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“是的，那又怎样？”
“船上装的什么货？”
“所有能卖和能买的东西。那又怎样？”
“什么时候开船？”
原来，这位地理学家已经独自去图福湾看过。他知道那儿没有去悉尼和墨尔本的船，但是，停泊在锚地的三条轮船中，有一条正准备开往新西兰北岛的首府奥克兰。帕噶乃尔提议搭那只船先去奥克兰，然后再从奥克兰乘东印度轮船公司的船返回欧洲就不难了。
这个建议得到大家的重视。再说，帕噶乃尔丝毫不像惯常那样抛出一大堆论据，他只是陈述事实，最后补充说，海上行程最多需要五到六天。确实，澳大利亚和新西兰之间的距离只有一千海里左右。
说来也是奇怪的巧合，奥克兰正好位于三十七度纬线上，而寻找格兰特船长的这些人，从阿劳卡尼亚<sup><a id="jzyy_1_465" href="#jz_1_465">[1]</a></sup>海岸起，一直是坚持沿着这条纬线走的。我们这位地理学家本可以把这样的巧事作为加强他的建议的理由，决不会有人说他是出于个人的偏好。确实，这是顺便考察新西兰海岸的好机会。
然而，帕噶乃尔并没有提出这个有力的理由。也许因为，先前他对文件的两次解释都被否定了，他有些失望，不想冒险对文件做第三次解释。再说，他能从中得出什么结论呢？文件中不容置辩地说，格兰特船长曾在一个“大陆”——而不是一个岛屿——上避难。可新西兰明明是个岛。这一点是有决定意义的。不管是为了这个原因还是为了别的原因，反正帕噶乃尔在建议去奥克兰时，没有附带提出任何进行新的探索的想法。他仅仅指出，在奥克兰和英国之间有定期的船只来往，完全可以很方便地加以利用。
约翰·曼格斯支持帕噶乃尔的建议，并主张采纳，因为有没有船到图福湾来还是个问题，他们不能这样空等下去。但是他认为，在实施这一计划之前，最好先去看一看帕噶乃尔所说的那条船。于是，格雷那万、少校、帕噶乃尔、罗伯特和他本人乘上一只小艇，划了几下桨就靠上了那只泊在离码头两链<sup><a id="jzyy_2_465" href="#jz_2_465">[2]</a></sup>远的船。
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第一章 麦夸里号
如果说，寻找格兰特船长的人们也会有完全失去希望的时候，那就是现在，因为现在他们几乎是一无所有了。在地球的哪个地方进行一次新的远征呢？怎么到别处去探索呢？邓肯号已不在；连立即回国也是不可能的事了。这些侠肝义胆的苏格兰人就这样失败了。失败！这个令人难受的词在勇士的心里是不会引起任何共鸣的，然而此刻，在遭到命运的一再打击后，格雷那万也不得不承认，他已无力把寻找格兰特船长这一义举进行下去。
在这种形势下，玛丽·格兰特表现出极大的勇气。她在大家面前不再提父亲的名字。想到刚刚丧生的那些不幸的船员，她便强忍住自己的焦虑。女儿的身份让位给了朋友的身份，过去格雷那万夫人曾经给予她那么多安慰，现在倒是她来劝慰格雷那万夫人了！也是她第一个提出回苏格兰。看到她那么勇敢，那么能忍耐，约翰·曼格斯非常钦佩。他想最后再说说找船长的事，但是玛丽用一个眼色阻止了他。后来她对他说：
“不要再提了！约翰先生。想想那些为救别人而牺牲了自己的人吧！格雷那万爵士必须回欧洲！”
这是一条吃水二百五十吨的双桅帆船，名叫麦夸里号，在澳大利亚和新西兰各港口之间进行沿岸贸易。船长，或者说得更准确些，“船老大”，相当粗鲁地接待了来访者。他们立刻明白了，他们与之打交道的是一个没受过什么教育的粗人，谈吐举止和船上的五名水手没有根本的区别。宽大的红脸，肥厚的巴掌，扁平的鼻子，一只眼睛的眼球爆掉了，嘴唇因为抽烟斗满是烟垢，除此之外，再加上粗鲁的神气，这一切使这个叫威尔·哈雷的人看上去令人不愉快。可是他们没有选择的余地，而且，只有几天的航行，在这方面也不必太挑剔。
“你们要干什么，你们这帮人？”威尔·哈雷见几个陌生人踏上帆船的甲板，便不客气地问。
“请问哪位是船长？”约翰·曼格斯反问道。
“我就是，”哈雷说，“那又怎样？”
“麦夸里号在装货准备开往奥克兰吗？”
“您说得对，格兰特小姐，”约翰·曼格斯答道，“是应该回欧洲了。而且还应该让英国当局知道邓肯号被劫的事。但是，您也别放弃所有的希望。我们已经开始的寻找工作不应当丢下，我会一个人接着干下去！我一定要找到格兰特船长，除非我死在征途上！”
约翰·曼格斯的承诺是郑重的，玛丽接受了，她向年轻的船长伸出手，好像是表示同意这个约定。对约翰·曼格斯来说，这意味着毕生的奉献；对玛丽来说，这意味着永远不变的感激。
这一天，大家商量了很久，最后还是决定动身，立刻前往墨尔本。次日，约翰去打听有哪些船开往墨尔本。他以为，埃登和维多利亚的首府之间，交通应该很频繁，但是他的期望落空了。船很少，当地的整个商船队仅仅由停泊在图福湾的三四条船组成，而且没有一条开往墨尔本、悉尼或威尔士角，然而只有在澳大利亚的这三个港口，才有可能看到一些正在装货，准备驶往英国的船。因为东印度轮船公司有一支远洋船队，定期航行于这几个港口和英国本土之间。
在这种情况下该怎么办呢？等船吗？那就要耽搁很久，因为，很少有船到图福湾。有多少条船在大海上驶过却从不在这儿靠岸啊！
经过再三考虑和商讨，格雷那万决定走沿海岸的公路去悉尼。这时雅克·帕噶乃尔提出一个谁也没料到的建议。