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41q 0.000 g BT 31.19 635.61 Td (that upset civilians in the seaports) Tj ET Q
425.441 Tw
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4814.560 Tw
49q 0.000 g BT 31.19 578.92 Td (especially alarmed. Traders,) Tj ET Q
503.811 Tw
51q 0.000 g BT 31.19 564.74 Td (shipowners, captains of vessels,) Tj ET Q
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53q 0.000 g BT 31.19 550.57 Td (skippers, and master mariners) Tj ET Q
541.697 Tw
55q 0.000 g BT 31.19 536.40 Td (from Europe and America, naval) Tj ET Q
562.198 Tw
57q 0.000 g BT 31.19 522.22 Td (officers from every country, and) Tj ET Q
581.087 Tw
59q 0.000 g BT 31.19 508.05 Td (at their heels the various national) Tj ET Q
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63q 0.000 g BT 31.19 479.70 Td (continents, were all extremely) Tj ET Q
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680.389 Tw
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703.772 Tw
71q 0.000 g BT 31.19 423.01 Td (enormous thing" at sea, a long) Tj ET Q
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75q 0.000 g BT 31.19 394.66 Td (giving off a phosphorescent glow,) Tj ET Q
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780 Tw
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821.028 Tw
83q 0.000 g BT 31.19 337.97 Td (apparition, as recorded in various) Tj ET Q
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85q 0.000 g BT 31.19 323.80 Td (logbooks, agreed pretty closely as) Tj ET Q
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97q 0.000 g BT 31.19 238.76 Td (vitality with which it seemed to) Tj ET Q
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99q 0.000 g BT 31.19 224.59 Td (be gifted. If it was a cetacean, it) Tj ET Q
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1021.526 Tw
103q 0.000 g BT 31.19 196.24 Td (previously classified by science. ) Tj ET Q
1042.024 Tw
105q 0.000 g BT 31.19 182.07 Td (No naturalist, neither Cuvier nor) Tj ET Q
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107q 0.000 g BT 31.19 167.89 Td (Lacépède, neither Professor) Tj ET Q
10814.255 Tw
109q 0.000 g BT 31.19 153.72 Td (Dumeril nor Professor de) Tj ET Q
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113q 0.000 g BT 31.19 125.37 Td (accepted the existence of such a) Tj ET Q
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1161.526 Tw
117q 0.000 g BT 31.19 97.03 Td (specifically, unseen by their own) Tj ET Q
1180 Tw
119q 0.000 g BT 31.19 82.85 Td (scientific eyes.) Tj ET Q
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121q 0.000 g BT 31.19 68.68 Td (Striking an average of) Tj ET Q
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123q 0.000 g BT 215.43 720.65 Td (observations taken at different) Tj ET Q
1246.437 Tw
125q 0.000 g BT 215.43 706.48 Td (times -- rejecting those timid) Tj ET Q
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131q 0.000 g BT 215.43 663.96 Td (those exaggerated views that saw) Tj ET Q
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1343.770 Tw
135q 0.000 g BT 215.43 635.61 Td (long--you could still assert that) Tj ET Q
1362.483 Tw
137q 0.000 g BT 215.43 621.44 Td (this phenomenal creature greatly) Tj ET Q
13810.479 Tw
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141q 0.000 g BT 215.43 593.09 Td (anything then known to) Tj ET Q
1420 Tw
143q 0.000 g BT 215.43 578.92 Td (ichthyologists, if it existed at all.) Tj ET Q
