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No longer, then, could there be any doubt as to the annihilation of / a considerable portion of the colony. Not merely had there been a / submersion of the land, but the impression was more and more confirmed / that the very bowels of the earth must have yawned and closed again upon / a large territory. Of the rocky substratum of the province it became / more evident than ever that not a trace remained, and a new soil / of unknown formation had certainly taken the place of the old sandy / sea-bottom. As it altogether transcended the powers of those on board to / elucidate the origin of this catastrophe, it was felt to be incumbent on / them at least to ascertain its extent.
After a long and somewhat wavering discussion, it was at length decided / that the schooner should take advantage of the favorable wind and / weather, and proceed at first towards the east, thus following the / outline of what had formerly represented the coast of Africa, until that / coast had been lost in boundless sea.