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In
consequence
of
the
storm
,
we
had
been
thrown
eastward
once
more
.
All
hope
of
escape
on
the
shores
of
New
York
or
St.
Lawrence
had
faded
away
;
and
poor
Ned
,
in
despair
,
had
isolated
himself
like
Captain
Nemo
.
Conseil
and
I
,
however
,
never
left
each
other
.
I
said
that
the
Nautilus
had
gone
aside
to
the
east
.
I
should
have
said
-LRB-
to
be
more
exact
-RRB-
the
north-east
.
For
some
days
,
it
wandered
first
on
the
surface
,
and
then
beneath
it
,
amid
those
fogs
so
dreaded
by
sailors
.
What
accidents
are
due
to
these
thick
fogs
!
What
shocks
upon
these
reefs
when
the
wind
drowns
the
breaking
of
the
waves
!
What
collisions
between
vessels
,
in
spite
of
their
warning
lights
,
whistles
,
and
alarm
bells
!
And
the
bottoms
of
these
seas
look
like
a
field
of
battle
,
where
still
lie
all
the
conquered
of
the
ocean
;
some
old
and
already
encrusted
,
others
fresh
and
reflecting
from
their
iron
bands
and
copper
plates
the
brilliancy
of
our
lantern
.
On
the
15th
of
May
we
were
at
the
extreme
south
of
the
Bank
of
Newfoundland
.
This
bank
consists
of
alluvia
,
or
large
heaps
of
organic
matter
,
brought
either
from
the
Equator
by
the
Gulf
Stream
,
or
from
the
North
Pole
by
the
counter-current
of
cold
water
which
skirts
the
American
coast
.
There
also
are
heaped
up
those
erratic
blocks
which
are
carried
along
by
the
broken
ice
;
and
close
by
,
a
vast
charnel-house
of
molluscs
,
which
perish
here
by
millions
.
The
depth
of
the
sea
is
not
great
at
Newfoundland
--
not
more
than
some
hundreds
of
fathoms
;
but
towards
the
south
is
a
depression
of
1,500
fathoms
.
There
the
Gulf
Stream
widens
.
It
loses
some
of
its
speed
and
some
of
its
temperature
,
but
it
becomes
a
sea
.
It
was
on
the
17th
of
May
,
about
500
miles
from
Heart
's
Content
,
at
a
depth
of
more
than
1,400
fathoms
,
that
I
saw
the
electric
cable
lying
on
the
bottom
.
Conseil
,
to
whom
I
had
not
mentioned
it
,
thought
at
first
that
it
was
a
gigantic
sea-serpent
.
But
I
undeceived
the
worthy
fellow
,
and
by
way
of
consolation
related
several
particulars
in
the
laying
of
this
cable
.
The
first
one
was
laid
in
the
years
1857
and
1858
;
but
,
after
transmitting
about
400
telegrams
,
would
not
act
any
longer
.
In
1863
the
engineers
constructed
an
other
one
,
measuring
2,000
miles
in
length
,
and
weighing
4,500
tons
,
which
was
embarked
on
the
Great
Eastern
.
This
attempt
also
failed
.
On
the
25th
of
May
the
Nautilus
,
being
at
a
depth
of
more
than
1,918
fathoms
,
was
on
the
precise
spot
where
the
rupture
occurred
which
ruined
the
enterprise
.
It
was
within
638
miles
of
the
coast
of
Ireland
;
and
at
half-past
two
in
the
afternoon
they
discovered
that
communication
with
Europe
had
ceased
.
The
electricians
on
board
resolved
to
cut
the
cable
before
fishing
it
up
,
and
at
eleven
o’clock
at
night
they
had
recovered
the
damaged
part
.
They
made
another
point
and
spliced
it
,
and
it
was
once
more
submerged
.
But
some
days
after
it
broke
again
,
and
in
the
depths
of
the
ocean
could
not
be
recaptured
.
The
Americans
,
however
,
were
not
discouraged
.
Cyrus
Field
,
the
bold
promoter
of
the
enterprise
,
as
he
had
sunk
all
his
own
fortune
,
set
a
new
subscription
on
foot
,
which
was
at
once
answered
,
and
another
cable
was
constructed
on
better
principles
.
