His Excellency began to breathe; another paragraph,
and he found that the rival island was, a rock! He remembered the
porpoise of yesterday. The island certainly could not be very large,
even at low water. Popanilla once more felt like a Prince: he defied
all the discoverers that could ever exist. He thought of the great
resources of the great country he represented with proud satisfaction.
He waited with easy, confidence the return of the fleet which had
carried out the most judicious assortment with which he had ever been
acquainted to the readiest market of which he had any knowledge. He had
no doubt his mistress would look most charmingly in a barege. Popanilla
determined to present his canoe to the National Museum.
Although his Excellency had been in the highest state of astonishment
daring his whole mission to Vraibleusia, it must be confessed, now that
he understood his companion's question of yesterday, he particularly
stared. His wonder was not decreased in the evening, when the
'Government Gazette' appeared.
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