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Some more inconsistencies

From: Norm Wolcott <nwolcott2ster~at~gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:00:16 -0400
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

In the last page of the Fur Country, Thomas Black says he is sorry to have missed the eclipse of 1860, but as it will occur again in the same place 26 years later, he will meet everyone there twenty-six years later in 1896.

This par. has been translatd three different ways:

N. D'anvers, the most literal translator, leaves in both the 26 years and the date 1896.

Henry Frith, who often corrects Verne, decided to stick with 26 years, and changed the year to 1886.

Edward T. Baxter solves the problem by omitting the two references to twenty-six years entirely, and using only the date 1896.

By 1896 many of the protagonists might be fairly decrepit.

Take your pick. This leaves aside the question as to whether it is likely that another eclipse would occur at the same place on earth in 26 years.


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