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Chapter 13. Some Figures

           Thepenetratingpowerofthesolarraysdoesnotseemtoceaseforadepthofonehundredandfiftyfathoms.ButinthismiddlefluidtravelledoverbytheNautilus,theelectricbrightnesswasproducedeveninthebosomofthewaves.Itwasnolongerluminouswater,butliquidlight.

           Oneachsideawindowopenedintothisunexploredabyss.Theobscurityofthesaloonshowedtoadvantagethebrightnessoutside,andwelookedoutasifthispurecrystalhadbeentheglassofanimmenseaquarium.

           "Youwishedtosee,friendNed;well,youseenow."

           "Curious!curious!"mutteredtheCanadian,who,forgettinghisill-temper,seemedtosubmittosomeirresistibleattraction;"andonewouldcomefurtherthanthistoadmiresuchasight!"

           "Ah!"thoughtItomyself,"Iunderstandthelifeofthisman;hehasmadeaworldapartforhimself,inwhichhetreasuresallhisgreatestwonders."

           FortwowholehoursanaquaticarmyescortedtheNautilus.Duringtheirgames,theirbounds,whilerivallingeachotherinbeauty,brightness,andvelocity,Idistinguishedthegreenlabre;thebandedmullet,markedbyadoublelineofblack;theround-tailedgoby,ofawhitecolour,withvioletspotsontheback;theJapanesescombrus,abeautifulmackereloftheseseas,withabluebodyandsilveryhead;thebrilliantazurors,whosenamealonedefiesdescription;somebandedspares,withvariegatedfinsofblueandyellow;thewoodcocksoftheseas,somespecimensofwhichattainayardinlength;Japanesesalamanders,spiderlampreys,serpentssixfeetlong,witheyessmallandlively,andahugemouthbristlingwithteeth;withmanyotherspecies.

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