But mark the coincidence between Ross's report and More's manuscript.

This must have been written at least three years ago, and the writer could not have known anything about Ross's discoveries.

Above all, he could not have thought of those two volcanoes unless he had seen them." "But these volcanoes mentioned by More are not the Erebus and Terror, are they ?" said Lord Featherstone.
"Of course not; they are on the other side of the world." "The whole story," said Melick, "may have been written by one of Ross's men and thrown overboard.

If I'd been on that expedition I should probably have written it to beguile the time." "Oh yes," said the doctor; "and you would also have manufactured the papyrus and the copper cylinder on board to beguile the time." "I dare say the writer picked up that papyrus and the copper cylinder in China or Japan, and made use of it in this way." "Where do you make out the position of More's volcanoes ?" asked Featherstone.
"It is difficult to make it out accurately," said the doctor.

"More gives no data.