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Thus

I

only

knew

we

were

near

the

Island

of

Carpathos

,

one

of

the

Sporades

,

by

Captain

Nemo

reciting

these

lines

from

Virgil

:

"

Est

Carpathio

Neptuni

gurgite

vates

,

Caeruleus

Proteus

,

"

as

he

pointed

to

a

spot

on

the

planisphere

.

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It

was

indeed

the

ancient

abode

of

Proteus

,

the

old

shepherd

of

Neptune

's

flocks

,

now

the

Island

of

Scarpanto

,

situated

between

Rhodes

and

Crete

.

I

saw

nothing

but

the

granite

base

through

the

glass

panels

of

the

saloon

.

The

next

day

,

the

14th

of

February

,

I

resolved

to

employ

some

hours

in

studying

the

fishes

of

the

Archipelago

;

but

for

some

reason

or

other

the

panels

remained

hermetically

sealed

.

Upon

taking

the

course

of

the

Nautilus

,

I

found

that

we

were

going

towards

Candia

,

the

ancient

Isle

of

Crete

.

At

the

time

I

embarked

on

the

Abraham

Lincoln

,

the

whole

of

this

island

had

risen

in

insurrection

against

the

despotism

of

the

Turks

.

But

how

the

insurgents

had

fared

since

that

time

I

was

absolutely

ignorant

,

and

it

was

not

Captain

Nemo

,

deprived

of

all

land

communications

,

who

could

tell

me

.

I

made

no

allusion

to

this

event

when

that

night

I

found

myself

alone

with

him

in

the

saloon

.

Besides

,

he

seemed

to

be

taciturn

and

preoccupied

.

Then

,

contrary

to

his

custom

,

he

ordered

both

panels

to

be

opened

,

and

,

going

from

one

to

the

other

,

observed

the

mass

of

waters

attentively

.

To

what

end

I

could

not

guess

;

so

,

on

my

side

,

I

employed

my

time

in

studying

the

fish

passing

before

my

eyes

.

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In

the

midst

of

the

waters

a

man

appeared

,

a

diver

,

carrying

at

his

belt

a

leathern

purse

.

It

was

not

a

body

abandoned

to

the

waves

;

it

was

a

living

man

,

swimming

with

a

strong

hand

,

disappearing

occasionally

to

take

breath

at

the

surface

.

I

turned

towards

Captain

Nemo

,

and

in

an

agitated

voice

exclaimed

:

"

A

man

shipwrecked

!

He

must

be

saved

at

any

price

!

"

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