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Chapter 15. An Invitation in Writing

           AllthesewondersIsawinthespaceofaquarterofamile,scarcelystopping,andfollowingCaptainNemo,whobeckonedmeonbysigns.Soonthenatureofthesoilchanged;tothesandyplainsucceededanextentofslimymudwhichtheAmericanscall"ooze,"composedofequalpartsofsiliciousandcalcareousshells.Wethentravelledoveraplainofseaweedofwildandluxuriantvegetation.Thisswardwasofclosetexture,andsofttothefeet,andrivalledthesoftestcarpetwovenbythehandofman.Butwhilstverdurewasspreadatourfeet,itdidnotabandonourheads.Alightnetworkofmarineplants,ofthatinexhaustiblefamilyofseaweedsofwhichmorethantwothousandkindsareknown,grewonthesurfaceofthewater.

           Inoticedthatthegreenplantskeptnearerthetopofthesea,whilsttheredwereatagreaterdepth,leavingtotheblackorbrownthecareofforminggardensandparterresintheremotebedsoftheocean.

           WehadquittedtheNautilusaboutanhourandahalf.Itwasnearnoon;Iknewbytheperpendicularityofthesun’srays,whichwerenolongerrefracted.Themagicalcoloursdisappearedbydegrees,andtheshadesofemeraldandsapphirewereeffaced.Wewalkedwitharegularstep,whichranguponthegroundwithastonishingintensity;theslightestnoisewastransmittedwithaquicknesstowhichtheearisunaccustomedontheearth;indeed,waterisabetterconductorofsoundthanair,intheratiooffourtoone.Atthisperiodtheearthslopeddownwards;thelighttookauniformtint.Wewereatadepthofahundredandfiveyardsandtwentyinches,undergoingapressureofsixatmospheres.

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