1440.202 Tw
145q 0.000 g BT 215.43 564.74 Td (Now then, it did exist, this was an) Tj ET Q
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147q 0.000 g BT 215.43 550.57 Td (undeniable fact; and since the) Tj ET Q
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165q 0.000 g BT 215.43 423.01 Td (steamer Governor Higginson,) Tj ET Q
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2040 Tw
205q 0.000 g BT 215.43 139.55 Td (with air and steam.) Tj ET Q
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217q 0.000 g BT 399.69 720.65 Td (Navigation Co. Consequently,) Tj ET Q
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219q 0.000 g BT 399.69 706.48 Td (this extraordinary cetacean could) Tj ET Q
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221q 0.000 g BT 399.69 692.30 Td (transfer itself from one locality to) Tj ET Q
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223q 0.000 g BT 399.69 678.13 Td (another with startling swiftness,) Tj ET Q
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225q 0.000 g BT 399.69 663.96 Td (since within an interval of just) Tj ET Q
22615.259 Tw
227q 0.000 g BT 399.69 649.78 Td (three days, the Governor) Tj ET Q
2285.583 Tw
229q 0.000 g BT 399.69 635.61 Td (Higginson and the Christopher) Tj ET Q
2301.216 Tw
231q 0.000 g BT 399.69 621.44 Td (Columbus had observed it at two) Tj ET Q
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2342.739 Tw
235q 0.000 g BT 399.69 593.09 Td (by a distance of more than 700) Tj ET Q
2360 Tw
237q 0.000 g BT 399.69 578.92 Td (nautical leagues.) Tj ET Q
2387.691 Tw
239q 0.000 g BT 399.69 564.74 Td (Fifteen days later and 2,000) Tj ET Q
2400.698 Tw
241q 0.000 g BT 399.69 550.57 Td (leagues farther, the Helvetia from) Tj ET Q
2420.941 Tw
243q 0.000 g BT 399.69 536.40 Td (the Compagnie Nationale and the) Tj ET Q
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245q 0.000 g BT 399.69 522.22 Td (Shannon from the Royal Mail) Tj ET Q
2460.883 Tw
247q 0.000 g BT 399.69 508.05 Td (line, running on opposite tacks in) Tj ET Q
2484.951 Tw
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2542.822 Tw
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2644.708 Tw
265q 0.000 g BT 399.69 380.49 Td (their simultaneous observations,) Tj ET Q
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267q 0.000 g BT 399.69 366.32 Td (they were able to estimate the) Tj ET Q
2687.079 Tw
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2702.150 Tw
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2724.442 Tw
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2741.624 Tw
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2845.447 Tw
285q 0.000 g BT 399.69 238.76 Td (frequent the waterways of the) Tj ET Q
2869.259 Tw
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289q 0.000 g BT 399.69 210.41 Td (exceeded a length of 56 meters--if) Tj ET Q
2900 Tw
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2921.034 Tw
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2948.923 Tw
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3048.777 Tw
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3066.113 Tw
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31011.587 Tw
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354q 0.000 g BT 31.18 663.96 Td (practical countries as England,) Tj ET Q
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3655.024 Tw
