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Chapter 17. From Cape Horn to the Amazon

           "Well,"saidConseil,"afterallthis,arewegoingright?"

           "Yes,"Ireplied,"forwearegoingthewayofthesun,andherethesunisinthenorth."

           "Nodoubt,"saidNedLand;"butitremainstobeseenwhetherhewillbringtheshipintothePacificortheAtlanticOcean,thatis,intofrequentedordesertedseas."

           Icouldnotanswerthatquestion,andIfearedthatCaptainNemowouldrathertakeustothevastoceanthattouchesthecoastsofAsiaandAmericaatthesametime.Hewouldthuscompletethetourroundthesubmarineworld,andreturntothosewatersinwhichtheNautiluscouldsailfreely.Weought,beforelong,tosettlethisimportantpoint.TheNautiluswentatarapidpace.Thepolarcirclewassoonpassed,andthecourseshapedforCapeHorn.WewereofftheAmericanpoint,March31st,atseveno’clockintheevening.Thenallourpastsufferingswereforgotten.Theremembranceofthatimprisonmentintheicewaseffacedfromourminds.Weonlythoughtofthefuture.CaptainNemodidnotappearagaineitherinthedrawing-roomorontheplatform.Thepointshowneachdayontheplanisphere,and,markedbythelieutenant,showedmetheexactdirectionoftheNautilus.Now,onthatevening,itwasevident,to,mygreatsatisfaction,thatweweregoingbacktotheNorthbytheAtlantic.Thenextday,April1st,whentheNautilusascendedtothesurfacesomeminutesbeforenoon,wesightedlandtothewest.ItwasTerradelFuego,whichthefirstnavigatorsnamedthusfromseeingthequantityofsmokethatrosefromthenatives’huts.Thecoastseemedlowtome,butinthedistancerosehighmountains.

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