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The Doctor thought himself a good naturalist, but he found his science greatly at fault, for many a species here was wholly unknown to any ornithological society. THE DOCTOR THOUGHT HIMSELF A GOOD NATURALIST BUT HE FOUND HIS SCIENCE GREATLY AT FAULT FOR MANY A SPECIES HERE WAS WHOLLY UNKNOWN TO ANY ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY
drawn with irresistible power, like the magnetic needle to the Pole. He wished to be the first to descry any shore that might come in sight, and he had every right to the honour. The water of this Polar Sea presented some peculiar features worth mentioning. In colour it was a faint ultramarine blue, and possessed such wonderful transparency that one seemed to gaze down into fathomless depths. These depths were lighted up, no doubt, by some electrical phenomenon, and so many varieties of living creatures were visible that the vessel seemed to be sailing over a vast aquarium. Innumerable flocks of birds were flying over the surface of this marvellous ocean, darkening the sky like thick heavy storm-clouds. Water-fowl of every description were among them, from the albatross to the penguin, and all of gigantic proportions. Their cries were absolutely deafening, and some of them had such [Illustration: ] immense, wide-spreading wings, that they covered the sloop completely as they flew over. YSTERIOUS POINT TOWARDS WHICH HE FELT DRAWN WITH IRRESISTIBLE POWER LIKE THE MAGNETIC NEEDLE TO THE POLE HE WISHED TO BE THE FIRST TO DESCRY ANY SHORE THAT MIGHT COME IN SIGHT AND HE HAD EVERY RIGHT TO THE HONOUR THE WATER OF THIS POLAR SEA PRESENTED SOME PECULIAR FEATURES WORTH MENTIONING IN COLOUR IT WAS A FAINT ULTRAMARINE BLUE AND POSSESSED SUCH WONDERFUL TRANSPARENCY THAT ONE SEEMED TO GAZE DOWN INTO FATHOMLESS DEPTHS THESE DEPTHS WERE LIGHTED UP NO DOUBT BY SOME ELECTRICAL PHENOMENON AND SO MANY VARIETIES OF LIVING CREATURES WERE VISIBLE THAT THE VESSEL SEEMED TO BE SAILING OVER A VAST AQUARIUM INNUMERABLE FLOCKS OF BIRDS WERE FLYING OVER THE SURFACE OF THIS MARVELLOUS OCEAN DARKENING THE SKY LIKE THICK HEAVY STORM CLOUDS WATERFOWL OF EVERY DESCRIPTION WERE AMONG THEM FROM THE ALBATROSS TO THE PENGUIN AND ALL OF GIGANTIC PROPORTIONS THEIR CRIES WERE ABSOLUTELY DEAFENING AND SOME OF THEM HAD SUCH IMMENSE WIDE SPREADING WINGS THAT THEY COVERED THE SLOOP COMPLETELY AS THEY FLEW OVER
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