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Preparations for a Voyage of Discovery

           "Youmaysayso,uncle;buttomeitismostextraordinary,andIcanhardlybelievemyeyes.Whowouldeverhaveimagined,underthisterrestrialcrust,anoceanwithebbingandflowingtides,withwindsandstorms?"

           "Well,"repliedmyuncle,"isthereanyscientificreasonagainstit?"

           "No;Iseenone,assoonasthetheoryofcentralheatisgivenup.""Sothen,thusfar,"heanswered,"thetheoryofSirHumphryDavyisconfirmed."

           "Evidentlyitis;andnowthereisnoreasonwhythereshouldnotbeseasandcontinentsintheinterioroftheearth."

           "Nodoubt,"saidmyuncle;"andinhabitedtoo."

           "Tobesure,"saidI;"andwhyshouldnotthesewatersyieldtousfishesofunknownspecies?"

           "Atanyrate,"hereplied,"wehavenotseenanyyet."

           "Well,letusmakesomelines,andseeifthebaitwilldrawhereasitdoesinsublunaryregions."

           "Wewilltry,Axel,forwemustpenetrateallsecretsofthesenewlydiscoveredregions."

           "Butwherearewe,uncle?forIhavenotyetaskedyouthatquestion,andyourinstrumentsmustbeabletofurnishtheanswer."

           "Horizontally,threehundredandfiftyleaguesfromIceland."

           "Somuchasthat?"

           "Iamsureofnotbeingamileoutofmyreckoning."

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