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Chapter 19. Vanikoro

           IhadbeforemetheexcellentchartsoftheStraitsofTorres,andIconsultedthemattentively.RoundtheNautilustheseadashedfuriously.Thecourseofthewaves,thatwentfromsouth-easttonorth-westattherateoftwoandahalfmiles,brokeonthecoralthatshoweditselfhereandthere.

           "Thisisabadsea!"remarkedNedLand.

           "Detestableindeed,andonethatdoesnotsuitaboatliketheNautilus."

           "TheCaptainmustbeverysureofhisroute,forIseetherepiecesofcoralthatwoulddoforitskeelifitonlytouchedthemslightly."

           Indeedthesituationwasdangerous,buttheNautilusseemedtoslidelikemagicofftheserocks.ItdidnotfollowtheroutesoftheAstrolabeandtheZeleeexactly,fortheyprovedfataltoDumontd’Urville.Itboremorenorthwards,coastedtheIslandsofMurray,andcamebacktothesouth-westtowardsCumberlandPassage.Ithoughtitwasgoingtopassitby,when,goingbacktonorth-west,itwentthroughalargequantityofislandsandisletslittleknown,towardstheIslandSoundandCanalMauvais.

           IwonderedifCaptainNemo,foolishlyimprudent,wouldsteerhisvesselintothatpasswhereDumontd’Urville’stwocorvettestouched;when,swervingagain,andcuttingstraightthroughtothewest,hesteeredfortheIslandofGilboa.

           Itwasthenthreeintheafternoon.Thetidebegantorecede,beingquitefull.TheNautilusapproachedtheisland,thatIstillsaw,withitsremarkableborderofscrew-pines.Hestoodoffitatabouttwomilesdistant.Suddenlyashockoverthrewme.TheNautilusjusttouchedarock,andstayedimmovable,layinglightlytoportside.

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