"'Only,' he added, 'it was not on the west coast, but on the east coast of Australia that the vessel was lost, and if Captain Grant is still living, as his document indicates, he is a prisoner among the natives, and it is on the other coast that he must be looked for.'
"Csakhogy - fűzte hozzá Ayrton - a Britannia nem a nyugati, hanem a keleti parton süllyedt el; ha tehát a kapitány él még, amint erre ez az üzenet következtetni enged, akkor bennszülöttek foglya, akkor nem itt, hanem Ausztrália túlsó partvidékén kell keresniök."