The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-04
THE FARMER AND MECHANIC

i'd.on, as he had begun to accent
avsisthlhg~ connected with the strange
ana wonderful life he found himself
leadlls, without hesitation and hardly
with urpriSe.
he captain appeared AT h-roakfas
NEXT morning and said az he ate. sly
"ileh l asked you to hunt " in me
II the forest or Crespo YOU doubtless
.nousht me mad. Never Judge lightly
~ any man. You know. professor.
LA q mar may live under water pro-
Vloed he carries with him a sufhci NJ
supply OF breathable air. In sub
marine work the diver. clad in an I'M
pefNlous dress with his head in = bel
ne', receives air from above by means
VI lofce pumps and regulators. But
1iiuef these conditions his freedom Of
movement is limited; ne is attached
70 the pumps, which supply him With
dlf u can move only the lenytb Of
MS ar pipe. Now, | use the Rouuuavl.
apparatus, invented by two of your
cohntrYmen and perfected BY myself.
III shoft, We carry upon our backs
reservoirs Of air compressed under al
pressure of fifty a~tmospheres A pc
coll2r arrangement of valves allows
.hiS compressed air to escape into the
htlmet at its normal tension. The
loul ar escapes by q valve as the
1resh air enters. With such an appa-
f:ttuS as this, We can traverse the bof-
tom Of the sea with ease and sa catv.
ana cad IN such divers dress Can
tam Memo, with one of his sailors and
his guests, did hunt in the submarine
forests of the Island of C~respo-for-
ests . huSe sea plants inhabited .,
various and strange marine animals
Powerful electric lights, fed from
storage batteries, were affixed to the
front OF their helmets, lisHts which
might be turned on or off at pleasure
and with which they could, when nee
essary, illunine the shadows of the
submarine forest or the K 81
the ocean caves. Their guns tired
electric bullets, miniature batteries Of
high power, which were projected
from the barrel by compressed air,
and the whole mechanism Of the gun
was watertight and waterproof, in
order to get to their happy hunting
grounds, they first went into q sort
OF robing room, where they put Oh
their diving apparatus. Then the sea
water was let into this apartment, a
sliding panel opened in the side Of
the Nautilus, which lay on the bot
tom, and they stepped forth upon the
floor Of the sea.
After beholding the wonders Of the
Pacific and having many strange ad-
ventures, the prisoners Of the Nautilus
found themselves on January Is. in the
Ind al Ocean, to the south OF the
Sunda Islands and to the eastward
Ol Australia II was q )fIllflS
threatening storm, and the sea, alonS
2 the surface Of which the Nautilus was
! gliding, was rough. The professor
with his two c~ompaoinns, was on the
platform. as were also Captain Memo
and his lieutenant, who was scannin,
the horizon with a sea glass. Sudden
~, the lieutenant turned with evident
suppressed excitement and said some
thing to the captain in their strange
tongue. The professor put his glass
to his eyes. but before he could take
/ a look through it, it was dashed from
f his hand. He turned to see Captain
: Memo standing before him-but now
changed. His eyes flashed suddenly.
his teeth were set, his body stiff. his
fists clenched. HIS head was shrunk
between his shoulders and a violent
3 agitation seemed to perNade his NEole
frame. M. Aronnax,' said he. max
ing an effort to recover himself, you
and your companions must be con-
| fined in your cabins until | think ut
{ to release you-such was our con-
tract
Not only were the three confined
in their cabins, but in the food Wnlcn
: was supplied them just before they
were shut up some soporofic had been
mixed, SO that they slep IL
was the next morning when Grey
awoke. Captain Memo, calm, PATE,
and now apparently somewhat deJett,
ed. came to the professor ana asked
him if he knew anything OF medlc.}e
and surgery. The professor lid, and
l he was taken to visit a man. one OF
: the crew, who had been lady wound
| ed in theh head in the mysterious affair
l which had taken place while the Pfls-
[ oners had Deer asleep in their CABINS.
? The injured man was about 20 years
of age, with a resolute eXpressloI' d
2 true type of AnglO-SaxOn.
.IIa will be dead in two hours,
: said the professor. Tears stood III
! Cantaip Nemo's eyes. The nan DIED,
and the next morning, they buried
: him in a graveyard at the bottom
> of the sea. WHITTIER they went IN ttlelf
diving outfit. 1t was IN d Nast slaoe
:, s,rro11nded hy a submarine forest
and there were coral crosses erected
!. there marking other graves.
/, They proceeded through the Indla[l
t Ocean and up the Red Sea, al the