Chapter 16. Strolling the Plains

           Wehadatlastarrivedonthebordersofthisforest,doubtlessoneofthefinestofCaptainNemo’simmensedomains.Helookeduponitashisown,andconsideredhehadthesamerightoveritthatthefirstmenhadinthefirstdaysoftheworld.And,indeed,whowouldhavedisputedwithhimthepossessionofthissubmarineproperty?Whatotherhardierpioneerwouldcome,hatchetinhand,tocutdownthedarkcopses?

           Thisforestwascomposedoflargetree-plants;andthemomentwepenetratedunderitsvastarcades,IwasstruckbythesingularpositionoftheirbranchesapositionIhadnotyetobserved.

           Notanherbwhichcarpetedtheground,notabranchwhichclothedthetrees,waseitherbrokenorbent,nordidtheyextendhorizontally;allstretcheduptothesurfaceoftheocean.Notafilament,notaribbon,howeverthintheymightbe,butkeptasstraightasarodofiron.Thefuciandllianasgrewinrigidperpendicularlines,duetothedensityoftheelementwhichhadproducedthem.Motionlessyet,whenbenttoonesidebythehand,theydirectlyresumedtheirformerposition.Trulyitwastheregionofperpendicularity!

           Isoonaccustomedmyselftothisfantasticposition,aswellastothecomparativedarknesswhichsurroundedus.Thesoiloftheforestseemedcoveredwithsharpblocks,difficulttoavoid.Thesubmarineflorastruckmeasbeingveryperfect,andrichereventhanitwouldhavebeeninthearcticortropicalzones,wheretheseproductionsarenotsoplentiful.ButforsomeminutesIinvoluntarilyconfoundedthegenera,takinganimalsforplants;andwhowouldnothavebeenmistaken?Thefaunaandthefloraaretoocloselyalliedinthissubmarineworld.

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