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The Torres Strait DURING THE NIGHT of December 27–28, the Nautilus left the waterways of Vanikoro behind with extraordinary speed. Its heading was southwesterly, and in three days it had cleared th…
Some Days Ashore STEPPING ASHORE had an exhilarating effect on me. Ned Land tested the soil with his foot, as if he were laying claim to it. Yet it had been only two months since we had become, as C…
The Lightning Bolts of Captain Nemo WITHOUT STANDING UP , we stared in the direction of the forest, my hand stopping halfway to my mouth, Ned Land's completing its assignment. "Stones don&#…
"Aegri Somnia" * * Latin: "troubled dreams." Ed. THE FOLLOWING DAY , January 10, the Nautilus resumed its travels in midwater but at a remarkable speed that I estimated to be at …
The Coral Realm THE NEXT DAY I woke up with my head unusually clear. Much to my surprise, I was in my stateroom. No doubt my companions had been put back in their cabin without noticing it any more …
The Indian Ocean NOW WE BEGIN the second part of this voyage under the seas. The first ended in that moving scene at the coral cemetery, which left a profound impression on my mind. And so Captain N…
A New Proposition from Captain Nemo ON JANUARY 28 , in latitude 9° 4' north, when the Nautilus returned at noon to the surface of the sea, it lay in sight of land some eight miles to the west. …
A Pearl Worth Ten Million NIGHT FELL . I went to bed. I slept pretty poorly. Man–eaters played a major role in my dreams. And I found it more or less appropriate that the French word for shark, requi…
The Red Sea DURING THE DAY of January 29, the island of Ceylon disappeared below the horizon, and at a speed of twenty miles per hour, the Nautilus glided into the labyrinthine channels that separa…
Arabian Tunnel THE SAME DAY , I reported to Conseil and Ned Land that part of the foregoing conversation directly concerning them. When I told them we would be lying in Mediterranean waters within tw…
