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On the surface, far as the eye could reach, nothing was visible except a solitary iceberg here and there, and a few scattered floes. ON THE SURFACE FAR AS THE EYE COULD REACH NOTHING WAS VISIBLE EXCEPT A SOLITARY ICEBERG HERE AND THERE AND A FEW SCATTERED FLOES
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. Towards evening, Hatteras and his companions lost sight of the coast. Night came on, though the sun remained just above the horizon; but it had the same influence on animated nature as in temperate zones. Birds, fish, and all the cetacea disappeared and perfect silence prevailed. Since the departure from Altamont Harbour, the sloop had made one degree further north. The next day brought no signs of land; there was not even a speck on the horizon. The wind was still favourable, and the sea pretty calm. The birds and fishes returned as numerously as on the preceding day, and the Doctor leaning over the side of the vessel, could see the whales and the dolphins, and all the rest of the monsters of the deep, gradually coming up from the clear depths below. 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 TOWARDS EVENING HATTERAS AND HIS COMPANIONS LOST SIGHT OF THE COAST NIGHT CAME ON THOUGH THE SUN REMAINED JUST ABOVE THE HORIZON BUT IT HAD THE SAME INFLUENCE ON ANIMATED NATURE AS IN TEMPERATE ZONES BIRDS FISH AND ALL THE CETACEIA DISAPPEARED AND PERFECT SILENCE PREVAILED SINCE THE DEPARTURE FROM ALTAMONT HARBOR THE SLOOP HAD MADE ONE DEGREE FURTHER NORTH THE NEXT DAY BROUGHT NO SIGNS OF LAND THERE WAS NOT EVEN A SPECK ON THE HORIZON THE WIND WAS STILL FAVORABLE AND THE SEA PRETTY CALM THE BIRDS AND FISHES RETURNED AS NUMEROUSLY AS ON THE PRECEDING DAY AND THE DOCTOR LEANING OVER THE SIDE OF THE VESSEL COULD SEE THE WHALES AND THE DOLPHINS AND ALL THE REST OF THE MONSTERS OF THE DEEP GRADUALLY COMING UP FROM THE CLEAR DEPTHS BELOW
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