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I well remember that we left Stockholm in our fishing sloop on the third day of April, 1829, and sailed to the southward, leaving Gothland Island to the left and Oeland Island to the right. I WELL REMEMBER THAT WE LEFT STOCKHOLM IN OUR FISHING SLOOP ON THE THIRD DAY OF APRIL EIGHTEEN TWENTY NINE AND SAILED TO THE SOUTHWARD LEAVING GOTHLAND ISLAND TO THE LEFT AND ORLAND ISLAND TO THE RIGHT
l enlighten and, I hope, benefit mankind. The memory of my long confinement with maniacs, and all the horrible anguish and sufferings are too vivid to warrant my taking further chances. In 1889 I sold out my fishing boats, and found I had accumulated a fortune quite sufficient to keep me the remainder of my life. I then came to America. For a dozen years my home was in Illinois, near Batavia, where I gathered most of the books in my present library, though I brought many choice volumes from Stockholm. Later, I came to Los Angeles, arriving here March 4, 1901. The date I well remember, as it was President McKinley's second inauguration day. I bought this humble home and determined, here in the privacy of my own abode, sheltered by my own vine and fig-tree, and with my books about me, to make maps and drawings of the new lands we had discovered, and also to write the story in detail from the time my father and I left Stockholm until the tragic event that parted us in the Antarctic Ocean. LIGHTEN AND I HOPE BENEFIT MANKIND THE MEMORY OF MY LONG CONFINEMENT WITH MANIACS AND ALL HORRIBLE ANGUISH AND SUFFERINGS ARE TOO VIVID TO WARRANT MY TAKING FURTHER CHANCES IN EIGHTEEN EIGHTY NINE I SOLD OUT MY FISHING BOATS AND FOUND I HAD ACCUMULATED A FORTUNE QUITE SUFFICIENT TO KEEP ME THE REMAINDER OF MY LIFE I THEN CAME TO AMERICA FOR A DOZEN YEARS MY HOME WAS IN ILLINOIS NEAR BATAVIA WHERE I GATHERED MOST OF THE BOOKS IN MY PRESENT LIBRARY THOUGH I BROUGHT MANY CHOICE VOLUMES FROM STOCKHOLM LATER I CAME TO LOS ANGELES ARRIVING HERE ON MARCH FOURTH NINETEEN O ONE THE DATE I WELL REMEMBER AS IT WAS PRESIDENT MC KINLEY'S SECOND INAUGURATION DAY I BROUGHT HIS HUMBLE HOME AND DETERMINED HERE IN THE PRIVACY OF MY OWN ABODE SHELTERED BY MY OWN VINE AND FIG TREE AND WITH MY BOOKS ABOUT ME TO MAKE MAPS AND DRAWINGS FOR THE LANDS WE HAD DISCOVERED AND ALSO TO WRITE THE STORY IN DETAIL FROM THE TIME MY FATHER AND I LEFT STOCKHOLM UNTIL THE TRAGIC EVENT THAT PARTED US IN THE ANTARCTIC OCEAN
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