366q 0.000 g BT 31.18 578.92 Td (ridiculed it in the newspapers,) Tj ET Q
3670.239 Tw
368q 0.000 g BT 31.18 564.74 Td (they dramatized it in the theaters. ) Tj ET Q
3696.818 Tw
370q 0.000 g BT 31.18 550.57 Td (The tabloids found it a fine) Tj ET Q
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372q 0.000 g BT 31.18 536.40 Td (opportunity for hatching all sorts) Tj ET Q
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3857.811 Tw
386q 0.000 g BT 31.18 437.18 Td (the stupendous kraken whose) Tj ET Q
3870.776 Tw
388q 0.000 g BT 31.18 423.01 Td (tentacles could entwine a 500-ton) Tj ET Q
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394q 0.000 g BT 31.18 380.49 Td (reports from ancient times: the) Tj ET Q
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396q 0.000 g BT 31.18 366.32 Td (views of Aristotle and Pliny) Tj ET Q
3973.779 Tw
398q 0.000 g BT 31.18 352.14 Td (accepting the existence of such) Tj ET Q
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400q 0.000 g BT 31.18 337.97 Td (monsters, then the Norwegian) Tj ET Q
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402q 0.000 g BT 31.18 323.80 Td (stories of Bishop Pontoppidan,) Tj ET Q
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404q 0.000 g BT 31.18 309.63 Td (the narratives of Paul Egede, and) Tj ET Q
4056.440 Tw
406q 0.000 g BT 31.18 295.45 Td (finally the reports of Captain) Tj ET Q
4070.820 Tw
408q 0.000 g BT 31.18 281.28 Td (Harrington -- whose good faith is) Tj ET Q
4097.811 Tw
410q 0.000 g BT 31.18 267.11 Td (above suspicion--in which he) Tj ET Q
4112.222 Tw
412q 0.000 g BT 31.18 252.93 Td (claims he saw, while aboard the) Tj ET Q
4133.549 Tw
414q 0.000 g BT 31.18 238.76 Td (Castilian in 1857, one of those) Tj ET Q
4158.583 Tw
416q 0.000 g BT 31.18 224.59 Td (enormous serpents that, until) Tj ET Q
4170.223 Tw
418q 0.000 g BT 31.18 210.41 Td (then, had frequented only the seas) Tj ET Q
41915.311 Tw
420q 0.000 g BT 31.18 196.24 Td (of France's old extremist) Tj ET Q
4210 Tw
422q 0.000 g BT 31.18 182.07 Td (newspaper, The Constitutionalist.) Tj ET Q
423BT /F4 12.00 Tf ET
424q 0.000 g BT 31.18 153.72 Td (\(end of excerpt\)) Tj ET Q
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45628.35 759.68 538.58 -17.01 re f q 0.000 g BT 31.18 747.58 Td (Chapter 2 : THE PROS AND CONS) Tj ET Q
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4821.778 Tw
483q 0.000 g BT 31.18 550.57 Td (valuable collections near the end) Tj ET Q
4848.030 Tw
485q 0.000 g BT 31.18 536.40 Td (of March. My departure for) Tj ET Q
4861.465 Tw
487q 0.000 g BT 31.18 522.22 Td (France was set for early May. In) Tj ET Q
4883.086 Tw
489q 0.000 g BT 31.18 508.05 Td (the meantime, then, I was busy) Tj ET Q
49011.044 Tw
491q 0.000 g BT 31.18 493.88 Td (classifying my mineralogical,) Tj ET Q
49222.048 Tw
493q 0.000 g BT 31.18 479.70 Td (botanical, and zoological) Tj ET Q
4941.442 Tw
495q 0.000 g BT 31.18 465.53 Td (treasures when that incident took) Tj ET Q
4960 Tw
497q 0.000 g BT 31.18 451.36 Td (place with the Scotia.) Tj ET Q
4984.557 Tw
499q 0.000 g BT 31.18 437.18 Td (I was perfectly abreast of this) Tj ET Q
5000.619 Tw
501q 0.000 g BT 31.18 423.01 Td (question, which was the big news) Tj ET Q
5022.062 Tw
503q 0.000 g BT 31.18 408.84 Td (of the day, and how could I not) Tj ET Q
5041.081 Tw
505q 0.000 g BT 31.18 394.66 Td (have been? I had read and reread) Tj ET Q
5066.043 Tw
507q 0.000 g BT 31.18 380.49 Td (every American and European) Tj ET Q
