Popanilla having consented to become an author upon these terms, the
publisher asked him to dine with him, and introduced him to an
intelligent individual. This intelligent individual listened
attentively to all Popanilla's adventures. The Captain concealed
nothing. He began with the eternal lock of hair, and showed how
wonderfully this world was constituted, that even the loss of a thing
was not useless; from which it was clear that Utility was Providence.
After drinking some capital wine, the intelligent individual told
Popanilla that he was wrong in supposing Fantaisie to be an island;
that, on the contrary, it was a great continent; that this was proved by
the probable action of the tides in the part of the island which had not
yet been visited; that the consequence of these tides would be that, in
the course of a season or two, Fantaisie would become a great receptacle
for icebergs, and be turned into the North Pole; that, therefore, the
seasons throughout the world would be changed; that this year, in
Vraibleusia, the usual winter would be omitted, and that when the
present summer was finished the dog-days would again commence.
Popanilla took his leave highly delighted with this intelligent
individual and with the bookseller's wine.

Owing to the competition which existed between the publishers, the
printers, and the engravers of the city of Hubbabub, and the great
exertions of the intelligent individual, the Narrative of Captain
Popanilla's Voyage was brought out in less than a week, and was
immediately in everybody's hand. The work contained a detailed account
of everything which took place daring the whole of the three days, and
formed a quarto volume. The plates were numerous and highly
interesting, There was a line engraving of Alligator Mountain and a
mezzotint of Seaweed Island; a view of the canoe N.E.; a view of the
canoe N.W.; a view of the canoe S.E.; a view of the canoe S.W. There