see how this can be accomplished, unless I were to charter a vessel for the purpose, and even then I doubt whether I could reach that fascinating country, protected as it is by the dead calm that generally prevails in the region in which it is situated.
The fragmentary accounts I have from time to time communicated to my friends and acquaintances of the manners and customs of the Colymbians, have usually been received with a certain amount of incredulity, which has deterred me from talking much about them; and I fear that the circumstantial details of this truthful narrative may not obtain general credence; but I live in hopes of seeing my account corroborated by future explorers, to whose adventurous spirit the mysteries of Colymbia and the ways of its charming inhabitants cannot long remain concealed.
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