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And below the surface, what a spectacle met the eye! AND BELOW THE SURFACE WHAT A SPECTACLE MET THE EYE
 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. 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. [Illustration: 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.--P.214] The 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. RANSPARENCY 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 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 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
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