These gentlemen questioned Paul closely and got his whole story.

Then they went to Baltimore and got the testimony of the coast-guard.

They thoroughly examined the coast and under the guidance of the coast-guard discovered the exact place be made his miraculous landing.
They learned that the place he came ashore was the only available landing for miles, the coast being formed by precipitous rocks and that if he had drifted one mile to the southward lie would have been cut to atoms on the sharp and dangerous reef known as the "Whale Rocks." Thoroughly satisfied with their investigation they returned to London and confirmed the story in every particular.
Paul next went to Dublin where he had a week's engagement to lecture in the Queen's Theatre.

His reception was if possible more enthusiastic than in Cork.

He cut his lecture out of one of the newspapers and studied it, so on that point he felt more easy.