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Part 1—South America-2
It ran as follows: “This is written in German,” said John Mangles the moment he looked at it. “And you understand that language, don’t you?” asked Lord Glenarvan. “Perfectly.” “Come, then, tell us the meaning of these words.” The captain examined the document carefully, and said: “Well, here’s the date of the occurrence first: 7 Juni means June 7; and if we put that before the figures 62 we have in the other document, it gives us the exact date, 7th of June, 1862.” “Capital!” exclaimed Lady Helena. “Go on, John!” “On the same line,” resumed the young captain, “there is the syllable glas and if we add that to the gow we found in the English paper, we get the whole word glasgow at once. The documents evidently refer to some ship that sailed out of the port of Glasgow.” “That is my o
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