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The Doctor and his companions had the honour of being presented to the Queen by the Lord Chancellor, and they were feted and "lionized" in all quarters. The Government confirmed the names of "Queen's Island," "Mount Hatteras," and "Altamont Harbour." THE DOCTOR AND HIS COMPANIONS HAD THE HONOR OF BEING PRESENTED TO THE QUEEN BY THE LORD CHANCELLOR AND THEY WERE FEEDED AND LIONIZED IN ALL QUARTERS THE GOVERNMENT CONFIRMED THE NAMES OF QUEEN'S ISLAND MOUNT HATTERAS AND ALTAMONT HARBOR
 days afterwards, Clawbonny, Johnson, Bell, Altamont, and Captain Hatteras landed at Korsam, in Zealand, an island belonging to Denmark. They took the steamer to Kiel, and from there proceeded by Altona and Hamburg to London, where they arrived on the 13th of the same month, scarcely recovered after their long sufferings. The first care of Clawbonny was to request the Royal Geographical Society to receive a communication from him. He was accordingly admitted to the next [Illustration: --P.267] séance, and one can imagine the astonishment of the learned assembly and the enthusiastic applause produced by the reading of Hatteras' document. The English have a passion for geographical discovery, from the lord to the cockney, from the merchant down to the dock labourer, and the news of this grand discovery speedily flashed along the telegraph wires, throughout the length and breadth of the kingdom. Hatteras was lauded as a martyr by all the newspapers, and every Englishman felt proud of him. THAT HE SUCCEEDED IN KEEPING THEM ALIVE TEN DAYS AFTERWARDS CLAWBONNY JOHNSON BELL ALTAMONT AND CAPTAIN HATTERAS LANDED AT CORSUM IN ZEALAND AN ISLAND BELONGING TO DENMARK THEY TOOK THE STEAMER TO KIAL AND FROM THERE PROCEEDED BY ALTONA AND HAMBURG TO LONDON WHERE THEY ARRIVED ON THE THIRTEENTH OF THE SAME MONTH SCARCELY RECOVERED AFTER THEIR LONG SUFFERINGS THE FIRST CARE OF CLAWBONNY WAS TO REQUEST THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY TO RECEIVE A COMMUNICATION FROM HIM HE WAS ACCORDINGLY ADMITTED TO THE NEXT SEANCE AND ONE CAN IMAGINE THE ASTONISHMENT OF THE LEARNED ASSEMBLY AND THE ENTHUSIASTIC APPLAUSE PRODUCED BY THE READING OF HATTERAS'S DOCUMENT THE ENGLISH HAVE A PASSION FOR GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERY FROM THE LORD TO THE COCKNEY FROM THE MERCHANT DOWN TO THE DOCK LABORER AND THE NEWS OF THIS GRAND DISCOVERY SPEEDILY FLASHED ALONG THE TELEGRAPH WIRES THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF THE KINGDOM HATTERAS WAS LAUDED AS A MARTYR ALL THE NEWSPAPERS AND EVERY ENGLISHMAN FELT PROUD OF HIM
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