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The

voracious

creature

shot

towards

the

Indian

,

who

threw

himself

on

one

side

to

avoid

the

shark

's

fins

;

but

not

its

tail

,

for

it

struck

his

chest

and

stretched

him

on

the

ground

.

This

scene

lasted

but

a

few

seconds

:

the

shark

returned

,

and

,

turning

on

his

back

,

prepared

himself

for

cutting

the

Indian

in

two

,

when

I

saw

Captain

Nemo

rise

suddenly

,

and

then

,

dagger

in

hand

,

walk

straight

to

the

monster

,

ready

to

fight

face

to

face

with

him

.

The

very

moment

the

shark

was

going

to

snap

the

unhappy

fisherman

in

two

,

he

perceived

his

new

adversary

,

and

,

turning

over

,

made

straight

towards

him

.

I

can

still

see

Captain

Nemo

's

position

.

Holding

himself

well

together

,

he

waited

for

the

shark

with

admirable

coolness

;

and

,

when

it

rushed

at

him

,

threw

himself

on

one

side

with

wonderful

quickness

,

avoiding

the

shock

,

and

burying

his

dagger

deep

into

its

side

.

But

it

was

not

all

over

.

A

terrible

combat

ensued

.

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The

shark

had

seemed

to

roar

,

if

I

might

say

so

.

The

blood

rushed

in

torrents

from

its

wound

.

The

sea

was

dyed

red

,

and

through

the

opaque

liquid

I

could

distinguish

nothing

more

.

Nothing

more

until

the

moment

when

,

like

lightning

,

I

saw

the

undaunted

Captain

hanging

on

to

one

of

the

creature

's

fins

,

struggling

,

as

it

were

,

hand

to

hand

with

the

monster

,

and

dealing

successive

blows

at

his

enemy

,

yet

still

unable

to

give

a

decisive

one

.

The

shark

's

struggles

agitated

the

water

with

such

fury

that

the

rocking

threatened

to

upset

me

.

I

wanted

to

go

to

the

Captain

's

assistance

,

but

,

nailed

to

the

spot

with

horror

,

I

could

not

stir

.

I

saw

the

haggard

eye

;

I

saw

the

different

phases

of

the

fight

.

The

Captain

fell

to

the

earth

,

upset

by

the

enormous

mass

which

leant

upon

him

.

The

shark

's

jaws

opened

wide

,

like

a

pair

of

factory

shears

,

and

it

would

have

been

all

over

with

the

Captain

;

but

,

quick

as

thought

,

harpoon

in

hand

,

Ned

Land

rushed

towards

the

shark

and

struck

it

with

its

sharp

point

.

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The

waves

were

impregnated

with

a

mass

of

blood

.

They

rocked

under

the

shark

's

movements

,

which

beat

them

with

indescribable

fury

.

Ned

Land

had

not

missed

his

aim

.

It

was

the

monster

's

death-rattle

.

Struck

to

the

heart

,

it

struggled

in

dreadful

convulsions

,

the

shock

of

which

overthrew

Conseil

.

But

Ned

Land

had

disentangled

the

Captain

,

who

,

getting

up

without

any

wound

,

went

straight

to

the

Indian

,

quickly

cut

the

cord

which

held

him

to

his

stone

,

took

him

in

his

arms

,

and

,

with

a

sharp

blow

of

his

heel

,

mounted

to

the

surface

.

We

all

three

followed

in

a

few

seconds

,

saved

by

a

miracle

,

and

reached

the

fisherman

's

boat

.

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