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A Battle of Monsters

           Tuesday,August18.Eveningcame,orratherthetimecamewhensleepweighsdownthewearyeyelids,forthereisnonighthere,andtheceaselesslightweariestheeyeswithitspersistencyjustasifweweresailingunderanarcticsun.Hanswasatthehelm.DuringhiswatchIslept.

           Twohoursafterwardsaterribleshockawokeme.Theraftwasheaveduponawaterymountainandpitcheddownagain,atadistanceoftwentyfathoms.

           "Whatisthematter?"shoutedmyuncle."Havewestruckland?"

           Hanspointedwithhisfingeratadarkmasssixhundredyardsaway,risingandfallingalternatelywithheavyplunges.Ilookedandcried:

           "Itisanenormousporpoise."

           "Yes,"repliedmyuncle,"andthereisasealizardofvastsize."

           "Andfartheronamonstrouscrocodile.Lookatitsvastjawsanditsrowsofteeth!Itisdivingdown!"

           "There’sawhale,awhale!"criedtheProfessor."Icanseeitsgreatfins.Seehowheisthrowingoutairandwaterthroughhisblowers."

           Andinfacttwoliquidcolumnswererisingtoaconsiderableheightabovethesea.Westoodamazed,thunderstruck,atthepresenceofsuchaherdofmarinemonsters.Theywereofsupernaturaldimensions;thesmallestofthemwouldhavecrunchedourraft,crewandall,atonesnapofitshugejaws.

           Hanswantstotacktogetawayfromthisdangerousneighbourhood;butheseesontheotherhandenemiesnotlessterrible;atortoisefortyfeetlong,andaserpentofthirty,liftingitsfearfulheadandgleamingeyesabovetheflood.

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