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Chapter 17. An Underwater Forest

           Theseseveralproductionsoftheseawereimmediatelyloweredthroughthepaneltothesteward’sroom,sometobeeatenfresh,andotherspickled.

           Thefishingended,theprovisionofairrenewed,IthoughtthattheNautiluswasabouttocontinueitssubmarineexcursion,andwaspreparingtoreturntomyroom,when,withoutfurtherpreamble,theCaptainturnedtome,saying:

           "Professor,isnotthisoceangiftedwithreallife?Ithasitstempersanditsgentlemoods.Yesterdayitsleptaswedid,andnowithaswokeafteraquietnight.Look!"hecontinued,"itwakesunderthecaressesofthesun.Itisgoingtorenewitsdiurnalexistence.Itisaninterestingstudytowatchtheplayofitsorganisation.Ithasapulse,arteries,spasms;andIagreewiththelearnedMaury,whodiscoveredinitacirculationasrealasthecirculationofbloodinanimals.

           "Yes,theoceanhasindeedcirculation,andtopromoteit,theCreatorhascausedthingstomultiplyinitcaloric,salt,andanimalculae."

           WhenCaptainNemospokethus,heseemedaltogetherchanged,andarousedanextraordinaryemotioninme.

           "Also,"headded,"trueexistenceisthere;andIcanimaginethefoundationsofnauticaltowns,clustersofsubmarinehouses,which,liketheNautilus,wouldascendeverymorningtobreatheatthesurfaceofthewater,freetowns,independentcities.Yetwhoknowswhethersomedespot"

           CaptainNemofinishedhissentencewithaviolentgesture.Then,addressingmeasiftochaseawaysomesorrowfulthought:

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