5087.811 Tw
509q 0.000 g BT 31.18 366.32 Td (newspaper without being any) Tj ET Q
51011.255 Tw
511q 0.000 g BT 31.18 352.14 Td (farther along. This mystery) Tj ET Q
5120.350 Tw
513q 0.000 g BT 31.18 337.97 Td (puzzled me. Finding it impossible) Tj ET Q
5141.017 Tw
515q 0.000 g BT 31.18 323.80 Td (to form any views, I drifted from) Tj ET Q
51611.192 Tw
517q 0.000 g BT 31.18 309.63 Td (one extreme to the other.) Tj ET Q
5185.354 Tw
519q 0.000 g BT 31.18 295.45 Td (Something was out there, that) Tj ET Q
5209.194 Tw
521q 0.000 g BT 31.18 281.28 Td (much was certain, and any) Tj ET Q
5222.435 Tw
523q 0.000 g BT 31.18 267.11 Td (doubting Thomas was invited to) Tj ET Q
5243.587 Tw
525q 0.000 g BT 31.18 252.93 Td (place his finger on the Scotia's) Tj ET Q
5260 Tw
527q 0.000 g BT 31.18 238.76 Td (wound.) Tj ET Q
5280.909 Tw
529q 0.000 g BT 31.18 224.59 Td (When I arrived in New York, the) Tj ET Q
5301.015 Tw
531q 0.000 g BT 31.18 210.41 Td (question was at the boiling point.) Tj ET Q
5321.617 Tw
533q 0.000 g BT 31.18 196.24 Td (The hypothesis of a drifting islet) Tj ET Q
5340.687 Tw
535q 0.000 g BT 31.18 182.07 Td (or an elusive reef, put forward by) Tj ET Q
5364.816 Tw
537q 0.000 g BT 31.18 167.89 Td (people not quite in their right) Tj ET Q
53827.040 Tw
539q 0.000 g BT 31.18 153.72 Td (minds, was completely) Tj ET Q
5405.363 Tw
541q 0.000 g BT 31.18 139.55 Td (eliminated. And indeed, unless) Tj ET Q
5424.849 Tw
543q 0.000 g BT 31.18 125.37 Td (this reef had an engine in its) Tj ET Q
5443.016 Tw
545q 0.000 g BT 31.18 111.20 Td (belly, how could it move about) Tj ET Q
5460 Tw
547q 0.000 g BT 31.18 97.03 Td (with such prodigious speed?) Tj ET Q
5480.407 Tw
549q 0.000 g BT 31.18 82.85 Td (Also discredited was the idea of a) Tj ET Q
5509.104 Tw
551q 0.000 g BT 31.18 68.68 Td (floating hull or some other) Tj ET Q
5525.263 Tw
553q 0.000 g BT 215.43 720.65 Td (enormous wreckage, and again) Tj ET Q
55412.443 Tw
555q 0.000 g BT 215.43 706.48 Td (because of this speed of) Tj ET Q
5560 Tw
557q 0.000 g BT 215.43 692.30 Td (movement.) Tj ET Q
5581.077 Tw
559q 0.000 g BT 215.43 678.13 Td (So only two possible solutions to) Tj ET Q
5604.028 Tw
561q 0.000 g BT 215.43 663.96 Td (the question were left, creating) Tj ET Q
5628.771 Tw
563q 0.000 g BT 215.43 649.78 Td (two very distinct groups of) Tj ET Q
5645.522 Tw
565q 0.000 g BT 215.43 635.61 Td (supporters: on one side, those) Tj ET Q
5664.775 Tw
567q 0.000 g BT 215.43 621.44 Td (favoring a monster of colossal) Tj ET Q
5687.688 Tw
569q 0.000 g BT 215.43 607.26 Td (strength; on the other, those) Tj ET Q
5701.499 Tw
571q 0.000 g BT 215.43 593.09 Td (favoring an "underwater boat" of) Tj ET Q
5720 Tw
573q 0.000 g BT 215.43 578.92 Td (tremendous motor power.) Tj ET Q
5746.023 Tw
575q 0.000 g BT 215.43 564.74 Td (Now then, although the latter) Tj ET Q
57617.542 Tw
577q 0.000 g BT 215.43 550.57 Td (hypothesis was completely) Tj ET Q
5780.715 Tw
579q 0.000 g BT 215.43 536.40 Td (admissible, it couldn't stand up to) Tj ET Q
5803.938 Tw
581q 0.000 g BT 215.43 522.22 Td (inquiries conducted in both the) Tj ET Q
5822.129 Tw
583q 0.000 g BT 215.43 508.05 Td (New World and the Old. That a) Tj ET Q
5846.440 Tw
585q 0.000 g BT 215.43 493.88 Td (private individual had such a) Tj ET Q
5864.271 Tw
587q 0.000 g BT 215.43 479.70 Td (mechanism at his disposal was) Tj ET Q
5884.862 Tw
589q 0.000 g BT 215.43 465.53 Td (less than probable. Where and) Tj ET Q
