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Chapter 18. Four Thousand Leagues Under the Pacific

           ThelargeboatandthewhalerbelongingtotheAstrolabeweresenttothisplace,and,notwithoutsomedifficulty,theircrewshauledupananchorweighing1,800lbs.,abrassgun,somepigsofiron,andtwocopperswivel-guns.

           Dumontd’Urville,questioningthenatives,learnedtoothatLaPerouse,afterlosingbothhisvesselsonthereefsofthisisland,hadconstructedasmallerboat,onlytobelostasecondtime.Where,nooneknew.

           ButtheFrenchGovernment,fearingthatDumontd’UrvillewasnotacquaintedwithDillon’smovements,hadsentthesloopBayonnaise,commandedbyLegoarantdeTromelin,toVanikoro,whichhadbeenstationedonthewestcoastofAmerica.TheBayonnaisecastheranchorbeforeVanikorosomemonthsafterthedepartureoftheAstrolabe,butfoundnonewdocument;butstatedthatthesavageshadrespectedthemonumenttoLaPerouse.ThatisthesubstanceofwhatItoldCaptainNemo.

           "So,"hesaid,"nooneknowsnowwherethethirdvesselperishedthatwasconstructedbythecastawaysontheislandofVanikoro?"

           "Nooneknows."

           CaptainNemosaidnothing,butsignedtometofollowhimintothelargesaloon.TheNautilussankseveralyardsbelowthewaves,andthepanelswereopened.

           Ihastenedtotheaperture,andunderthecrustationsofcoral,coveredwithfungi,Irecognisedcertaindebristhatthedragshadnotbeenabletotearupironstirrups,anchors,cannons,bullets,capstanfittings,thestemofaship,allobjectsclearlyprovingthewreckofsomevessel,andnowcarpetedwithlivingflowers.

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