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Chapter 13. Some Figures

           "See!"exclaimedtheharpooner,"butwecanseenothinginthisironprison!Wearewalkingwearesailingblindly."

           NedLandhadscarcelypronouncedthesewordswhenallwassuddenlydarkness.Theluminousceilingwasgone,andsorapidlythatmyeyesreceivedapainfulimpression.

           Weremainedmute,notstirring,andnotknowingwhatsurpriseawaitedus,whetheragreeableordisagreeable.Aslidingnoisewasheard:onewouldhavesaidthatpanelswereworkingatthesidesoftheNautilus.

           "Itistheendoftheend!"saidNedLand.

           Suddenlylightbrokeateachsideofthesaloon,throughtwooblongopenings.Theliquidmassappearedvividlylitupbytheelectricgleam.Twocrystalplatesseparatedusfromthesea.AtfirstItrembledatthethoughtthatthisfrailpartitionmightbreak,butstrongbandsofcopperboundthem,givinganalmostinfinitepowerofresistance.

           TheseawasdistinctlyvisibleforamileallroundtheNautilus.Whataspectacle!Whatpencandescribeit?Whocouldpainttheeffectsofthelightthroughthosetransparentsheetsofwater,andthesoftnessofthesuccessivegradationsfromthelowertothesuperiorstrataoftheocean?

           Weknowthetransparencyoftheseaandthatitsclearnessisfarbeyondthatofrock-water.Themineralandorganicsubstanceswhichitholdsinsuspensionheightensitstransparency.IncertainpartsoftheoceanattheAntilles,underseventy-fivefathomsofwater,canbeseenwithsurprisingclearnessabedofsand.

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