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For
some
days
we
saw
a
great
number
of
aquatic
birds
,
sea-mews
or
gulls
.
Some
were
cleverly
killed
and
,
prepared
in
a
certain
way
,
made
very
acceptable
water-game
.
Amongst
large-winged
birds
,
carried
a
long
distance
from
all
lands
and
resting
upon
the
waves
from
the
fatigue
of
their
flight
,
I
saw
some
magnificent
albatrosses
,
uttering
discordant
cries
like
the
braying
of
an
ass
,
and
birds
belonging
to
the
family
of
the
long-wings
.
As
to
the
fish
,
they
always
provoked
our
admiration
when
we
surprised
the
secrets
of
their
aquatic
life
through
the
open
panels
.
I
saw
many
kinds
which
I
never
before
had
a
chance
of
observing
.
From
the
21st
to
the
23rd
of
January
the
Nautilus
went
at
the
rate
of
two
hundred
and
fifty
leagues
in
twenty-four
hours
,
being
five
hundred
and
forty
miles
,
or
twenty-two
miles
an
hour
.
If
we
recognised
so
many
different
varieties
of
fish
,
it
was
because
,
attracted
by
the
electric
light
,
they
tried
to
follow
us
;
the
greater
part
,
however
,
were
soon
distanced
by
our
speed
,
though
some
kept
their
place
in
the
waters
of
the
Nautilus
for
a
time
.
The
morning
of
the
24th
,
in
12
°
5
'
S.
lat
.
,
and
94
°
33
'
long
.
,
we
observed
Keeling
Island
,
a
coral
formation
,
planted
with
magnificent
cocos
,
and
which
had
been
visited
by
Mr.
Darwin
and
Captain
Fitzroy
.
The
Nautilus
skirted
the
shores
of
this
desert
island
for
a
little
distance
.
Its
nets
brought
up
numerous
specimens
of
polypi
and
curious
shells
of
mollusca
.
Soon
Keeling
Island
disappeared
from
the
horizon
,
and
our
course
was
directed
to
the
north-west
in
the
direction
of
the
Indian
Peninsula
.
From
Keeling
Island
our
course
was
slower
and
more
variable
,
often
taking
us
into
great
depths
.
Several
times
they
made
use
of
the
inclined
planes
,
which
certain
internal
levers
placed
obliquely
to
the
waterline
.
In
that
way
we
went
about
two
miles
,
but
without
ever
obtaining
the
greatest
depths
of
the
Indian
Sea
,
which
soundings
of
seven
thousand
fathoms
have
never
reached
.
As
to
the
temperature
of
the
lower
strata
,
the
thermometer
invariably
indicated
4
°
above
zero
.
I
only
observed
that
in
the
upper
regions
the
water
was
always
colder
in
the
high
levels
than
at
the
surface
of
the
sea
.
On
the
25th
of
January
the
ocean
was
entirely
deserted
;
the
Nautilus
passed
the
day
on
the
surface
,
beating
the
waves
with
its
powerful
screw
and
making
them
rebound
to
a
great
height
.
Who
under
such
circumstances
would
not
have
taken
it
for
a
gigantic
cetacean
?
Three
parts
of
this
day
I
spent
on
the
platform
.
I
watched
the
sea
.
Nothing
on
the
horizon
,
till
about
four
o’clock
a
steamer
running
west
on
our
counter
.
Her
masts
were
visible
for
an
instant
,
but
she
could
not
see
the
Nautilus
,
being
too
low
in
the
water
.
I
fancied
this
steamboat
belonged
to
the
P.
O.
Company
,
which
runs
from
Ceylon
to
Sydney
,
touching
at
King
George
's
Point
and
Melbourne
.
At
five
o’clock
in
the
evening
,
before
that
fleeting
twilight
which
binds
night
to
day
in
tropical
zones
,
Conseil
and
I
were
astonished
by
a
curious
spectacle
.
It
was
a
shoal
of
argonauts
travelling
along
on
the
surface
of
the
ocean
.
We
could
count
several
hundreds
.
They
belonged
to
the
tubercle
kind
which
are
peculiar
to
the
Indian
seas
.
These
graceful
molluscs
moved
backwards
by
means
of
their
locomotive
tube
,
through
which
they
propelled
the
water
already
drawn
in
.
Of
their
eight
tentacles
,
six
were
elongated
,
and
stretched
out
floating
on
the
water
,
whilst
the
other
two
,
rolled
up
flat
,
were
spread
to
the
wing
like
a
light
sail
.
I
saw
their
spiral-shaped
and
fluted
shells
,
which
Cuvier
justly
compares
to
an
elegant
skiff
.
A
boat
indeed
!
It
bears
the
creature
which
secretes
it
without
its
adhering
to
it
.
