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Chapter 18. Four Thousand Leagues Under the Pacific

           "Whenshallwebethere?"

           "Wearetherenow."

           FollowedbyCaptainNemo,Iwentupontotheplatform,andgreedilyscannedthehorizon.

           TotheN.E.twovolcanicislandsemergedofunequalsize,surroundedbyacoralreefthatmeasuredfortymilesincircumference.WewereclosetoVanikoro,reallytheonetowhichDumontd’UrvillegavethenameofIsledelaRecherche,andexactlyfacingthelittleharbourofVanou,situatedin16°4’S.lat.,and164°32’E.long.Theearthseemedcoveredwithverdurefromtheshoretothesummitsintheinterior,thatwerecrownedbyMountKapogo,476feethigh.TheNautilus,havingpassedtheouterbeltofrocksbyanarrowstrait,founditselfamongbreakerswheretheseawasfromthirtytofortyfathomsdeep.UndertheverdantshadeofsomemangrovesIperceivedsomesavages,whoappearedgreatlysurprisedatourapproach.Inthelongblackbody,movingbetweenwindandwater,didtheynotseesomeformidablecetaceanthattheyregardedwithsuspicion?

           JustthenCaptainNemoaskedmewhatIknewaboutthewreckofLaPerouse.

           "Onlywhateveryoneknows,Captain,"Ireplied.

           "Andcouldyoutellmewhateveryoneknowsaboutit?"heinquired,ironically.

           "Easily."

           IrelatedtohimallthatthelastworksofDumontd’Urvillehadmadeknownworksfromwhichthefollowingisabriefaccount.

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