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Chapter 13. Some Figures

           CaptainNemo,bythehelpofhissextant,tookthealtitudeofthesun,whichoughtalsotogivethelatitude.Hewaitedforsomemomentstillitsdisctouchedthehorizon.Whilsttakingobservationsnotamusclemoved,theinstrumentcouldnothavebeenmoremotionlessinahandofmarble.

           "Twelveo’clock,sir,"saidhe."Whenyoulike"

           Icastalastlookuponthesea,slightlyyellowedbytheJapanesecoast,anddescendedtothesaloon.

           "Andnow,sir,Ileaveyoutoyourstudies,"addedtheCaptain;"ourcourseisE.N.E.,ourdepthistwenty-sixfathoms.Herearemapsonalargescalebywhichyoumayfollowit.Thesaloonisatyourdisposal,and,withyourpermission,Iwillretire."CaptainNemobowed,andIremainedalone,lostinthoughtsallbearingonthecommanderoftheNautilus.

           ForawholehourwasIdeepinthesereflections,seekingtopiercethismysterysointerestingtome.Thenmyeyesfelluponthevastplanispherespreaduponthetable,andIplacedmyfingerontheveryspotwherethegivenlatitudeandlongitudecrossed.

           Theseahasitslargeriverslikethecontinents.Theyarespecialcurrentsknownbytheirtemperatureandtheircolour.ThemostremarkableoftheseisknownbythenameoftheGulfStream.Sciencehasdecidedontheglobethedirectionoffiveprincipalcurrents:oneintheNorthAtlantic,asecondintheSouth,athirdintheNorthPacific,afourthintheSouth,andafifthintheSouthernIndianOcean.ItisevenprobablethatasixthcurrentexistedatonetimeoranotherintheNorthernIndianOcean,whentheCaspianandAralSeasformedbutonevastsheetofwater.

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