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Towards evening, Hatteras and his companions lost sight of the coast. TOWARDS EVENING HATTERAS AND HIS COMPANIONS LOST SIGHT OF THE COAST
e good little man was equally nonplussed when he looked at the water, for he saw the most wonderful medusæ, some so large that they looked like little islands floating about among Brobdignagian sea-weeds. And below the surface, what a spectacle met the eye! Myriads of fish of every species; young manati at play with each other; narwhals with their one strong weapon of defence, like the horn of a unicorn, chasing the timid seals; whales of every tribe, spouting out columns of water and mucilage, and filling the air with a peculiar whizzing noise; dolphins, seals, and walruses; sea-dogs and sea-horses, sea-bears and sea-elephants, quietly browsing on submarine pastures; and the Doctor could gaze at them all as easily and clearly as if they were in glass tanks in the Zoological Gardens. There was a strange supernatural purity about the atmosphere. It seemed charged to overflowing with oxygen, and had a marvellous power of exhilaration, producing an almost intoxicating effect on the brain. RNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY THE GOOD LITTLE MAN WAS EQUALLY NONPLUSSED WHEN HE LOOKED AT THE WATER FOR HE SAW THE MOST WONDERFUL MEDUSI SOME SO LARGE THAT THEY LOOKED LIKE LITTLE ISLANDS FLOATING ABOUT AMONG BROBDIGNAGIAN SEAWEEDS AND BELOW THE SURFACE WHAT A SPECTACLE MET THE EYE MYRIADS OF FISH OF EVERY SPECIES YOUNG MANATEE AT PLAY WITH EACH OTHER NARWHALES WITH THEIR ONE STRONG WEAPON OF DEFENCE LIKE THE HORN OF A UNICORN CHASING THE TIMID SEALS WALES OF EVERY TRIBE SPOUTING OUT COLUMNS OF WATER AND MUCILAGE AND FILLING THE AIR WITH A PECULIAR WHIZZING NOISE DOLPHINS SEALS AND WALRUSES SEA DOGS AND SEA HORSES SEA BEARS AND SEA ELEPHANTS QUIETLY BROWSING ON SUBMARINE PASTURES AND THE DOCTOR COULD GAZE AT THEM ALL AS EASILY AND CLEARLY AS IF THEY WERE IN GLASS TANKS AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS THERE WAS A STRANGE SUPERNATURAL PURITY ABOUT THE ATMOSPHERE IT SEEMED CHARGED TO OVERFLOWING WITH OXYGEN AND HAD A MARVELLOUS POWER OF EXHILARATION PRODUCING AN ALMOST INTOXICATING EFFECT ON THE BRAIN
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