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Wonders of the Deep

           AndImyselfamfloatingwithwildcapriceinthemidstofthisnebulousmassoffourteenhundredthousandtimesthevolumeoftheearthintowhichitwillonedaybecondensed,andcarriedforwardamongsttheplanetarybodies.Mybodyisnolongerfirmandterrestrial;itisresolvedintoitsconstituentatoms,subtilised,volatilised.Sublimedintoimponderablevapour,Imingleandamlostintheendlessfoodsofthosevastglobularvolumesofvaporousmists,whichrollupontheirflamingorbitsthroughinfinitespace.

           Butisitnotadream?Whitherisitcarryingme?Myfeverishhandhasvainlyattemptedtodescribeuponpaperitsstrangeandwonderfuldetails.Ihaveforgotteneverythingthatsurroundsme.TheProfessor,theguide,theraftareallgoneoutofmyken.Anillusionhaslaidholduponme.

           "Whatisthematter?"myunclebreaksin.

           Mystaringeyesarefixedvacantlyuponhim.

           "Takecare,Axel,oryouwillfalloverboard."

           AtthatmomentIfeltthesinewyhandofHansseizingmevigorously.Butforhim,carriedawaybymydream,Ishouldhavethrownmyselfintothesea.

           "Ishemad?"criedtheProfessor.

           "Whatisitallabout?"atlastIcried,returningtomyself.

           "Doyoufeelill?"myuncleasked.

           "No;butIhavehadastrangehallucination;itisovernow.Isallgoingonright?"

           "Yes,itisafairwindandafinesea;wearesailingrapidlyalong,andifIamnotoutinmyreckoning,weshallsoonland."

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