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Chapter 5. Arabian Tunnel

           "Isthedugongdangeroustoattack?"Iasked,inspiteoftheCanadian’sshrugoftheshoulders.

           "Yes,"repliedtheCaptain;"sometimestheanimalturnsuponitsassailantsandoverturnstheirboat.ButforMasterLandthisdangerisnottobefeared.Hiseyeisprompt,hisarmsure."

           Atthismomentsevenmenofthecrew,muteandimmovableasever,mountedtheplatform.Onecarriedaharpoonandalinesimilartothoseemployedincatchingwhales.Thepinnacewasliftedfromthebridge,pulledfromitssocket,andletdownintothesea.Sixoarsmentooktheirseats,andthecoxswainwenttothetiller.Ned,Conseil,andIwenttothebackoftheboat.

           "Youarenotcoming,Captain?"Iasked.

           "No,sir;butIwishyougoodsport."

           Theboatputoff,and,liftedbythesixrowers,drewrapidlytowardsthedugong,whichfloatedabouttwomilesfromtheNautilus.

           Arrivedsomecables-lengthfromthecetacean,thespeedslackened,andtheoarsdippednoiselesslyintothequietwaters.NedLand,harpooninhand,stoodintheforepartoftheboat.Theharpoonusedforstrikingthewhaleisgenerallyattachedtoaverylongcordwhichrunsoutrapidlyasthewoundedcreaturedrawsitafterhim.Butherethecordwasnotmorethantenfathomslong,andtheextremitywasattachedtoasmallbarrelwhich,byfloating,wastoshowthecoursethedugongtookunderthewater.

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