codeberg.org/go-pdf/fpdf@v0.11.1/pdf/reference/Fpdf_MultiCell.pdf (about) 1 %PDF-1.3 2 %µ¶ 3 3 0 obj 4 <</Type /Page 5 /Parent 1 0 R 6 /Resources 2 0 R 7 /Contents 4 0 R>> 8 endobj 9 4 0 obj 10 <</Length 7263>> 11 stream 12 0 J 13 0 j 14 0.57 w 15 0.000 G 16 0.000 g 17 BT /Ff5d2de5f3a71699ae4b2d83179e62d09e6fc4126 15.00 Tf ET 18 0.000 0.314 0.706 RG 19 0.902 0.902 0.000 rg 20 2.83 w 21 179.09 813.54 237.10 -25.51 re B q 0.863 0.196 0.196 rg BT 187.59 796.28 Td (20000 Leagues Under the Seas)Tj ET Q 22 0.57 w 23 0.000 G 24 0.000 g 25 BT /F0a76705d18e0494dd24cb573e53aa0a8c710ec99 12.00 Tf ET 26 0.784 0.863 1.000 rg 27 28.35 759.68 538.58 -17.01 re f q 0.000 g BT 31.19 747.58 Td (Chapter 1 : A RUNAWAY REEF)Tj ET Q 28 BT /Fd08375f64eb9861c6eae4dfcfdbd3500fbdbe33e 12.00 Tf ET 29 0.000 Tw 30 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 720.65 Td (The year 1866 was marked by a bizarre development, an unexplained and downright inexplicable phenomenon)Tj ET Q 31 1.412 Tw 32 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 706.48 Td (that surely no one has forgotten. Without getting into those rumors that upset civilians in the seaports and)Tj ET Q 33 0.750 Tw 34 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 692.30 Td (deranged the public mind even far inland, it must be said that professional seamen were especially alarmed.)Tj ET Q 35 1.846 Tw 36 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 678.13 Td (Traders, shipowners, captains of vessels, skippers, and master mariners from Europe and America, naval)Tj ET Q 37 0.000 Tw 38 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 663.96 Td (officers from every country, and at their heels the various national governments on these two continents, were)Tj ET Q 39 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 649.78 Td (all extremely disturbed by the business.)Tj ET Q 40 3.529 Tw 41 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 635.61 Td (In essence, over a period of time several ships had encountered "an enormous thing" at sea, a long)Tj ET Q 42 1.846 Tw 43 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 621.44 Td (spindle-shaped object, sometimes giving off a phosphorescent glow, infinitely bigger and faster than any)Tj ET Q 44 0 Tw 45 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 607.26 Td (whale.)Tj ET Q 46 0.000 Tw 47 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 593.09 Td (The relevant data on this apparition, as recorded in various logbooks, agreed pretty closely as to the structure)Tj ET Q 48 0.000 Tw 49 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 578.92 Td (of the object or creature in question, its unprecedented speed of movement, its startling locomotive power, and)Tj ET Q 50 1.143 Tw 51 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 564.74 Td (the unique vitality with which it seemed to be gifted. If it was a cetacean, it exceeded in bulk any whale)Tj ET Q 52 0.857 Tw 53 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 550.57 Td (previously classified by science. No naturalist, neither Cuvier nor Lacépède, neither Professor Dumeril nor)Tj ET Q 54 0.800 Tw 55 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 536.40 Td (Professor de Quatrefages, would have accepted the existence of such a monster sight unseen -- specifically,)Tj ET Q 56 0 Tw 57 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 522.22 Td (unseen by their own scientific eyes.)Tj ET Q 58 1.500 Tw 59 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 508.05 Td (Striking an average of observations taken at different times -- rejecting those timid estimates that gave the)Tj ET Q 60 2.526 Tw 61 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 493.88 Td (object a length of 200 feet, and ignoring those exaggerated views that saw it as a mile wide and three)Tj ET Q 62 0.857 Tw 63 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 479.70 Td (long--you could still assert that this phenomenal creature greatly exceeded the dimensions of anything then)Tj ET Q 64 0 Tw 65 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 465.53 Td (known to ichthyologists, if it existed at all.)Tj ET Q 66 0.000 Tw 67 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 451.36 Td (Now then, it did exist, this was an undeniable fact; and since the human mind dotes on objects of wonder, you)Tj ET Q 68 0.000 Tw 69 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 