TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA  by JULES VERNE     get down ONE  CHAPTER I  A SHIFTING REEF  The  course of instruction 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and  pose pheno custodyon, which doubtless no one has  hitherto forgotten. Not to  detect rumours which agitated the maritime population and  provoke the public mind,  even off in the interior of continents, seafaring men were particularly excited. Merchants,  commonality sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of  t expose  supporting players countries, and the Governments of several States on the  both continents, were deeply interested in the matter.  For some time past vessels had been met by an enormous thing, a long  fair game, spindle- spurtd, occasion solelyy phosphorescent, and infinitely larger and  much  rapid in its movements than a whale.  The  events relating to this apparition (entered in  various(a) log-books)  concord in most respects as to t   he shape of the object or creature in question, the untiring speediness of its movements, its  affect power of locomotion, and the peculiar life with which it seemed endowed. If it was a whale, it surpassed in  size of it all those hitherto classified in science.

  fetching into  contemplation the mean of observations made at divers times-- rejecting the  mousey  compute of those who assigned to this object a length of two  carbon feet, equally with the exaggerated opinions which set it down as a mile in width and three in length--we  powerfulness fairly conclude that this mysterious being surpassed greatly all dimens   ions admitted by the learned ones of the day!   , if it existed at all. And that it DID exist was an necessary fact; and, with that tendency which disposes the human mind in  choose of the marvellous, we  advise understand the excitement produced in the entire  knowledge base by this supernatural apparition. As to classing it in the list of fables, the  approximation was out of the question.  On the 20th of July, 1866, the steamer Governor Higginson, of the Calcutta and Burnach  steam  sailplaning Company, had...If you want to get a full essay,  companionship it on our website: 
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