Captain Nemo's Secret (Blog 2)

Now on board the Nautilus, Captain Nemo shows the Professor and his friends around the wonders of the ocean, traveling all over the world. They even went hunting which led them to an island where they got attacked by natives. (Also, it would be appropriate to mention that as the only condition for Captain Nemo to keep the Professor and his friends on board the Nautilus, is that when the Captain tells them to go back to their rooms for "reasons unknown", they have to go to their rooms and stay there, no questions asked). An unknown situation arises, and the Professor and his fellow friends are forced back to their rooms, where they pass out. When they woke up again, a flustered Captain Nemo comes in asking for a doctor. The Professor volunteers, and finds a man who is covered in blood and bandages, barely hanging on to life, and who dies. The Captain and his crew perform a burial for the dead crew member in a coral cemetery.

Some things I found interesting:

""What discovery?" 
"Yes, Conseil; but instead of being rolled from right to left, this olive turns from left to right."
"Is it possible?"
"Yes, my boy; it is a left shell."
Shells are all left handed, with rare exceptions; and, when by chance their spiral is left, amateurs are ready to pay their weight in gold." (pg. 124)

I think this is interesting, because I did not know this before.


"About seven o'clock in the evening, the Nautilus, half-immersed, was sailing in a sea of milk... 'It is called a milk sea,' I explained. 'A large extent of white wavelets often to be seen on the coasts of Amboyna, and in these parts of the sea... These insects adhere to one another sometimes for several leagues." (pg. 151-152)

There is no accurate picture to show what I imagined in my mind. This sea seems beautiful!!!! :)


The Captain and his crew buried their dead crew member in a coral cemetery... Again, no accurate picture to depict what I imagined, but here is a beautiful picture of sea life anyways...









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Shells: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcawIGVUfYVDwYnn8t3D4_JwlovFLn8FzETlgyKZZjjsXD0qL6MHv3pg2jTxd5I_q2ATcxJ87-zhBRubHhxGfKUSv0XqrC7WSrtArCP-Iuklo8KeD0jRM5NH2yAV5urWLhCMH80JhHmVxC/s1600/Dover-1384-LH-and-RH-shells.jpg

Milk Sea: http://fc07.deviantart.net/images3/i/2004/102/f/f/Shelter_of_the_milk_sea.jpg

Coral: http://www.wallsave.com/wallpapers/1600x1200/disney-cars/447620/disney-cars-sea-coral-447620.jpg