5903.681 Tw
591q 0.000 g BT 215.43 451.36 Td (when had he built it, and how) Tj ET Q
5920 Tw
593q 0.000 g BT 215.43 437.18 Td (could he have built it in secret?) Tj ET Q
5947.363 Tw
595q 0.000 g BT 215.43 423.01 Td (Only some government could) Tj ET Q
59614.108 Tw
597q 0.000 g BT 215.43 408.84 Td (own such an engine of) Tj ET Q
59815.919 Tw
599q 0.000 g BT 215.43 394.66 Td (destruction, and in these) Tj ET Q
6004.587 Tw
601q 0.000 g BT 215.43 380.49 Td (disaster-filled times, when men) Tj ET Q
6029.101 Tw
603q 0.000 g BT 215.43 366.32 Td (tax their ingenuity to build) Tj ET Q
6042.890 Tw
605q 0.000 g BT 215.43 352.14 Td (increasingly powerful aggressive) Tj ET Q
6065.438 Tw
607q 0.000 g BT 215.43 337.97 Td (weapons, it was possible that,) Tj ET Q
6080.793 Tw
609q 0.000 g BT 215.43 323.80 Td (unknown to the rest of the world,) Tj ET Q
6106.275 Tw
611q 0.000 g BT 215.43 309.63 Td (some nation could have been) Tj ET Q
6121.361 Tw
613q 0.000 g BT 215.43 295.45 Td (testing such a fearsome machine.) Tj ET Q
6144.552 Tw
615q 0.000 g BT 215.43 281.28 Td (The Chassepot rifle led to the) Tj ET Q
6162.087 Tw
617q 0.000 g BT 215.43 267.11 Td (torpedo, and the torpedo has led) Tj ET Q
6181.859 Tw
619q 0.000 g BT 215.43 252.93 Td (to this underwater battering ram,) Tj ET Q
6204.291 Tw
621q 0.000 g BT 215.43 238.76 Td (which in turn will lead to the) Tj ET Q
6223.014 Tw
623q 0.000 g BT 215.43 224.59 Td (world putting its foot down. At) Tj ET Q
6240 Tw
625q 0.000 g BT 215.43 210.41 Td (least I hope it will.) Tj ET Q
6266.016 Tw
627q 0.000 g BT 215.43 196.24 Td (But this hypothesis of a war) Tj ET Q
6281.891 Tw
629q 0.000 g BT 215.43 182.07 Td (machine collapsed in the face of) Tj ET Q
6303.275 Tw
631q 0.000 g BT 215.43 167.89 Td (formal denials from the various) Tj ET Q
6326.363 Tw
633q 0.000 g BT 215.43 153.72 Td (governments. Since the public) Tj ET Q
63411.942 Tw
635q 0.000 g BT 215.43 139.55 Td (interest was at stake and) Tj ET Q
6361.043 Tw
637q 0.000 g BT 215.43 125.37 Td (transoceanic travel was suffering,) Tj ET Q
63821.587 Tw
639q 0.000 g BT 215.43 111.20 Td (the sincerity of these) Tj ET Q
64013.363 Tw
641q 0.000 g BT 215.43 97.03 Td (governments could not be) Tj ET Q
6422.105 Tw
643q 0.000 g BT 215.43 82.85 Td (doubted. Besides, how could the) Tj ET Q
6441.442 Tw
645q 0.000 g BT 215.43 68.68 Td (assembly of this underwater boat) Tj ET Q
64610.039 Tw
647q 0.000 g BT 399.69 720.65 Td (have escaped public notice?) Tj ET Q
6487.280 Tw
649q 0.000 g BT 399.69 706.48 Td (Keeping a secret under such) Tj ET Q
6502.479 Tw
651q 0.000 g BT 399.69 692.30 Td (circumstances would be difficult) Tj ET Q
6525.690 Tw
653q 0.000 g BT 399.69 678.13 Td (enough for an individual, and) Tj ET Q
6542.273 Tw
655q 0.000 g BT 399.69 663.96 Td (certainly impossible for a nation) Tj ET Q
6568.276 Tw
657q 0.000 g BT 399.69 649.78 Td (whose every move is under) Tj ET Q
6587.811 Tw
659q 0.000 g BT 399.69 635.61 Td (constant surveillance by rival) Tj ET Q
6600 Tw
661q 0.000 g BT 399.69 621.44 Td (powers.) Tj ET Q
6623.524 Tw
663q 0.000 g BT 399.69 607.26 Td (So, after inquiries conducted in) Tj ET Q
6641.363 Tw
665q 0.000 g BT 399.69 593.09 Td (England, France, Russia, Prussia,) Tj ET Q
6663.194 Tw
667q 0.000 g BT 399.69 578.92 Td (Spain, Italy, America, and even) Tj ET Q
6686.857 Tw
669q 0.000 g BT 399.69 564.74 Td (Turkey, the hypothesis of an) Tj ET Q
67023.218 Tw
671q 0.000 g BT 399.69 550.57 Td (underwater Monitor was) Tj ET Q
