The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

come of this; we are sailing blindly.' said he.
 The ceiling of the saloon, which had been shedding around brilliant light grew dark on the instant; there was a noise of plates sliding in the sides of the Nautilus. Tt is the end of the endr' cried Ned. But a light began to glow at either end of the saloon through two large oblong openings; two crystal plates separated them from the sea, the liquid mass of which was illuminated by an electric gleam; the depths of the sea were now visible for a mile around the ves- sel. Who can describe the effect of the light thrown through those transparent sheets of water and the softness of the successive gradations from the lower to the superior strata of the ocean? We know the transparency of sea water and that it's clearness Is far beyond that of spring water from the rock The Nau- titus seemed to be moving through liquid out to advantage the brightness out side, and they gazed through the great sheets of glass as into an immense aqua rum.
 And there swan and dived and gam boled an aquatic army, escorting the Nau- titus. The professor marked there the green labre; the banded mullet, marked by a double line of black; the round- tailed goby, white with violet spots; the Japanese scombrus, the beautiful mack erel of those seas with a blue body and l-tt.. banded sparee, with aclostones, the wood cock of the sea; Japanese salamanders, spider lampreys, serpents six feet long with eyes small and lively and huge mouths bristling with teeth, and many other curious and gorgeous species. The vivacity of their movements and the beauty of their forms and colorings threw the professor into an ecstasy. Suddenly there was a light in the saloon again. the panels closed and the splendid vision disappeared After that many times were the plates opened and in many parts of the ocean did the professor gaze in wonder at the vision revealed to him through the glass panels.
 They had been on board the Nautilus for more than a week and had seen little of Captain Memo, almost nothing of the crew, when one morning Aronnax found on his table note from the captain in- vting him ito a hunt in the forests of the Island of Crespo' the next day Now the Island of Crespo is a small islet In the North Pacific with nothing like a forest, in fact no room for forest, upon it. But Aronnax accepted the invita- ton, as he had begun to accept every thing connected with the strange and wonderful life he found himself leading, without hesitation and hardly with sur prise.
 | The captain appeared at breakfast next morning and said as he ate: sir, when I asked you to hunt with me in the for est of Crespo you doubtless thought me mad. Never judge lightly of any man. You know, professor that man may live under water provided he carries with him sufficient supply of bre1thable air. In submarine work the diver, clad in an impervious dress with his head in helmet, receives aid from above by means of force pumps and regulators. But under these conditions his freedom of | movement is limited; he Is attached to the pumps, which supply him with air and can only move the length of his air pipe Now I use the Rouquayi apparatus, invented by two of your countrymen, and perfected by myself. Tn short, we carry upon our backs reservoirs of air compressed under a pressure of 50 atmos- pheres. peculiar arrangement of valves allows this compressed air to escape into the helmet at It's normal tension The foul air escapes by valve as the fresh