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TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
by JULES VERNE
PART ONE
CHAPTER I - A SHIFTING REEF
The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious
and puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet
forgotten.
Not to mention rumours which agitated the maritime
population and excited the public mind, even in the interior of
continents seafaring men were particularly excited. Merchants,
common sailors,captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and
America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of
several States on the two continents, were deeply interested in the
matter. For some time past vessels had been met by "an
enormous thing," a long object, spindle-shaped, occasionally
phosphorescent, and infinitely larger and more rapid in its movements
than a whale.
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