6720 Tw
673q 0.000 g BT 399.69 536.40 Td (ultimately rejected.) Tj ET Q
6745.291 Tw
675q 0.000 g BT 399.69 522.22 Td (After I arrived in New York,) Tj ET Q
6762.155 Tw
677q 0.000 g BT 399.69 508.05 Td (several people did me the honor) Tj ET Q
67812.770 Tw
679q 0.000 g BT 399.69 493.88 Td (of consulting me on the) Tj ET Q
68010.139 Tw
681q 0.000 g BT 399.69 479.70 Td (phenomenon in question. In) Tj ET Q
68211.609 Tw
683q 0.000 g BT 399.69 465.53 Td (France I had published a) Tj ET Q
6848.919 Tw
685q 0.000 g BT 399.69 451.36 Td (two-volume work, in quarto,) Tj ET Q
6866.440 Tw
687q 0.000 g BT 399.69 437.18 Td (entitled The Mysteries of the) Tj ET Q
68812.595 Tw
689q 0.000 g BT 399.69 423.01 Td (Great Ocean Depths. Well) Tj ET Q
6901.694 Tw
691q 0.000 g BT 399.69 408.84 Td (received in scholarly circles, this) Tj ET Q
6924.953 Tw
693q 0.000 g BT 399.69 394.66 Td (book had established me as a) Tj ET Q
6943.938 Tw
695q 0.000 g BT 399.69 380.49 Td (specialist in this pretty obscure) Tj ET Q
6960.619 Tw
697q 0.000 g BT 399.69 366.32 Td (field of natural history. My views) Tj ET Q
6984.017 Tw
699q 0.000 g BT 399.69 352.14 Td (were in demand. As long as I) Tj ET Q
7005.887 Tw
701q 0.000 g BT 399.69 337.97 Td (could deny the reality of the) Tj ET Q
7022.486 Tw
703q 0.000 g BT 399.69 323.80 Td (business, I confined myself to a) Tj ET Q
7045.987 Tw
705q 0.000 g BT 399.69 309.63 Td (flat "no comment." But soon,) Tj ET Q
7065.903 Tw
707q 0.000 g BT 399.69 295.45 Td (pinned to the wall, I had to) Tj ET Q
7082.354 Tw
709q 0.000 g BT 399.69 281.28 Td (explain myself straight out. And) Tj ET Q
7100.573 Tw
711q 0.000 g BT 399.69 267.11 Td (in this vein, "the honorable Pierre) Tj ET Q
7123.692 Tw
713q 0.000 g BT 399.69 252.93 Td (Aronnax, Professor at the Paris) Tj ET Q
7140.131 Tw
715q 0.000 g BT 399.69 238.76 Td (Museum," was summoned by The) Tj ET Q
7164.112 Tw
717q 0.000 g BT 399.69 224.59 Td (New York Herald to formulate) Tj ET Q
7180 Tw
719q 0.000 g BT 399.69 210.41 Td (his views no matter what.) Tj ET Q
7205.685 Tw
721q 0.000 g BT 399.69 196.24 Td (I complied. Since I could no) Tj ET Q
7223.457 Tw
723q 0.000 g BT 399.69 182.07 Td (longer hold my tongue, I let it) Tj ET Q
7242.351 Tw
725q 0.000 g BT 399.69 167.89 Td (wag. I discussed the question in) Tj ET Q
7260.086 Tw
727q 0.000 g BT 399.69 153.72 Td (its every aspect, both political and) Tj ET Q
7282.620 Tw
729q 0.000 g BT 399.69 139.55 Td (scientific, and this is an excerpt) Tj ET Q
7305.279 Tw
731q 0.000 g BT 399.69 125.37 Td (from the well-padded article I) Tj ET Q
7320 Tw
733q 0.000 g BT 399.69 111.20 Td (published in the issue of April 30.) Tj ET Q
73411.371 Tw
735q 0.000 g BT 399.69 82.85 Td ("Therefore," I wrote, "after) Tj ET Q
73620.884 Tw
737q 0.000 g BT 399.69 68.68 Td (examining these different) Tj ET Q
7383.556 Tw
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741q 0.502 g BT 284.96 25.95 Td (Page 3) Tj ET Q
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764179.09 813.54 237.10 -25.51 re B q 0.863 0.196 0.196 rg BT 187.59 796.28 Td (20000 Leagues Under the Seas) Tj ET Q
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7680.784 0.863 1.000 rg
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770q 0.000 g BT 31.18 749.00 Td (hypotheses one by one, we are) Tj ET Q
7715.035 Tw
772q 0.000 g BT 31.18 734.82 Td (forced, every other supposition) Tj ET Q
7730.491 Tw
