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Chapter 6. The Greek Islands

           Icouldnottell;butwewereoftenerbetweenwatersandfarfromthecoast.Or,iftheNautilusdidemerge,nothingwastobeseenbutthepilot’scage;andsometimesitwenttogreatdepths,for,betweentheGrecianArchipelagoandAsiaMinorwecouldnottouchthebottombymorethanathousandfathoms.

           ThusIonlyknewwewereneartheIslandofCarpathos,oneoftheSporades,byCaptainNemorecitingtheselinesfromVirgil:

           "EstCarpathioNeptunigurgitevates,CaeruleusProteus,"

           ashepointedtoaspotontheplanisphere.

           ItwasindeedtheancientabodeofProteus,theoldshepherdofNeptune’sflocks,nowtheIslandofScarpanto,situatedbetweenRhodesandCrete.Isawnothingbutthegranitebasethroughtheglasspanelsofthesaloon.

           Thenextday,the14thofFebruary,IresolvedtoemploysomehoursinstudyingthefishesoftheArchipelago;butforsomereasonorotherthepanelsremainedhermeticallysealed.UpontakingthecourseoftheNautilus,IfoundthatweweregoingtowardsCandia,theancientIsleofCrete.AtthetimeIembarkedontheAbrahamLincoln,thewholeofthisislandhadrisenininsurrectionagainstthedespotismoftheTurks.ButhowtheinsurgentshadfaredsincethattimeIwasabsolutelyignorant,anditwasnotCaptainNemo,deprivedofalllandcommunications,whocouldtellme.

           ImadenoallusiontothiseventwhenthatnightIfoundmyselfalonewithhiminthesaloon.Besides,heseemedtobetaciturnandpreoccupied.

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