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"

In

the

very

heart

of

an

extinct

volcano

,

the

interior

of

which

has

been

invaded

by

the

sea

,

after

some

great

convulsion

of

the

earth

.

Whilst

you

were

sleeping

,

Professor

,

the

Nautilus

penetrated

to

this

lagoon

by

a

natural

canal

,

which

opens

about

ten

yards

beneath

the

surface

of

the

ocean

.

This

is

its

harbour

of

refuge

,

a

sure

,

commodious

,

and

mysterious

one

,

sheltered

from

all

gales

.

Show

me

,

if

you

can

,

on

the

coasts

of

any

of

your

continents

or

islands

,

a

road

which

can

give

such

perfect

refuge

from

all

storms

.

"

"

Certainly

,

"

I

replied

,

"

you

are

in

safety

here

,

Captain

Nemo

.

Who

could

reach

you

in

the

heart

of

a

volcano

?

But

did

I

not

see

an

opening

at

its

summit

?

"

"

Yes

;

its

crater

,

formerly

filled

with

lava

,

vapour

,

and

flames

,

and

which

now

gives

entrance

to

the

life-giving

air

we

breathe

.

"

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"

But

what

is

this

volcanic

mountain

?

"

"

It

belongs

to

one

of

the

numerous

islands

with

which

this

sea

is

strewn

--

to

vessels

a

simple

sandbank

--

to

us

an

immense

cavern

.

Chance

led

me

to

discover

it

,

and

chance

served

me

well

.

"

"

But

of

what

use

is

this

refuge

,

Captain

?

The

Nautilus

wants

no

port

.

"

"

No

,

sir

;

but

it

wants

electricity

to

make

it

move

,

and

the

wherewithal

to

make

the

electricity

--

sodium

to

feed

the

elements

,

coal

from

which

to

get

the

sodium

,

and

a

coal-mine

to

supply

the

coal

.

And

exactly

on

this

spot

the

sea

covers

entire

forests

embedded

during

the

geological

periods

,

now

mineralised

and

transformed

into

coal

;

for

me

they

are

an

inexhaustible

mine

.

"

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"

Your

men

follow

the

trade

of

miners

here

,

then

,

Captain

?

"

"

Exactly

so

.

These

mines

extend

under

the

waves

like

the

mines

of

Newcastle

.

Here

,

in

their

diving-dresses

,

pick

axe

and

shovel

in

hand

,

my

men

extract

the

coal

,

which

I

do

not

even

ask

from

the

mines

of

the

earth

.

When

I

burn

this

combustible

for

the

manufacture

of

sodium

,

the

smoke

,

escaping

from

the

crater

of

the

mountain

,

gives

it

the

appearance

of

a

still-active

volcano

.

"

"

And

we

shall

see

your

companions

at

work

?

"

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