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Chapter 11. The Sargasso Sea

           "Wouldyouliketocarryawaymorethantheremembrance?"saidCaptainNemo.

           "Whatdoyoumeanbythosewords?"

           "Imeantosaythatnothingiseasierthantomakeaphotographicviewofthissubmarineregion."

           Ihadnottimetoexpressmysurpriseatthisnewproposition,when,atCaptainNemo’scall,anobjectivewasbroughtintothesaloon.Throughthewidely-openedpanel,theliquidmasswasbrightwithelectricity,whichwasdistributedwithsuchuniformitythatnotashadow,notagradation,wastobeseeninourmanufacturedlight.TheNautilusremainedmotionless,theforceofitsscrewsubduedbytheinclinationofitsplanes:theinstrumentwasproppedonthebottomoftheoceanicsite,andinafewsecondswehadobtainedaperfectnegative.

           But,theoperationbeingover,CaptainNemosaid,"Letusgoup;wemustnotabuseourposition,norexposetheNautilustoolongtosuchgreatpressure."

           "Goupagain!"Iexclaimed.

           "Holdwellon."

           IhadnottimetounderstandwhytheCaptaincautionedmethus,whenIwasthrownforwardontothecarpet.AtasignalfromtheCaptain,itsscrewwasshipped,anditsbladesraisedvertically;theNautilusshotintotheairlikeaballoon,risingwithstunningrapidity,andcuttingthemassofwaterswithasonorousagitation.

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