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Chapter 16. Strolling the Plains

           OnthisoccasionIwaswitnesstooneofthefinestgunshotswhichevermadethenervesofahunterthrill.Alargebirdofgreatbreadthofwing,clearlyvisible,approached,hoveringoverus.CaptainNemo’scompanionshoulderedhisgunandfired,whenitwasonlyafewyardsabovethewaves.Thecreaturefellstunned,andtheforceofitsfallbroughtitwithinthereachofdexteroushunter’sgrasp.Itwasanalbatrossofthefinestkind.

           Ourmarchhadnotbeeninterruptedbythisincident.Fortwohourswefollowedthesesandyplains,thenfieldsofalgaeverydisagreeabletocross.Candidly,IcoulddonomorewhenIsawaglimmeroflight,which,forahalfmile,brokethedarknessofthewaters.ItwasthelanternoftheNautilus.Beforetwentyminuteswereoverweshouldbeonboard,andIshouldbeabletobreathewithease,foritseemedthatmyreservoirsuppliedairverydeficientinoxygen.ButIdidnotreckononanaccidentalmeetingwhichdelayedourarrivalforsometime.

           Ihadremainedsomestepsbehind,whenIpresentlysawCaptainNemocominghurriedlytowardsme.Withhisstronghandhebentmetotheground,hiscompaniondoingthesametoConseil.AtfirstIknewnotwhattothinkofthissuddenattack,butIwassoonreassuredbyseeingtheCaptainliedownbesideme,andremainimmovable.

           Iwasstretchedontheground,justundertheshelterofabushofalgae,when,raisingmyhead,Isawsomeenormousmass,castingphosphorescentgleams,passblusteringlyby.

           MybloodfrozeinmyveinsasIrecognisedtwoformidablesharkswhichthreatenedus.

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