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           Thesepoyswerevanquished,andthelandoftherajahsofoldfellagainundertheruleofEngland.

           PrinceDakkar,unabletofindthatdeathhecourted,returnedtothemountainfastnessesofBundelkund.There,aloneintheworld,overcomebydisappointmentatthedestructionofallhisvainhopes,apreytoprofounddisgustforallhumanbeings,filledwithhatredofthecivilizedworld,herealizedthewreckofhisfortune,assembledsomescoreofhismostfaithfulcompanions,andonedaydisappeared,leavingnotracebehind.

           Where,then,didheseekthatlibertydeniedhimupontheinhabitedearth?Underthewaves,inthedepthsoftheocean,wherenonecouldfollow.

           Thewarriorbecamethemanofscience.UponadesertedislandofthePacificheestablishedhisdockyard,andthereasubmarinevesselwasconstructedfromhisdesigns.Bymethodswhichwillatsomefuturedayberevealedhehadrenderedsubservienttheillimitableforcesofelectricity,which,extractedfrominexhaustiblesources,wasemployedforalltherequirementsofhisfloatingequipage,asamoving,lighting,andheatingagent.Thesea,withitscountlesstreasures,itsmyriadsoffish,itsnumberlesswrecks,itsenormousmammalia,andnotonlyallthatnaturesupplied,butalsoallthatmanhadlostinitsdepths,sufficedforeverywantoftheprinceandhiscrew—andthuswashismostardentdesireaccomplished,neveragaintoholdcommunicationwiththeearth.Henamedhissubmarinevesselthe"Nautilus,"calledhimselfsimplyCaptainNemo,anddisappearedbeneaththeseas.