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Chapter 2. A New Proposition from Captain Nemo

           NedandConseilseatedthemselvesonanottoman,andthefirstthingtheCanadianaskedwas:

           "Sir,whatisapearl?"

           "MyworthyNed,"Ianswered,"tothepoet,apearlisatearofthesea;totheOrientals,itisadropofdewsolidified;totheladies,itisajewelofanoblongshape,ofabrilliancyofmother-of-pearlsubstance,whichtheywearontheirfingers,theirnecks,ortheirears;forthechemistitisamixtureofphosphateandcarbonateoflime,withalittlegelatine;andlastly,fornaturalists,itissimplyamorbidsecretionoftheorganthatproducesthemother-of-pearlamongstcertainbivalves."

           "Branchofmolluscs,"saidConseil.

           "Preciselyso,mylearnedConseil;and,amongstthesetestaceatheearshell,thetridacnae,theturbots,inaword,allthosewhichsecretemother-of-pearl,thatis,theblue,bluish,violet,orwhitesubstancewhichlinestheinterioroftheirshells,arecapableofproducingpearls."

           "Musselstoo?"askedtheCanadian.

           "Yes,musselsofcertainwatersinScotland,Wales,Ireland,Saxony,Bohemia,andFrance."

           "Good!ForthefutureIshallpayattention,"repliedtheCanadian.

           "But,"Icontinued,"theparticularmolluscwhichsecretesthepearlisthepearl-oyster.Thepearlisnothingbutaformationdepositedinaglobularform,eitheradheringtotheoyster-shellorburiedinthefoldsofthecreature.

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