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Prester John

CHAPTER VII
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But I could not do it--it was too like murder; and maybe I shall never have the chance now.' 'There's one thing puzzles me,' I said.

'What makes Laputa come up here to start with?
Why doesn't he begin with Zululand ?' 'God knows! There's sure to be sense in it, for he does nothing without reason.

We may know to-morrow.' But as Captain Arcoll spoke, the real reason suddenly flashed into my mind: Laputa had to get the Great Snake, the necklet of Prester John, to give his leadership prestige.

Apparently he had not yet got it, or Arcoll would have known.

He started from this neighbourhood because the fetich was somewhere hereabouts.


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