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           Ilooked,andrepliedcarefully:

           "South-eastbyeast."

           "Well,"answeredtheProfessor,afterarapidcalculation,"Iinferthatwehavegoneeighty-fiveleaguessincewestarted.

           "Thereforeweareundermid-Atlantic?"

           "Tobesureweare."

           "Andperhapsatthisverymomentthereisastormabove,andshipsoverourheadsarebeingrudelytossedbythetempest."

           "Quiteprobable."

           "Andwhalesarelashingtheroofofourprisonwiththeirtails?"

           "Itmaybe,Axel,buttheywon’tshakeushere.Butletusgobacktoourcalculation.Hereweareeighty-fiveleaguessouth-eastofSnæfell,andIreckonthatweareatadepthofsixteenleagues."

           "Sixteenleagues?"Icried.

           "Nodoubt."

           "Why,thisistheverylimitassignedbysciencetothethicknessofthecrustoftheearth."

           "Idon’tdenyit."

           "Andhere,accordingtothelawofincreasingtemperature,thereoughttobeaheatof2,732°Fahr.!"

           "Sothereshould,mylad."

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