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Chapter 16. Strolling the Plains

           Itwasacoupleoftintoreas,terriblecreatures,withenormoustailsandadullglassystare,thephosphorescentmatterejectedfromholespiercedaroundthemuzzle.Monstrousbrutes!whichwouldcrushawholemanintheirironjaws.IdidnotknowwhetherConseilstoppedtoclassifythem;formypart,Inoticedtheirsilverbellies,andtheirhugemouthsbristlingwithteeth,fromaveryunscientificpointofview,andmoreasapossiblevictimthanasanaturalist.

           Happilythevoraciouscreaturesdonotseewell.Theypassedwithoutseeingus,brushinguswiththeirbrownishfins,andweescapedbyamiraclefromadangercertainlygreaterthanmeetingatigerfull-faceintheforest.Halfanhourafter,guidedbytheelectriclightwereachedtheNautilus.Theoutsidedoorhadbeenleftopen,andCaptainNemocloseditassoonaswehadenteredthefirstcell.Hethenpressedaknob.Iheardthepumpsworkinginthemidstofthevessel,Ifeltthewatersinkingfromaroundme,andinafewmomentsthecellwasentirelyempty.Theinsidedoorthenopened,andweenteredthevestry.

           Thereourdiving-dresswastakenoff,notwithoutsometrouble,and,fairlywornoutfromwantoffoodandsleep,Ireturnedtomyroom,ingreatwonderatthissurprisingexcursionatthebottomofthesea.

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