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1、INTRODUCTION.ONFebruarytheFirst1887,theLadyVainwaslostbycollisionwithaderelictwhenaboutthelatitude1'S.andlongitude107'W.OnJanuarytheFifth,1888--thatiselevenmonthsandfourdaysafter--myuncle,EdwardPrendick,aprivategentleman,whocertainlywentaboardtheLadyVainatC
2、allao,andwhohadbeenconsidereddrowned,waspickedupinlatitude5'3"S.andlongitude101'W.inasmallopenboatofwhichthenamewasillegible,butwhichissupposedtohavebelongedtothemissingschoonerIpecacuanha.Hegavesuchastrangeaccountofhimselfthathewassupposeddemented.Subseque
3、ntlyheallegedthathismindwasablankfromthemomentofhisescapefromtheLadyVain.Hiscasewasdiscussedamongpsychologistsatthetimeasacuriousinstanceofthelapseofmemoryconsequentuponphysicalandmentalstress.Thefollowingnarrativewasfoundamonghispapersbytheundersigned,hisn
4、ephewandheir,butunaccompaniedbyanydefiniterequestforpublication.TheonlyislandknowntoexistintheregioninwhichmyunclewaspickedupisNoble'sIsle,asmallvolcanicisletanduninhabited.Itwasvisitedin1891byH.M.S.Scorpion.Apartyofsailorsthenlanded,butfoundnothinglivingth
5、ereonexceptcertaincuriouswhitemoths,somehogsandrabbits,andsomeratherpeculiarrats.Sothatthisnarrativeiswithoutconfirmationinitsmostessentialparticular.Withthatunderstood,thereseemsnoharminputtingthisstrangestorybeforethepublicinaccordance,asIbelieve,withmyun
6、cle'sintentions.Thereisatleastthismuchinitsbehalf:myunclepassedoutofhumanknowledgeaboutlatitude5'S.andlongitude105'E.,andreappearedinthesamepartoftheoceanafteraspaceofelevenmonths.Insomewayhemusthavelivedduringtheinterval.AnditseemsthataschoonercalledtheIpe
7、cacuanhawithadrunkencaptain,JohnDavies,didstartfromAfricawithapumaandcertainotheranimalsaboardinJanuary,1887,thatthevesselwaswellknownatseveralportsintheSouthPacific,andthatitfinallydisappearedfromthoseseas(withaconsiderableamountofcopraaboard),sailingtoits
8、unknownfatefromBaynainDecember,1887,adatethattalliesentirelywithmyuncle'sstory.CHARLESEDWARDPRENDICK.(TheStorywrittenbyEdwardPrendick.)I.INTHEDINGEYOFTHE"LADYVAIN."IDOnotproposetoaddanythingtowhathasal