437.18 Td (can understand the worldwide excitement caused by this unearthly apparition. As for relegating it to the realm)Tj ET Q 70 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 423.01 Td (of fiction, that charge had to be dropped.)Tj ET Q 71 3.200 Tw 72 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 408.84 Td (In essence, on July 20, 1866, the steamer Governor Higginson, from the Calcutta & Burnach Steam)Tj ET Q 73 0.000 Tw 74 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 394.66 Td (Navigation Co., encountered this moving mass five miles off the eastern shores of Australia. Captain Baker at)Tj ET Q 75 0.000 Tw 76 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 380.49 Td (first thought he was in the presence of an unknown reef; he was even about to fix its exact position when two)Tj ET Q 77 0.000 Tw 78 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 366.32 Td (waterspouts shot out of this inexplicable object and sprang hissing into the air some 150 feet. So, unless this)Tj ET Q 79 0.000 Tw 80 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 352.14 Td (reef was subject to the intermittent eruptions of a geyser, the Governor Higginson had fair and honest dealings)Tj ET Q 81 0.000 Tw 82 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 337.97 Td (with some aquatic mammal, until then unknown, that could spurt from its blowholes waterspouts mixed with)Tj ET Q 83 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 323.80 Td (air and steam.)Tj ET Q 84 2.118 Tw 85 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 309.63 Td (Similar events were likewise observed in Pacific seas, on July 23 of the same year, by the Christopher)Tj ET Q 86 0.857 Tw 87 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 295.45 Td (Columbus from the West India & Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Consequently, this extraordinary cetacean)Tj ET Q 88 0.000 Tw 89 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 281.28 Td (could transfer itself from one locality to another with startling swiftness, since within an interval of just three)Tj ET Q 90 0.750 Tw 91 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 267.11 Td (days, the Governor Higginson and the Christopher Columbus had observed it at two positions on the charts)Tj ET Q 92 0 Tw 93 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 252.93 Td (separated by a distance of more than 700 nautical leagues.)Tj ET Q 94 1.600 Tw 95 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 238.76 Td (Fifteen days later and 2,000 leagues farther, the Helvetia from the Compagnie Nationale and the Shannon)Tj ET Q 96 0.000 Tw 97 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 224.59 Td (from the Royal Mail line, running on opposite tacks in that part of the Atlantic lying between the United States)Tj ET Q 98 0.000 Tw 99 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 210.41 Td (and Europe, respectively signaled each other that the monster had been sighted in latitude 42 degrees 15' north)Tj ET Q 100 0.000 Tw 101 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 196.24 Td (and longitude 60 degrees 35' west of the meridian of Greenwich. From their simultaneous observations, they)Tj ET Q 102 0.000 Tw 103 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 182.07 Td (were able to estimate the mammal's minimum length at more than 350 English feet; this was because both the)Tj ET Q 104 0.000 Tw 105 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 167.89 Td (Shannon and the Helvetia were of smaller dimensions, although each measured 100 meters stem to stern. Now)Tj ET Q 106 0.000 Tw 107 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 153.72 Td (then, the biggest whales, those rorqual whales that frequent the waterways of the Aleutian Islands, have never)Tj ET Q 108 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 139.55 Td (exceeded a length of 56 meters--if they reach even that.)Tj ET Q 109 0.000 Tw 110 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 125.37 Td (One after another, reports arrived that would profoundly affect public opinion: new observations taken by the)Tj ET Q 111 0.706 Tw 112 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 111.20 Td (transatlantic liner Pereire, the Inman line's Etna running afoul of the monster, an official report drawn up by)Tj ET Q 113 0.000 Tw 114 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 