The
bundles
of
conducting
wires
were
each
enveloped
in
gutta-percha
,
and
protected
by
a
wadding
of
hemp
,
contained
in
a
metallic
covering
.
The
Great
Eastern
sailed
on
the
13th
of
July
,
1866
.
The
operation
worked
well
.
But
one
incident
occurred
.
Several
times
in
unrolling
the
cable
they
observed
that
nails
had
recently
been
forced
into
it
,
evidently
with
the
motive
of
destroying
it
.
Captain
Anderson
,
the
officers
,
and
engineers
consulted
together
,
and
had
it
posted
up
that
,
if
the
offender
was
surprised
on
board
,
he
would
be
thrown
without
further
trial
into
the
sea
.
From
that
time
the
criminal
attempt
was
never
repeated
.
On
the
23rd
of
July
the
Great
Eastern
was
not
more
than
500
miles
from
Newfoundland
,
when
they
telegraphed
from
Ireland
the
news
of
the
armistice
concluded
between
Prussia
and
Austria
after
Sadowa
.
On
the
27th
,
in
the
midst
of
heavy
fogs
,
they
reached
the
port
of
Heart
's
Content
.
The
enterprise
was
successfully
terminated
;
and
for
its
first
despatch
,
young
America
addressed
old
Europe
in
these
words
of
wisdom
,
so
rarely
understood
:
"
Glory
to
God
in
the
highest
,
and
on
earth
peace
,
goodwill
towards
men
.
"
I
did
not
expect
to
find
the
electric
cable
in
its
primitive
state
,
such
as
it
was
on
leaving
the
manufactory
.
The
long
serpent
,
covered
with
the
remains
of
shells
,
bristling
with
foraminiferae
,
was
encrusted
with
a
strong
coating
which
served
as
a
protection
against
all
boring
molluscs
.
It
lay
quietly
sheltered
from
the
motions
of
the
sea
,
and
under
a
favourable
pressure
for
the
transmission
of
the
electric
spark
which
passes
from
Europe
to
America
in
.
32
of
a
second
.
Doubtless
this
cable
will
last
for
a
great
length
of
time
,
for
they
find
that
the
gutta-percha
covering
is
improved
by
the
sea-water
.
Besides
,
on
this
level
,
so
well
chosen
,
the
cable
is
never
so
deeply
submerged
as
to
cause
it
to
break
.
The
Nautilus
followed
it
to
the
lowest
depth
,
which
was
more
than
2,212
fathoms
,
and
there
it
lay
without
any
anchorage
;
and
then
we
reached
the
spot
where
the
accident
had
taken
place
in
1863
.
The
bottom
of
the
ocean
then
formed
a
valley
about
100
miles
broad
,
in
which
Mont
Blanc
might
have
been
placed
without
its
summit
appearing
above
the
waves
.
This
valley
is
closed
at
the
east
by
a
perpendicular
wall
more
than
2,000
yards
high
.
We
arrived
there
on
the
28th
of
May
,
and
the
Nautilus
was
then
not
more
than
120
miles
from
Ireland
.
Was
Captain
Nemo
going
to
land
on
the
British
Isles
?
No
.
To
my
great
surprise
he
made
for
the
south
,
once
more
coming
back
towards
European
seas
.
In
rounding
the
Emerald
Isle
,
for
one
instant
I
caught
sight
of
Cape
Clear
,
and
the
light
which
guides
the
thousands
of
vessels
leaving
Glasgow
or
Liverpool
.
An
important
question
then
arose
in
my
mind
.
Did
the
Nautilus
dare
entangle
itself
in
the
Manche
?
Ned
Land
,
who
had
re-appeared
since
we
had
been
nearing
land
,
did
not
cease
to
question
me
.
How
could
I
answer
?
Captain
Nemo
reminded
invisible
.
After
having
shown
the
Canadian
a
glimpse
of
American
shores
,
was
he
going
to
show
me
the
coast
of
France
?
But
the
Nautilus
was
still
going
southward
.
On
the
30th
of
May
,
it
passed
in
sight
of
Land
's
End
,
between
the
extreme
point
of
England
and
the
Scilly
Isles
,
which
were
left
to
starboard
.
If
we
wished
to
enter
the
Manche
,
he
must
go
straight
to
the
east
.
He
did
not
do
so
.
