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Chapter 17. An Underwater Forest

           Duringthedaytimeofthe11thofDecemberIwasbusyreadinginthelargedrawing-room.NedLandandConseilwatchedtheluminouswaterthroughthehalf-openpanels.TheNautiluswasimmovable.Whileitsreservoirswerefilled,itkeptatadepthof1,000yards,aregionrarelyvisitedintheocean,andinwhichlargefishwereseldomseen.

           IwasthenreadingacharmingbookbyJeanMace,TheSlavesoftheStomach,andIwaslearningsomevaluablelessonsfromit,whenConseilinterruptedme.

           "Willmastercomehereamoment?"hesaid,inacuriousvoice.

           "Whatisthematter,Conseil?"

           "Iwantmastertolook."

           Irose,went,andleanedonmyelbowsbeforethepanesandwatched.

           Inafullelectriclight,anenormousblackmass,quiteimmovable,wassuspendedinthemidstofthewaters.Iwatcheditattentively,seekingtofindoutthenatureofthisgiganticcetacean.Butasuddenthoughtcrossedmymind."Avessel!"Isaid,halfaloud.

           "Yes,"repliedtheCanadian,"adisabledshipthathassunkperpendicularly."

           NedLandwasright;wewereclosetoavesselofwhichthetatteredshroudsstillhungfromtheirchains.Thekeelseemedtobeingoodorder,andithadbeenwreckedatmostsomefewhours.Threestumpsofmasts,brokenoffabouttwofeetabovethebridge,showedthatthevesselhadhadtosacrificeitsmasts.

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