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Chapter 13. Some Figures

           Atthispointindicatedontheplanisphereoneofthesecurrentswasrolling,theKuro-ScivooftheJapanese,theBlackRiver,which,leavingtheGulfofBengal,whereitiswarmedbytheperpendicularraysofatropicalsun,crossestheStraitsofMalaccaalongthecoastofAsia,turnsintotheNorthPacifictotheAleutianIslands,carryingwithittrunksofcamphor-treesandotherindigenousproductions,andedgingthewavesoftheoceanwiththepureindigoofitswarmwater.ItwasthiscurrentthattheNautiluswastofollow.Ifolloweditwithmyeye;sawitloseitselfinthevastnessofthePacific,andfeltmyselfdrawnwithit,whenNedLandandConseilappearedatthedoorofthesaloon.

           Mytwobravecompanionsremainedpetrifiedatthesightofthewondersspreadbeforethem.

           "Wherearewe,wherearewe?"exclaimedtheCanadian."InthemuseumatQuebec?"

           "Myfriends,"Ianswered,makingasignforthemtoenter,"youarenotinCanada,butonboardtheNautilus,fiftyyardsbelowthelevelofthesea."

           "But,M.Aronnax,"saidNedLand,"canyoutellmehowmanymenthereareonboard?Ten,twenty,fifty,ahundred?"

           "Icannotansweryou,Mr.Land;itisbettertoabandonforatimeallideaofseizingtheNautilusorescapingfromit.Thisshipisamasterpieceofmodernindustry,andIshouldbesorrynottohaveseenit.Manypeoplewouldacceptthesituationforceduponus,ifonlytomoveamongstsuchwonders.Sobequietandletustryandseewhatpassesaroundus."

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