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From
the
saloon
,
where
I
was
taking
notes
of
incidents
happening
during
this
excursion
to
the
polar
continent
,
I
could
hear
the
cries
of
petrels
and
albatrosses
sporting
in
the
midst
of
this
violent
storm
.
The
Nautilus
did
not
remain
motionless
,
but
skirted
the
coast
,
advancing
ten
miles
more
to
the
south
in
the
half-light
left
by
the
sun
as
it
skirted
the
edge
of
the
horizon
.
The
next
day
,
the
20th
of
March
,
the
snow
had
ceased
.
The
cold
was
a
little
greater
,
the
thermometer
showing
2
°
below
zero
.
The
fog
was
rising
,
and
I
hoped
that
that
day
our
observations
might
be
taken
.
Captain
Nemo
not
having
yet
appeared
,
the
boat
took
Conseil
and
myself
to
land
.
The
soil
was
still
of
the
same
volcanic
nature
;
everywhere
were
traces
of
lava
,
scoriae
,
and
basalt
;
but
the
crater
which
had
vomited
them
I
could
not
see
.
Here
,
as
lower
down
,
this
continent
was
alive
with
myriads
of
birds
.
But
their
rule
was
now
divided
with
large
troops
of
sea-mammals
,
looking
at
us
with
their
soft
eyes
.
There
were
several
kinds
of
seals
,
some
stretched
on
the
earth
,
some
on
flakes
of
ice
,
many
going
in
and
out
of
the
sea
.
They
did
not
flee
at
our
approach
,
never
having
had
anything
to
do
with
man
;
and
I
reckoned
that
there
were
provisions
there
for
hundreds
of
vessels
.
"
Sir
,
"
said
Conseil
,
"
will
you
tell
me
the
names
of
these
creatures
?
"
"
They
are
seals
and
morses
.
"
It
was
now
eight
in
the
morning
.
Four
hours
remained
to
us
before
the
sun
could
be
observed
with
advantage
.
I
directed
our
steps
towards
a
vast
bay
cut
in
the
steep
granite
shore
.
There
,
I
can
aver
that
earth
and
ice
were
lost
to
sight
by
the
numbers
of
sea-mammals
covering
them
,
and
I
involuntarily
sought
for
old
Proteus
,
the
mythological
shepherd
who
watched
these
immense
flocks
of
Neptune
.
There
were
more
seals
than
anything
else
,
forming
distinct
groups
,
male
and
female
,
the
father
watching
over
his
family
,
the
mother
suckling
her
little
ones
,
some
already
strong
enough
to
go
a
few
steps
.
When
they
wished
to
change
their
place
,
they
took
little
jumps
,
made
by
the
contraction
of
their
bodies
,
and
helped
awkwardly
enough
by
their
imperfect
fin
,
which
,
as
with
the
lamantin
,
their
cousins
,
forms
a
perfect
forearm
.
I
should
say
that
,
in
the
water
,
which
is
their
element
--
the
spine
of
these
creatures
is
flexible
;
with
smooth
and
close
skin
and
webbed
feet
--
they
swim
admirably
.
In
resting
on
the
earth
they
take
the
most
graceful
attitudes
.
Thus
the
ancients
,
observing
their
soft
and
expressive
looks
,
which
can
not
be
surpassed
by
the
most
beautiful
look
a
woman
can
give
,
their
clear
voluptuous
eyes
,
their
charming
positions
,
and
the
poetry
of
their
manners
,
metamorphosed
them
,
the
male
into
a
triton
and
the
female
into
a
mermaid
.
I
made
Conseil
notice
the
considerable
development
of
the
lobes
of
the
brain
in
these
interesting
cetaceans
.
No
mammal
,
except
man
,
has
such
a
quantity
of
brain
matter
;
they
are
also
capable
of
receiving
a
certain
amount
of
education
,
are
easily
domesticated
,
and
I
think
,
with
other
naturalists
,
that
if
properly
taught
they
would
be
of
great
service
as
fishing-dogs
.
The
greater
part
of
them
slept
on
the
rocks
or
on
the
sand
.
Amongst
these
seals
,
properly
so
called
,
which
have
no
external
ears
-LRB-
in
which
they
differ
from
the
otter
,
whose
ears
are
prominent
-RRB-
,
I
noticed
several
varieties
of
seals
about
three
yards
long
,
with
a
white
coat
,
bulldog
heads
,
armed
with
teeth
in
both
jaws
,
four
incisors
at
the
top
and
four
at
the
bottom
,
and
two
large
canine
teeth
in
the
shape
of
a
fleur-de-lis
.
Amongst
them
glided
sea-elephants
,
a
kind
of
seal
,
with
short
,
flexible
trunks
.
The
giants
of
this
species
measured
twenty
feet
round
and
ten
yards
and
a
half
in
length
;
but
they
did
not
move
as
we
approached
.
"
These
creatures
are
not
dangerous
?
"
asked
Conseil
.
"
No
;
not
unless
you
attack
them
.
When
they
have
to
defend
their
young
their
rage
is
terrible
,
and
it
is
not
uncommon
for
them
to
break
the
fishing-boats
to
pieces
.
"
"
They
are
quite
right
,
"
said
Conseil
.
"
I
do
not
say
they
are
not
.
"
Two
miles
farther
on
we
were
stopped
by
the
promontory
which
shelters
the
bay
from
the
southerly
winds
.
Beyond
it
we
heard
loud
bellowings
such
as
a
troop
of
ruminants
would
produce
.
