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The Children of Captain Grant
On
the
26th
of
July
,
1864
,
a
magnificent
yacht
was
steaming
along
the
North
Channel
at
full
speed
,
with
a
strong
breeze
blowing
from
the
N.
E
.
The
Union
Jack
was
flying
at
the
mizzen-mast
,
and
a
blue
standard
bearing
the
initials
E.
G.
,
embroidered
in
gold
,
and
surmounted
by
a
ducal
coronet
,
floated
from
the
topgallant
head
of
the
main-mast
.
The
name
of
the
yacht
was
the
Duncan
,
and
the
owner
was
Lord
Glenarvan
,
one
of
the
sixteen
Scotch
peers
who
sit
in
the
Upper
House
,
and
the
most
distinguished
member
of
the
Royal
Thames
Yacht
Club
,
so
famous
throughout
the
United
Kingdom
.
Lord
Edward
Glenarvan
was
on
board
with
his
young
wife
,
Lady
Helena
,
and
one
of
his
cousins
,
Major
McNabbs
.
The
Duncan
was
newly
built
,
and
had
been
making
a
trial
trip
a
few
miles
outside
the
Firth
of
Clyde
.
She
was
returning
to
Glasgow
,
and
the
Isle
of
Arran
already
loomed
in
the
distance
,
when
the
sailor
on
watch
caught
sight
of
an
enormous
fish
sporting
in
the
wake
of
the
ship
.
Lord
Edward
,
who
was
immediately
apprised
of
the
fact
,
came
up
on
the
poop
a
few
minutes
after
with
his
cousin
,
and
asked
John
Mangles
,
the
captain
,
what
sort
of
an
animal
he
thought
it
was
.
"
Well
,
since
your
Lordship
asks
my
opinion
,
"
said
Mangles
,
"
I
think
it
is
a
shark
,
and
a
fine
large
one
too
.
"
"
A
shark
on
these
shores
!
"
"
There
is
nothing
at
all
improbable
in
that
,
"
returned
the
captain
.
"
This
fish
belongs
to
a
species
that
is
found
in
all
latitudes
and
in
all
seas
.
It
is
the
'
balance-fish
,
'
or
hammer-headed
shark
,
if
I
am
not
much
mistaken
.
But
if
your
Lordship
has
no
objections
,
and
it
would
give
the
smallest
pleasure
to
Lady
Helena
to
see
a
novelty
in
the
way
of
fishing
,
we
'll
soon
haul
up
the
monster
and
find
out
what
it
really
is
.
"
"
What
do
you
say
,
McNabbs
?
Shall
we
try
to
catch
it
?
"
asked
Lord
Glenarvan
.
"
If
you
like
;
it
's
all
one
to
me
,
"
was
his
cousin
's
cool
reply
.
"
The
more
of
those
terrible
creatures
that
are
killed
the
better
,
at
all
events
,
"
said
John
Mangles
,
"
so
let
's
seize
the
chance
,
and
it
will
not
only
give
us
a
little
diversion
,
but
be
doing
a
good
action
.
"
