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Chapter 16. Strolling the Plains

           AswewalkedIthoughtthelightofourRuhmkorffapparatuscouldnotfailtodrawsomeinhabitantfromitsdarkcouch.Butiftheydidapproachus,theyatleastkeptatarespectfuldistancefromthehunters.SeveraltimesIsawCaptainNemostop,puthisguntohisshoulder,andaftersomemomentsdropitandwalkon.Atlast,afteraboutfourhours,thismarvellousexcursioncametoanend.Awallofsuperbrocks,inanimposingmass,rosebeforeus,aheapofgiganticblocks,anenormous,steepgraniteshore,formingdarkgrottos,butwhichpresentednopracticableslope;itwasthepropoftheIslandofCrespo.Itwastheearth!CaptainNemostoppedsuddenly.Agestureofhisbroughtusalltoahalt;and,howeverdesirousImightbetoscalethewall,Iwasobligedtostop.HereendedCaptainNemo’sdomains.Andhewouldnotgobeyondthem.Furtheronwasaportionoftheglobehemightnottrampleupon.

           Thereturnbegan.CaptainNemohadreturnedtotheheadofhislittleband,directingtheircoursewithouthesitation.IthoughtwewerenotfollowingthesameroadtoreturntotheNautilus.Thenewroadwasverysteep,andconsequentlyverypainful.Weapproachedthesurfaceofthesearapidly.Butthisreturntotheupperstratawasnotsosuddenastocauserelieffromthepressuretoorapidly,whichmighthaveproducedseriousdisorderinourorganisation,andbroughtoninternallesions,sofataltodivers.Verysoonlightreappearedandgrew,and,thesunbeinglowonthehorizon,therefractionedgedthedifferentobjectswithaspectralring.Attenyardsandahalfdeep,wewalkedamidstashoaloflittlefishesofallkinds,morenumerousthanthebirdsoftheair,andalsomoreagile;butnoaquaticgameworthyofashothadasyetmetourgaze,whenatthatmomentIsawtheCaptainshoulderhisgunquickly,andfollowamovingobjectintotheshrubs.

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