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Chapter 13. Some Figures

           Ourimaginationwaskeptatitsheight,interjectionsfollowedquicklyoneachother.Nednamedthefish,andConseilclassedthem.Iwasinecstasieswiththevivacityoftheirmovementsandthebeautyoftheirforms.Neverhaditbeengiventometosurprisetheseanimals,aliveandatliberty,intheirnaturalelement.Iwillnotmentionallthevarietieswhichpassedbeforemydazzledeyes,allthecollectionoftheseasofChinaandJapan.Thesefish,morenumerousthanthebirdsoftheair,came,attracted,nodoubt,bythebrilliantfocusoftheelectriclight.

           Suddenlytherewasdaylightinthesaloon,theironpanelsclosedagain,andtheenchantingvisiondisappeared.ButforalongtimeIdreamton,tillmyeyesfellontheinstrumentshangingonthepartition.ThecompassstillshowedthecoursetobeE.N.E.,themanometerindicatedapressureoffiveatmospheres,equivalenttoadepthoftwentyfivefathoms,andtheelectricloggaveaspeedoffifteenmilesanhour.IexpectedCaptainNemo,buthedidnotappear.Theclockmarkedthehouroffive.

           NedLandandConseilreturnedtotheircabin,andIretiredtomychamber.Mydinnerwasready.Itwascomposedofturtlesoupmadeofthemostdelicatehawksbills,ofasurmulletservedwithpuffpaste(theliverofwhich,preparedbyitself,wasmostdelicious),andfilletsoftheemperor-holocanthus,thesavourofwhichseemedtomesuperioreventosalmon.

           Ipassedtheeveningreading,writing,andthinking.Thensleepoverpoweredme,andIstretchedmyselfonmycouchofzostera,andsleptprofoundly,whilsttheNautiluswasglidingrapidlythroughthecurrentoftheBlackRiver.

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