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           "Notexactly,"repliedBarbicane,smiling;"doyounotseethatamongtheseelevatedplateausweshallhaveamucheasierworkofit?Nostruggleswiththewater-springs,whichwillsaveuslongexpensivetubings;andweshallbeworkingindaylightinsteadofdownadeepandnarrowwell.Ourbusiness,then,istoopenourtrenchesupongroundsomehundredsofyardsabovethelevelofthesea."

           "Youareright,sir,"struckinMurchison,theengineer;"and,ifImistakenot,weshallerelongfindasuitablespotforourpurpose."

           "Iwishwewereatthefirststrokeofthepickaxe,"saidthepresident.

           "AndIwishwewereatthelast,"criedJ.T.Maston.

           AbouttenA.M.thelittlebandhadcrossedadozenmiles.Tofertileplainssucceededaregionofforests.Thereperfumesofthemostvariedkindsmingledtogetherintropicalprofusion.Thesealmostimpenetrableforestswerecomposedofpomegranates,orange-trees,citrons,figs,olives,apricots,bananas,hugevines,whoseblossomsandfruitsrivaledeachotherincolorandperfume.Beneaththeodorousshadeofthesemagnificenttreesflutteredandwarbledalittleworldofbrilliantlyplumagedbirds.

           J.T.Mastonandthemajorcouldnotrepresstheiradmirationonfindingthemselvesinthepresenceofthegloriousbeautiesofthiswealthofnature.PresidentBarbicane,however,lesssensitivetothesewonders,wasinhastetopressforward;theveryluxurianceofthecountrywasdispleasingtohim.

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