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Wonders of the Deep

           Imadenoanswer,butwentandsatforward.Thenorthernshorewasalreadybeginningtodipunderthehorizon.Theeasternandwesternstrandsspreadwideasiftobidusfarewell.Beforeoureyeslayfarandwideavastsea;shadowsofgreatcloudssweptheavilyoveritssilver-greysurface;theglisteningbluishraysofelectriclight,hereandtherereflectedbythedancingdropsofspray,shotoutlittlesheavesoflightfromthetrackweleftinourrear.Soonweentirelylostsightofland;noobjectwasleftfortheeyetojudgeby,andbutforthefrothytrackoftheraft,Imighthavethoughtwewerestandingstill.

           Abouttwelve,immenseshoalsofseaweedscameinsight.Iwasawareofthegreatpowersofvegetationthatcharacterisetheseplants,whichgrowatadepthoftwelvethousandfeet,reproducethemselvesunderapressureoffourhundredatmospheres,andsometimesformbarriersstrongenoughtoimpedethecourseofaship.Butnever,Ithink,weresuchseaweedsasthosewhichwesawfloatinginimmensewavinglinesupontheseaofLiedenbrock.

           Ourraftskirtedthewholelengthofthefuci,threeorfourthousandfeetlong,undulatinglikevastserpentsbeyondthereachofsight;Ifoundsomeamusementintracingtheseendlesswaves,alwaysthinkingIshouldcometotheendofthem,andforhoursmypatiencewasvyingwithmysurprise.

           Whatnaturalforcecouldhaveproducedsuchplants,andwhatmusthavebeentheappearanceoftheearthinthefirstagesofitsformation,when,undertheactionofheatandmoisture,thevegetablekingdomalonewasdevelopingonitssurface?

           Eveningcame,and,asonthepreviousday,Iperceivednochangeintheluminousconditionoftheair.Itwasaconstantcondition,thepermanencyofwhichmightbereliedupon.

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