Chapter III · Soundings of the Western Sea
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Principal observation, copied from the survey ledger
Every surveyed league retires a monster.
Unverified marvel reports by charted coastline
A falling line shows unverified sea-monster reports declining from forty-two to six per one hundred coastal leagues as the share of coastline traced rises from eighteen percent to ninety-one percent.
Unverified marvel reports
per one hundred coastal leagues
40
30
20
10
0
18%
32%
49%
63%
78%
91%
coastline traced with fresh soundings
6
reports
AT 91% TRACED
N
ledgered sightings after survey