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1FOUR THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE PACIFIC The next morning, the 18th of November, I had quite recovered from my fatigues
2of the day before, and I went up on to the platform, just as the second lieutenant was uttering his daily phrase. I was
3admiring the magnificent aspect of the ocean when Captain Nemo appeared. He did not seem to be aware of my presence, and
4began a series of astronomical observations. Then, when he had finished, he went and leant on the cage of the
5watch-light, and gazed abstractedly on the ocean. In the meantime, a number of the sailors of the Nautilus, all strong
6and healthy men, had come up onto the platform. They came to draw up the nets that had been laid all night. These
7sailors were evidently of different nations, although the European type was visible in all of them. I recognised some
8unmistakable Irishmen, Frenchmen, some Sclaves, and a Greek, or a Candiote. They were civil, and only used that odd
9language among themselves, the origin of which I could not guess, neither could I question them. The nets were hauled
10in. They were a large kind of "chaluts," like those on the Normandy coasts, great pockets that the waves and a chain
11fixed in the smaller meshes kept open. These pockets, drawn by iron poles, swept through the water, and gathered in
12everything in their way. That day they brought up curious specimens from those productive coasts. I reckoned that the
13haul had brought in more than nine hundredweight of fish. It was a fine haul, but not to be wondered at. Indeed, the
14nets are let down for several hours, and enclose in their meshes an infinite variety. We had no lack of excellent food,
15and the rapidity of the Nautilus and the attraction of the electric light could always renew our supply. These several
16productions of the sea were immediately lowered through the panel to the steward's room, some to be eaten fresh, and
17others pickled. The fishing ended, the provision of air renewed, I thought that the Nautilus was about to continue its
18submarine excursion, and was preparing to return to my room, when, without further preamble, the Captain turned to me,
19saying: "Professor, is not this ocean gifted with real life? It has its tempers and its gentle moods. Yesterday it slept
20as we did, and now it has woke after a quiet night. Look!" he continued, "it wakes under the caresses of the sun. It is
21going to renew its diurnal existence. It is an interesting study to watch the play of its organisation. It has a pulse,
22arteries, spasms; and I agree with the learned Maury, who discovered in it a circulation as real as the circulation of
23blood in animals. "Yes, the ocean has indeed circulation, and to promote it, the Creator has caused things to multiply
24in it--caloric, salt, and animalculae." When Captain Nemo spoke thus, he seemed altogether changed, and aroused an
25extraordinary emotion in me. "Also," he added, "true existence is there; and I can imagine the foundations of nautical
26towns, clusters of submarine houses, which, like the Nautilus, would ascend every morning to breathe at the surface of
27the water, free towns, independent cities. Yet who knows whether some despot----" Captain Nemo finished his sentence
28with a violent gesture. Then, addressing me as if to chase away some sorrowful thought: "M. Aronnax," he asked, "do you
29know the depth of the ocean?" "I only know, Captain, what the principal soundings have taught us." "Could you tell me
30them, so that I can suit them to my purpose?" "These are some," I replied, "that I remember. If I am not mistaken, a
31depth of 8,000 yards has been found in the North Atlantic, and 2,500 yards in the Mediterranean. The most remarkable
32soundings have been made in the South Atlantic, near the thirty-fifth parallel, and they gave 12,000 yards, 14,000
33yards, and 15,000 yards. To sum up all, it is reckoned that if the bottom of the sea were levelled, its mean depth would
34be about one and three-quarter leagues." "Well, Professor," replied the Captain, "we shall show you better than that I
35hope. As to the mean depth of this part of the Pacific, I tell you it is only 4,000 yards." Having said this, Captain
36Nemo went towards the panel, and disappeared down the ladder. I followed him, and went into the large drawing-room. The
37screw was immediately put in motion, and the log gave twenty miles an hour. During the days and weeks that passed,
38Captain Nemo was very sparing of his visits. I seldom saw him. The lieutenant pricked the ship's course regularly on the
39chart, so I could always tell exactly the route of the Nautilus. Nearly every day, for some time, the panels of the
40drawing-room were opened, and we were never tired of penetrating the mysteries of the submarine world. The general
41direction of the Nautilus was south-east, and it kept between 100 and 150 yards of depth. One day, however, I do not
42know why, being drawn diagonally by means of the inclined planes, it touched the bed of the sea. The thermometer
43indicated a temperature of 4.25 (cent.): a temperature that at this depth seemed common to all latitudes. At three
44o'clock in the morning of the 26th of November the Nautilus crossed the tropic of Cancer at 172° long. On 27th instant
45it sighted the Sandwich Islands, where Cook died, February 14, 1779. We had then gone 4,860 leagues from our
46starting-point. In the morning, when I went on the platform, I saw two miles to windward, Hawaii, the largest of the
47seven islands that form the group. I saw clearly the cultivated ranges, and the several mountain-chains that run
48parallel with the side, and the volcanoes that overtop Mouna-Rea, which rise 5,000 yards above the level of the sea.
49Besides other things the nets brought up, were several flabellariae and graceful polypi, that are peculiar to that part
50of the ocean. The direction of the Nautilus was still to the south-east. It crossed the equator December 1, in 142°
51long.; and on the 4th of the same month, after crossing rapidly and without anything in particular occurring, we sighted
52the Marquesas group. I saw, three miles off, Martin's peak in Nouka-Hiva, the largest of the group that belongs to
53France. I only saw the woody mountains against the horizon, because Captain Nemo did not wish to bring the ship to the
54wind. There the nets brought up beautiful specimens of fish: some with azure fins and tails like gold, the flesh of
55which is unrivalled; some nearly destitute of scales, but of exquisite flavour; others, with bony jaws, and
56yellow-tinged gills, as good as bonitos; all fish that would be of use to us. After leaving these charming islands
57protected by the French flag, from the 4th to the 11th of December the Nautilus sailed over about 2,000 miles. During
58the daytime of the 11th of December I was busy reading in the large drawing-room. Ned Land and Conseil watched the
59luminous water through the half-open panels. The Nautilus was immovable. While its reservoirs were filled, it kept at a
60depth of 1,000 yards, a region rarely visited in the ocean, and in which large fish were seldom seen. I was then reading
61a charming book by Jean Mace, The Slaves of the Stomach, and I was learning some valuable lessons from it, when Conseil
62interrupted me. "Will master come here a moment?" he said, in a curious voice. "What is the matter, Conseil?" "I want
63master to look." I rose, went, and leaned on my elbows before the panes and watched. In a full electric light, an
64enormous black mass, quite immovable, was suspended in the midst of the waters. I watched it attentively, seeking to
65find out the nature of this gigantic cetacean. But a sudden thought crossed my mind. "A vessel!" I said, half aloud.
66"Yes," replied the Canadian, "a disabled ship that has sunk perpendicularly."
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