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1A WALK ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA This cell was, to speak correctly, the arsenal and wardrobe of the Nautilus. A dozen
2diving apparatuses hung from the partition, waiting our use. Ned Land, on seeing them, showed evident repugnance to
3dress himself in one. "But, my worthy Ned, the forests of the Island of Crespo are nothing but submarine forests."
4"Good!" said the disappointed harpooner, who saw his dreams of fresh meat fade away. "And you, M. Aronnax, are you going
5to dress yourself in those clothes?" "There is no alternative, Master Ned." "As you please, sir," replied the harpooner,
6shrugging his shoulders; "but as for me, unless I am forced, I will never get into one." "No one will force you, Master
7Ned," said Captain Nemo. "Is Conseil going to risk it?" asked Ned. "I follow my master wherever he goes," replied
8Conseil. At the Captain's call two of the ship's crew came to help us to dress in these heavy and impervious clothes,
9made of india-rubber without seam, and constructed expressly to resist considerable pressure. One would have thought it
10a suit of armour, both supple and resisting. This suit formed trousers and waistcoat. The trousers were finished off
11with thick boots, weighted with heavy leaden soles. The texture of the waistcoat was held together by bands of copper,
12which crossed the chest, protecting it from the great pressure of the water, and leaving the lungs free to act; the
13sleeves ended in gloves, which in no way restrained the movement of the hands. There was a vast difference noticeable
14between these consummate apparatuses and the old cork breastplates, jackets, and other contrivances in vogue during the
15eighteenth century. Captain Nemo and one of his companions (a sort of Hercules, who must have possessed great strength),
16Conseil, and myself, were soon enveloped in the dresses. There remained nothing more to be done but to enclose our heads
17in the metal box. But before proceeding to this operation, I asked the Captain's permission to examine the guns we were
18to carry. One of the Nautilus men gave me a simple gun, the butt end of which, made of steel, hollow in the centre, was
19rather large. It served as a reservoir for compressed air, which a valve, worked by a spring, allowed to escape into a
20metal tube. A box of projectiles, in a groove in the thickness of the butt end, contained about twenty of these electric
21balls, which, by means of a spring, were forced into the barrel of the gun. As soon as one shot was fired, another was
22ready. "Captain Nemo," said I, "this arm is perfect, and easily handled: I only ask to be allowed to try it. But how
23shall we gain the bottom of the sea?" "At this moment, Professor, the Nautilus is stranded in five fathoms, and we have
24nothing to do but to start." "But how shall we get off?" "You shall see." Captain Nemo thrust his head into the helmet,
25Conseil and I did the same, not without hearing an ironical "Good sport!" from the Canadian. The upper part of our dress
26terminated in a copper collar upon which was screwed the metal helmet. Three holes, protected by thick glass, allowed us
27to see in all directions, by simply turning our head in the interior of the head-dress. As soon as it was in position,
28the Rouquayrol apparatus on our backs began to act; and, for my part, I could breathe with ease. With the Ruhmkorff lamp
29hanging from my belt, and the gun in my hand, I was ready to set out. But to speak the truth, imprisoned in these heavy
30garments, and glued to the deck by my leaden soles, it was impossible for me to take a step. [Illustration] I was ready
31to set out But this state of things was provided for. I felt myself being pushed into a little room contiguous to the
32wardrobe-room. My companions followed, towed along in the same way. I heard a water-tight door, furnished with
33stopper-plates, close upon us, and we were wrapped in profound darkness. After some minutes, a loud hissing was heard. I
34felt the cold mount from my feet to my chest. Evidently from some part of the vessel they had, by means of a tap, given
35entrance to the water, which was invading us, and with which the room was soon filled. A second door cut in the side of
36the Nautilus then opened. We saw a faint light. In another instant our feet trod the bottom of the sea. And now, how can
37I retrace the impression left upon me by that walk under the waters? Words are impotent to relate such wonders! Captain
38Nemo walked in front, his companion followed some steps behind. Conseil and I remained near each other, as if an
39exchange of words had been possible through our metallic cases. I no longer felt the weight of my clothing, or of my
40shoes, of my reservoir of air, or my thick helmet, in the midst of which my head rattled like an almond in its shell.
41The light, which lit the soil thirty feet below the surface of the ocean, astonished me by its power. The solar rays
42shone through the watery mass easily, and dissipated all colour, and I clearly distinguished objects at a distance of a
43hundred and fifty yards. Beyond that the tints darkened into fine gradations of ultramarine, and faded into vague
44obscurity. Truly this water which surrounded me was but another air denser than the terrestrial atmosphere, but almost
45as transparent. Above me was the calm surface of the sea. We were walking on fine, even sand, not wrinkled, as on a flat
46shore, which retains the impression of the billows. This dazzling carpet, really a reflector, repelled the rays of the
47sun with wonderful intensity, which accounted for the vibration which penetrated every atom of liquid. Shall I be
48believed when I say that, at the depth of thirty feet, I could see as if I was in broad daylight? For a quarter of an
49hour I trod on this sand, sown with the impalpable dust of shells. The hull of the Nautilus, resembling a long shoal,
50disappeared by degrees; but its lantern, when darkness should overtake us in the waters, would help to guide us on board
51by its distinct rays. Soon forms of objects outlined in the distance were discernible. I recognised magnificent rocks,
52hung with a tapestry of zoophytes of the most beautiful kind, and I was at first struck by the peculiar effect of this
53medium. It was then ten in the morning; the rays of the sun struck the surface of the waves at rather an oblique angle,
54and at the touch of their light, decomposed by refraction as through a prism, flowers, rocks, plants, shells, and polypi
55were shaded at the edges by the seven solar colours. It was marvellous, a feast for the eyes, this complication of
56coloured tints, a perfect kaleidoscope of green, yellow, orange, violet, indigo, and blue; in one word, the whole
57palette of an enthusiastic colourist! Why could I not communicate to Conseil the lively sensations which were mounting
58to my brain, and rival him in expressions of admiration? For aught I knew, Captain Nemo and his companion might be able
59to exchange thoughts by means of signs previously agreed upon. So, for want of better, I talked to myself; I declaimed
60in the copper box which covered my head, thereby expending more air in vain words than was perhaps expedient. Various
61kinds of isis, clusters of pure tuft-coral, prickly fungi, and anemones formed a brilliant garden of flowers, enamelled
62with porphitæ, decked with their collarettes of blue tentacles, sea-stars studding the sandy bottom, together with
63asterophytons like fine lace embroidered by the hands of naïads, whose festoons were waved by the gentle undulations
64caused by our walk. It was a real grief to me to crush under my feet the brilliant specimens of molluscs which strewed
65the ground by thousands, of hammer-heads, donaciae (veritable bounding shells), of staircases, and red helmet-shells,
66angel-wings, and many others produced by this inexhaustible ocean. But we were bound to walk, so we went on, whilst
67above our heads waved shoals of physalides leaving their tentacles to float in their train, medusæ whose umbrellas of
68opal or rose-pink, escalloped with a band of blue, sheltered us from the rays of the sun and fiery pelagiæ, which, in
69the darkness, would have strewn our path with phosphorescent light.
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