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Chapter 16. Strolling the Plains

           Theseplantsareself-propagated,andtheprincipleoftheirexistenceisinthewater,whichupholdsandnourishesthem.Thegreaternumber,insteadofleaves,shootforthbladesofcapriciousshapes,comprisedwithinascaleofcolourspink,carmine,green,olive,fawn,andbrown.

           "Curiousanomaly,fantasticelement!"saidaningeniousnaturalist,"inwhichtheanimalkingdomblossoms,andthevegetabledoesnot!"

           InaboutanhourCaptainNemogavethesignaltohalt;I,formypart,wasnotsorry,andwestretchedourselvesunderanarbourofalariae,thelongthinbladesofwhichstooduplikearrows.

           Thisshortrestseemeddelicioustome;therewasnothingwantingbutthecharmofconversation;but,impossibletospeak,impossibletoanswer,IonlyputmygreatcopperheadtoConseil’s.Isawtheworthyfellow’seyesglisteningwithdelight,and,toshowhissatisfaction,heshookhimselfinhisbreastplateofair,inthemostcomicalwayintheworld.

           Afterfourhoursofthiswalking,Iwassurprisednottofindmyselfdreadfullyhungry.HowtoaccountforthisstateofthestomachIcouldnottell.ButinsteadIfeltaninsurmountabledesiretosleep,whichhappenstoalldivers.Andmyeyessoonclosedbehindthethickglasses,andIfellintoaheavyslumber,whichthemovementalonehadpreventedbefore.CaptainNemoandhisrobustcompanion,stretchedintheclearcrystal,setustheexample.

           HowlongIremainedburiedinthisdrowsinessIcannotjudge,but,whenIwoke,thesunseemedsinkingtowardsthehorizon.CaptainNemohadalreadyrisen,andIwasbeginningtostretchmylimbs,whenanunexpectedapparitionbroughtmebrisklytomyfeet.

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