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Preparations for a Voyage of Discovery

           "What,hashealreadyfelledthetrees?"

           "Oh,thetreeswerealreadydown.Come,andyouwillseeforyourself."

           Afterhalfanhour’swalking,ontheothersideofthepromontorywhichformedthelittlenaturalharbour,IperceivedHansatwork.InafewmorestepsIwasathisside.Tomygreatsurpriseahalf-finishedraftwasalreadylyingonthesand,madeofapeculiarkindofwood,andagreatnumberofplanks,straightandbent,andofframes,werecoveringtheground,enoughalmostforalittlefleet.

           "Uncle,whatwoodisthis?"Icried.

           "Itisfir,pine,orbirch,andothernorthernconiferae,mineralisedbytheactionofthesea.Itiscalledsurturbrand,avarietyofbrowncoalorlignite,foundchieflyinIceland."

           "Butsurely,then,likeotherfossilwood,itmustbeashardasstone,andcannotfloat?"

           "Sometimesthatmayhappen;someofthesewoodsbecometrueanthracites;butothers,suchasthis,haveonlygonethroughthefirststageoffossiltransformation.Justlook,"addedmyuncle,throwingintotheseaoneofthosepreciouswaifs.

           Thebitofwood,afterdisappearing,returnedtothesurfaceandoscillatedtoandfrowiththewaves.

           "Areyouconvinced?"saidmyuncle.

           "Iamquiteconvinced,althoughitisincredible!"

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