Дети капитана Гранта

Cape Town and M. Viot

           ItsFAUNAandFLORA,however,werepoorintheextreme.Theonlyspecimensofquadrupeds,birds,fishandcetaceawereafewwildboars,stormypetrels,albatrosses,perchandseals.Hereandtherethermalspringsandchalybeatewatersescapedfromtheblacklava,andthindarkvaporsroseabovethevolcanicsoil.Someofthesespringswereveryhot.JohnManglesheldhisthermometerinoneofthem,andfoundthetemperaturewas176degreesFahrenheit.Fishcaughtintheseaafewyardsoff,cookedinfiveminutesintheseallbutboilingwaters,afactwhichmadePaganelresolvenottoattempttobatheinthem.

           Towardevening,afteralongpromenade,GlenarvanandhispartybadeadieutothegoodoldM.Viot,andreturnedtotheyacht,wishinghimallthehappinesspossibleonhisdesertisland,andreceivinginreturntheoldman’sblessingontheirexpedition.

           

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