feeling much easier now that he had got a fair start—“canned food from wrecks, commander. There is a magnetic property in the upper stratum of this piece of derelict real estate, sir, which attracts to it every bit of canned substance that is lost overboard in all parts of the world. A ship is wrecked, say, in the Pacific Ocean, and ultimately all the loose metal upon her will succumb to the irresistible attraction of this magnetic upper stratum, and will find its way to its shores. So in any other part of the earth. N GIVEN A NAME BUT AS YOU INSIST UPON HAVING ONE WE'LL CALL IT HOLMES ISLAND IN YOUR HONOR IT IS NOT STATIONARY IT IS A FLOATING ISLAND OF LAVA FORMATION AND IS A MENACE TO EVERY CRAFT THAT GOES TO SEA I SPENT A YEAR OF MY LIFE UPON IT ONCE AND IT IS MORE BARREN THAN THE DESERT OF SAHARA BECAUSE YOU CANNOT RAISE EVEN SAND UPON IT AND IT IS DEVOID OF WATER OF ANY SORT SALT OR FRESH WHAT DID YOU LIVE ON DURING THAT YEAR ASKED HOLMES EYEING HIM NARROWLY CAN FOOD FROM RETS REPLIED THE BARON FEELING MUCH EASIER NOW THAT HE HAD GOT A FAIR START CAN FOOD FOR RETS COMMANDER THERE IS A MAGNETIC PROPERTY IN THE UPPER STRATUM OF THIS PIECE OF DERELICT REAL ESTATE SIR WHICH ATTRACTS TO IT EVERY BIT OF CANNED SUBSTANCE THAT IS LOST OVERBOARD IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD A SHIP IS WRECKED IN SAY THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ULTIMATELY ALL THE LOOSE METAL UPON HER WILL SUCCUMB TO THE IRRESISTIBLE ATTRACTION OF THIS MAGNETIC UPPER STRATUM AND WILL FIND ITS WAY TO ITS SHORES THOUGH IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE EARTH
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