THEcircumstancesconnectedwiththelatesuddenanddistressingdeathofMr。Pymarealreadywellknowntothepublicthroughthemediumofthedailypress。Itisfearedthatthefewremainingchapterswhichweretohavecompletedhisnarrative，andwhichwereretainedbyhim，whiletheabovewereintype，forthepurposeofrevision，havebeenirrecoverablylostthroughtheaccidentbywhichheperishedhimself。This，however，mayprovenottobethecase，andthepapers，ifultimatelyfound，willbegiventothepublic。

　　Nomeanshavebeenleftuntriedtoremedythedeficiency。Thegentlemanwhosenameismentionedinthepreface，andwho，fromthestatementtheremade，mightbesupposedabletofillthevacuum，hasdeclinedthetask-this，forsatisfactoryreasonsconnectedwiththegeneralinaccuracyofthedetailsaffordedhim，andhisdisbeliefintheentiretruthofthelatterportionsofthenarration。Peters，fromwhomsomeinformationmightbeexpected，isstillalive，andaresidentofIllinois，butcannotbemetwithatpresent。Hemayhereafterbefound，andwill，nodoubt，affordmaterialforaconclusionofMr。Pym’saccount。

　　Thelossoftwoorthreefinalchaptersfortherewerebuttwoorthreeisthemoredeeplytoberegretted，asitcannotbedoubtedtheycontainedmatterrelativetothePoleitself，oratleasttoregionsinitsverynearproximity；andas，too，thestatementsoftheauthorinrelationtotheseregionsmayshortlybeverifiedorcontradictedbymeansofthegovernmentalexpeditionnowpreparingfortheSouthernOcean。

　　Ononepointinthenarrativesomeremarksmaywellbeoffered；anditwouldaffordthewriterofthisappendixmuchpleasureifwhathemayhereobserveshouldhaveatendencytothrowcredit，inanydegree，upontheverysingularpagesnowpublished。WealludetothechasmsfoundintheislandofTsalal，andtothewholeofthefiguresuponpages245-47{oftheprintededition-ed。}。

　　Mr。Pymhasgiventhefiguresofthechasmswithoutcomment，andspeaksdecidedlyofthe_indentures_foundattheextremityofthemosteasterlyofthesechasmsashavingbutafancifulresemblancetoalphabeticalcharacters，and，inshort，asbeingpositively_notsuch。_Thisassertionismadeinamannersosimple，andsustainedbyaspeciesofdemonstrationsoconclusiveviz。，thefittingoftheprojectionsofthefragmentsfoundamongthedustintotheindenturesuponthewall，thatweareforcedtobelievethewriterinearnest；

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