774q 0.000 g BT 31.18 720.65 Td (having been refuted, to accept the) Tj ET Q
77513.815 Tw
776q 0.000 g BT 31.18 706.48 Td (existence of an extremely) Tj ET Q
7770 Tw
778q 0.000 g BT 31.18 692.30 Td (powerful marine animal.) Tj ET Q
7792.779 Tw
780q 0.000 g BT 31.18 678.13 Td ("The deepest parts of the ocean) Tj ET Q
7814.351 Tw
782q 0.000 g BT 31.18 663.96 Td (are totally unknown to us. No) Tj ET Q
7830.023 Tw
784q 0.000 g BT 31.18 649.78 Td (soundings have been able to reach) Tj ET Q
7855.551 Tw
786q 0.000 g BT 31.18 635.61 Td (them. What goes on in those) Tj ET Q
7875.815 Tw
788q 0.000 g BT 31.18 621.44 Td (distant depths? What creatures) Tj ET Q
7894.436 Tw
790q 0.000 g BT 31.18 607.26 Td (inhabit, or could inhabit, those) Tj ET Q
7914.442 Tw
792q 0.000 g BT 31.18 593.09 Td (regions twelve or fifteen miles) Tj ET Q
7931.228 Tw
794q 0.000 g BT 31.18 578.92 Td (beneath the surface of the water?) Tj ET Q
7951.883 Tw
796q 0.000 g BT 31.18 564.74 Td (What is the constitution of these) Tj ET Q
79710.419 Tw
798q 0.000 g BT 31.18 550.57 Td (animals? It's almost beyond) Tj ET Q
7990 Tw
800q 0.000 g BT 31.18 536.40 Td (conjecture.) Tj ET Q
8015.129 Tw
802q 0.000 g BT 31.18 522.22 Td ("However, the solution to this) Tj ET Q
8030.285 Tw
804q 0.000 g BT 31.18 508.05 Td (problem submitted to me can take) Tj ET Q
8050.631 Tw
806q 0.000 g BT 31.18 493.88 Td (the form of a choice between two) Tj ET Q
8070 Tw
808q 0.000 g BT 31.18 479.70 Td (alternatives.) Tj ET Q
8090.911 Tw
810q 0.000 g BT 31.18 465.53 Td ("Either we know every variety of) Tj ET Q
8111.028 Tw
812q 0.000 g BT 31.18 451.36 Td (creature populating our planet, or) Tj ET Q
8130 Tw
814q 0.000 g BT 31.18 437.18 Td (we do not.) Tj ET Q
8151.222 Tw
816q 0.000 g BT 31.18 423.01 Td ("If we do not know every one of) Tj ET Q
81710.688 Tw
818q 0.000 g BT 31.18 408.84 Td (them, if nature still keeps) Tj ET Q
8195.699 Tw
820q 0.000 g BT 31.18 394.66 Td (ichthyological secrets from us,) Tj ET Q
8212.768 Tw
822q 0.000 g BT 31.18 380.49 Td (nothing is more admissible than) Tj ET Q
8231.519 Tw
824q 0.000 g BT 31.18 366.32 Td (to accept the existence of fish or) Tj ET Q
8251.228 Tw
826q 0.000 g BT 31.18 352.14 Td (cetaceans of new species or even) Tj ET Q
8278.360 Tw
828q 0.000 g BT 31.18 337.97 Td (new genera, animals with a) Tj ET Q
8296.382 Tw
830q 0.000 g BT 31.18 323.80 Td (basically 'cast-iron' constitution) Tj ET Q
8316.272 Tw
832q 0.000 g BT 31.18 309.63 Td (that inhabit strata beyond the) Tj ET Q
8337.859 Tw
834q 0.000 g BT 31.18 295.45 Td (reach of our soundings, and) Tj ET Q
8359.587 Tw
836q 0.000 g BT 31.18 281.28 Td (which some development or) Tj ET Q
8372.158 Tw
838q 0.000 g BT 31.18 267.11 Td (other, an urge or a whim if you) Tj ET Q
8394.891 Tw
840q 0.000 g BT 31.18 252.93 Td (prefer, can bring to the upper) Tj ET Q
8417.622 Tw
842q 0.000 g BT 31.18 238.76 Td (level of the ocean for long) Tj ET Q
8430 Tw
844q 0.000 g BT 31.18 224.59 Td (intervals.) Tj ET Q
8454.479 Tw
846q 0.000 g BT 31.18 210.41 Td ("If, on the other hand, we do) Tj ET Q
8474.859 Tw
848q 0.000 g BT 31.18 196.24 Td (know every living species, we) Tj ET Q
8496.815 Tw
850q 0.000 g BT 31.18 182.07 Td (must look for the animal in) Tj ET Q
8517.807 Tw
852q 0.000 g BT 31.18 167.89 Td (question among those marine) Tj ET Q
8533.491 Tw
854q 0.000 g BT 31.18 153.72 Td (creatures already cataloged, and) Tj ET Q
8551.625 Tw
856q 0.000 g BT 31.18 139.55 Td (in this event I would be inclined) Tj ET Q
8571.297 Tw
