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The light of the returning sun soon extinguished the glory of the stars, / and rendered it necessary for the captain to postpone his observations. / He had sought in vain for further trace of the huge disc that had so / excited his wonder on the 1st, and it seemed most probable that, in its / irregular orbit, it had been carried beyond the range of vision.
The weather was still superb. The wind, after veering to the west, had / sunk to a perfect calm. Pursuing its inverted course, the sun rose and / set with undeviating regularity; and the days and nights were still / divided into periods of precisely six hours each -- a sure proof that the / sun remained close to the new equator which manifestly passed through / Gourbi Island.