In Search of an Unknown Race — page 220: what you’re looking at

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206 VAN, ‘¢What would you do if you should overhaul her and find that the so called Viva was really the Rattler?” curiously asked Van. ‘That depends upon circumstances,” was the dry response. So the sea days went by with the usual varying alternations of wind and weather. Sails were ‘‘ raised” from time to time, but none of them the one sought for. Two were barks standing to the east, one was an Eng- lish brig, and another a large three masted schooner. But the Viva did not show up, and Van began to think that the chances of meeting her were less than those of finding a needle in a haystack GEomichookssco im