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The
excitement
caused
by
this
news
was
extreme
.
The
ship
was
revictualled
and
well
stocked
with
coal
.
Three
hours
before
the
Abraham
Lincoln
left
Brooklyn
pier
,
I
received
a
letter
worded
as
follows
:
To
M.
Aronnax
,
Professor
in
the
Museum
of
Paris
,
Fifth
Avenue
Hotel
,
New
York
.
Sir
,
--
If
you
will
consent
to
join
the
Abraham
Lincoln
in
this
expedition
,
the
Government
of
the
United
States
will
with
pleasure
see
France
represented
in
the
enterprise
.
Commander
Farragut
has
a
cabin
at
your
disposal
.
Very
cordially
yours
,
J.
B.
Hobson
,
Secretary
of
Marine
.
Three
seconds
before
the
arrival
of
J.
B.
Hobson
's
letter
I
no
more
thought
of
pursuing
the
unicorn
than
of
attempting
the
passage
of
the
North
Sea
.
Three
seconds
after
reading
the
letter
of
the
honourable
Secretary
of
Marine
,
I
felt
that
my
true
vocation
,
the
sole
end
of
my
life
,
was
to
chase
this
disturbing
monster
and
purge
it
from
the
world
.
But
I
had
just
returned
from
a
fatiguing
journey
,
weary
and
longing
for
repose
.
I
aspired
to
nothing
more
than
again
seeing
my
country
,
my
friends
,
my
little
lodging
by
the
Jardin
des
Plantes
,
my
dear
and
precious
collections
--
but
nothing
could
keep
me
back
!
I
forgot
all
--
fatigue
,
friends
and
collections
--
and
accepted
without
hesitation
the
offer
of
the
American
Government
.
"
Besides
,
"
thought
I
,
"
all
roads
lead
back
to
Europe
;
and
the
unicorn
may
be
amiable
enough
to
hurry
me
towards
the
coast
of
France
.
This
worthy
animal
may
allow
itself
to
be
caught
in
the
seas
of
Europe
-LRB-
for
my
particular
benefit
-RRB-
,
and
I
will
not
bring
back
less
than
half
a
yard
of
his
ivory
halberd
to
the
Museum
of
Natural
History
.
"
But
in
the
meanwhile
I
must
seek
this
narwhal
in
the
North
Pacific
Ocean
,
which
,
to
return
to
France
,
was
taking
the
road
to
the
antipodes
.
"
Conseil
,
"
I
called
in
an
impatient
voice
.
Conseil
was
my
servant
,
a
true
,
devoted
Flemish
boy
,
who
had
accompanied
me
in
all
my
travels
.
I
liked
him
,
and
he
returned
the
liking
well
.
He
was
quiet
by
nature
,
regular
from
principle
,
zealous
from
habit
,
evincing
little
disturbance
at
the
different
surprises
of
life
,
very
quick
with
his
hands
,
and
apt
at
any
service
required
of
him
;
and
,
despite
his
name
,
never
giving
advice
--
even
when
asked
for
it
.
