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Chapter 4. The Red Sea

           ItwasonthecoastofTehama,fortherenotonlydidthisdisplayofzoophytesflourishbeneaththelevelofthesea,buttheyalsoformedpicturesqueinterlacingswhichunfoldedthemselvesaboutsixtyfeetabovethesurface,morecapriciousbutlesshighlycolouredthanthosewhosefreshnesswaskeptupbythevitalpowerofthewaters.

           WhatcharminghoursIpassedthusatthewindowofthesaloon!WhatnewspecimensofsubmarinefloraandfaunadidIadmireunderthebrightnessofourelectriclantern!

           The9thofFebruarytheNautilusfloatedinthebroadestpartoftheRedSea,whichiscomprisedbetweenSouakin,onthewestcoast,andKomfidah,ontheeastcoast,withadiameterofninetymiles.

           Thatdayatnoon,afterthebearingsweretaken,CaptainNemomountedtheplatform,whereIhappenedtobe,andIwasdeterminednottolethimgodownagainwithoutatleastpressinghimregardinghisulteriorprojects.Assoonashesawmeheapproachedandgraciouslyofferedmeacigar.

           "Well,sir,doesthisRedSeapleaseyou?Haveyousufficientlyobservedthewondersitcovers,itsfishes,itszoophytes,itsparterresofsponges,anditsforestsofcoral?Didyoucatchaglimpseofthetownsonitsborders?"

           "Yes,CaptainNemo,"Ireplied;"andtheNautilusiswonderfullyfittedforsuchastudy.Ah!itisanintelligentboat!"

           "Yes,sir,intelligentandinvulnerable.ItfearsneithertheterribletempestsoftheRedSea,noritscurrents,noritssandbanks."

           "Certainly,"saidI,"thisseaisquotedasoneoftheworst,andinthetimeoftheancients,ifIamnotmistaken,itsreputationwasdetestable."

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