While all this was being done Caspian missed no chance f questioning all the oldest sea captains whom he could nd in Narrowhaven to learn if they had any knowledge or ven any rumours of land further to the east. He poured ut many a flagon of the castle ale to weather.beaten men ith short grey beards and clear blue eyes， and many a tall arn he heard in return. But those who seemed the most uthful could tell of no lands beyond the Lone Islands， and any thought that if you sailed too far east you would come to the surges of a sea without lands that swirled perpetually ound the rim of the world. “And that， I reckon， is where our Majesty’s friends went to the bottom.” The rest had only ild stories of islands inhabited by headless men， floating lands， waterspouts， and a fire that burned along the water. nly one， to Reepicheep‘s delight， said， “And beyond that， slan country. But that’s beyond the end of the world and ou can‘t get there.” But when they questioned him he ould only say that he’d heard it from his father.
