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`` I feel as certain of their being there as I am of our being here on the forecastle of the _ Susquehanna _ ! '' `` I must agree with you of course , Mr. Midshipman , '' replied Brownson with a slight smile ; `` I have no grounds whatever for contradicting you . '' `` Neither have I , '' observed another officer , the surgeon of the vessel . `` The Projectile was to have reached the Moon when at her full , which was at midnight on the 5th . To-day was the 11th . This gives them six days of clear light -- time enough in all conscience not only to land safely but to install themselves quite comfortably in their new home . In fact , I see them there already -- '' `` In my mind 's eye , Horatio ! ''