858q 0.000 g BT 31.18 125.37 Td (to accept the existence of a giant) Tj ET Q
8590 Tw
860q 0.000 g BT 31.18 111.20 Td (narwhale.) Tj ET Q
8613.638 Tw
862q 0.000 g BT 31.18 97.03 Td ("The common narwhale, or sea) Tj ET Q
8630.758 Tw
864q 0.000 g BT 31.18 82.85 Td (unicorn, often reaches a length of) Tj ET Q
8650.524 Tw
866q 0.000 g BT 31.18 68.68 Td (sixty feet. Increase its dimensions) Tj ET Q
8670.088 Tw
868q 0.000 g BT 215.43 749.00 Td (fivefold or even tenfold, then give) Tj ET Q
86910.109 Tw
870q 0.000 g BT 215.43 734.82 Td (this cetacean a strength in) Tj ET Q
8718.936 Tw
872q 0.000 g BT 215.43 720.65 Td (proportion to its size while) Tj ET Q
8733.035 Tw
874q 0.000 g BT 215.43 706.48 Td (enlarging its offensive weapons,) Tj ET Q
8753.724 Tw
876q 0.000 g BT 215.43 692.30 Td (and you have the animal we're) Tj ET Q
8774.219 Tw
878q 0.000 g BT 215.43 678.13 Td (looking for. It would have the) Tj ET Q
8796.475 Tw
880q 0.000 g BT 215.43 663.96 Td (proportions determined by the) Tj ET Q
8817.859 Tw
882q 0.000 g BT 215.43 649.78 Td (officers of the Shannon, the) Tj ET Q
8835.815 Tw
884q 0.000 g BT 215.43 635.61 Td (instrument needed to perforate) Tj ET Q
8856.086 Tw
886q 0.000 g BT 215.43 621.44 Td (the Scotia, and the power to) Tj ET Q
8870 Tw
888q 0.000 g BT 215.43 607.26 Td (pierce a steamer's hull.) Tj ET Q
8897.805 Tw
890q 0.000 g BT 215.43 593.09 Td ("In essence, the narwhale is) Tj ET Q
8910.683 Tw
892q 0.000 g BT 215.43 578.92 Td (armed with a sort of ivory sword,) Tj ET Q
8935.528 Tw
894q 0.000 g BT 215.43 564.74 Td (or lance, as certain naturalists) Tj ET Q
8950.057 Tw
896q 0.000 g BT 215.43 550.57 Td (have expressed it. It's a king-sized) Tj ET Q
8973.015 Tw
898q 0.000 g BT 215.43 536.40 Td (tooth as hard as steel. Some of) Tj ET Q
8997.778 Tw
900q 0.000 g BT 215.43 522.22 Td (these teeth have been found) Tj ET Q
9014.420 Tw
902q 0.000 g BT 215.43 508.05 Td (buried in the bodies of baleen) Tj ET Q
90310.371 Tw
904q 0.000 g BT 215.43 493.88 Td (whales, which the narwhale) Tj ET Q
9054.591 Tw
906q 0.000 g BT 215.43 479.70 Td (attacks with invariable success.) Tj ET Q
9072.531 Tw
908q 0.000 g BT 215.43 465.53 Td (Others have been wrenched, not) Tj ET Q
90911.027 Tw
910q 0.000 g BT 215.43 451.36 Td (without difficulty, from the) Tj ET Q
91114.031 Tw
912q 0.000 g BT 215.43 437.18 Td (undersides of vessels that) Tj ET Q
9137.823 Tw
914q 0.000 g BT 215.43 423.01 Td (narwhales have pierced clean) Tj ET Q
9154.754 Tw
916q 0.000 g BT 215.43 408.84 Td (through, as a gimlet pierces a) Tj ET Q
9172.488 Tw
918q 0.000 g BT 215.43 394.66 Td (wine barrel. The museum at the) Tj ET Q
9196.938 Tw
920q 0.000 g BT 215.43 380.49 Td (Faculty of Medicine in Paris) Tj ET Q
9212.959 Tw
922q 0.000 g BT 215.43 366.32 Td (owns one of these tusks with a) Tj ET Q
9230.571 Tw
924q 0.000 g BT 215.43 352.14 Td (length of 2.25 meters and a width) Tj ET Q
92512.440 Tw
926q 0.000 g BT 215.43 337.97 Td (at its base of forty-eight) Tj ET Q
9270 Tw
928q 0.000 g BT 215.43 323.80 Td (centimeters!) Tj ET Q
9297.046 Tw
930q 0.000 g BT 215.43 309.63 Td ("All right then! Imagine this) Tj ET Q
9312.287 Tw
932q 0.000 g BT 215.43 295.45 Td (weapon to be ten times stronger) Tj ET Q
9333.885 Tw
934q 0.000 g BT 215.43 281.28 Td (and the animal ten times more) Tj ET Q
9351.685 Tw
936q 0.000 g BT 215.43 267.11 Td (powerful, launch it at a speed of) Tj ET Q
9373.185 Tw
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