97.03 Td (officers on the French frigate Normandy, dead-earnest reckonings obtained by the general staff of Commodore)Tj ET Q 115 0.857 Tw 116 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 82.85 Td (Fitz-James aboard the Lord Clyde. In lighthearted countries, people joked about this phenomenon, but such)Tj ET Q 117 0 Tw 118 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 68.68 Td (serious, practical countries as England, America, and Germany were deeply concerned.)Tj ET Q 119 0.000 Tw 120 BT /F97f05bfb6ba727d84d5803987480190cb83c609d 8.00 Tf ET 121 q 0.502 g BT 284.96 25.95 Td (Page 1)Tj ET Q 122 123 endstream 124 endobj 125 5 0 obj 126 <</Type /Page 127 /Parent 1 0 R 128 /Resources 2 0 R 129 /Contents 6 0 R>> 130 endobj 131 6 0 obj 132 <</Length 2100>> 133 stream 134 0 J 135 0 j 136 0.57 w 137 BT /Fd08375f64eb9861c6eae4dfcfdbd3500fbdbe33e 12.00 Tf ET 138 0.000 G 139 0.784 0.863 1.000 rg 140 BT /Ff5d2de5f3a71699ae4b2d83179e62d09e6fc4126 15.00 Tf ET 141 0.000 0.314 0.706 RG 142 0.902 0.902 0.000 rg 143 2.83 w 144 179.09 813.54 237.10 -25.51 re B q 0.863 0.196 0.196 rg BT 187.59 796.28 Td (20000 Leagues Under the Seas)Tj ET Q 145 0.57 w 146 BT /Fd08375f64eb9861c6eae4dfcfdbd3500fbdbe33e 12.00 Tf ET 147 0.000 G 148 0.784 0.863 1.000 rg 149 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 749.00 Td (In every big city the monster was the latest rage; they sang about it in the coffee houses, they ridiculed it in the)Tj ET Q 150 0.000 Tw 151 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 734.82 Td (newspapers, they dramatized it in the theaters. The tabloids found it a fine opportunity for hatching all sorts of)Tj ET Q 152 0.800 Tw 153 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 720.65 Td (hoaxes. In those newspapers short of copy, you saw the reappearance of every gigantic imaginary creature,)Tj ET Q 154 0.000 Tw 155 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 706.48 Td (from "Moby Dick," that dreadful white whale from the High Arctic regions, to the stupendous kraken whose)Tj ET Q 156 0.706 Tw 157 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 692.30 Td (tentacles could entwine a 500-ton craft and drag it into the ocean depths. They even reprinted reports from)Tj ET Q 158 0.000 Tw 159 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 678.13 Td (ancient times: the views of Aristotle and Pliny accepting the existence of such monsters, then the Norwegian)Tj ET Q 160 0.750 Tw 161 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 663.96 Td (stories of Bishop Pontoppidan, the narratives of Paul Egede, and finally the reports of Captain Harrington --)Tj ET Q 162 0.667 Tw 163 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 649.78 Td (whose good faith is above suspicion--in which he claims he saw, while aboard the Castilian in 1857, one of)Tj ET Q 164 0.800 Tw 165 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 635.61 Td (those enormous serpents that, until then, had frequented only the seas of France's old extremist newspaper,)Tj ET Q 166 0 Tw 167 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 621.44 Td (The Constitutionalist.)Tj ET Q 168 BT /F912688e64350d2b8dc208002a1bfb37bc4ca9e43 12.00 Tf ET 169 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 593.09 Td (\(end of excerpt\))Tj ET Q 170 BT /F97f05bfb6ba727d84d5803987480190cb83c609d 8.00 Tf ET 171 q 0.502 g BT 284.96 25.95 Td (Page 2)Tj ET Q 172 173 endstream 174 endobj 175 7 0 obj 176 <</Type /Page 177 /Parent 1 0 R 178 /Resources 2 0 R 179 /Contents 8 0 R>> 180 endobj 181 8 0 obj 182 <</Length 7198>> 183 stream 184 0 J 185 0 j 186 0.57 w 187 BT /F912688e64350d2b8dc208002a1bfb37bc4ca9e43 12.00 Tf ET 188 0.000 G 189 0.784 0.863 1.000 rg 190 BT /Ff5d2de5f3a71699ae4b2d83179e62d09e6fc4126 15.00 Tf ET 191 0.000 0.314 0.706 RG 192 0.902 0.902 0.000 rg 193 2.83 w 194 179.09 813.54 237.10 -25.51 re B q 0.863 0.196 0.196 rg BT 187.59 796.28 Td (20000 Leagues Under the Seas)Tj ET Q 195 0.57 w 196 BT /F912688e64350d2b8dc208002a1bfb37bc4ca9e43 12.00 Tf ET 197 0.000 G 198 0.784 0.863 1.000 rg 199 BT /F0a76705d18e0494dd24cb573e53aa0a8c710ec99 12.00 Tf ET 200 0.784 0.863 1.000 rg 201 28.35 759.68 538.58 -17.01 re f q 0.000 g BT 31.19 747.58 Td (Chapter 2 : THE PROS AND CONS)Tj ET Q 202 BT /Fd08375f64eb9861c6eae4dfcfdbd3500fbdbe33e 12.00 Tf ET 203 0.800 Tw 204 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 720.65 Td (During the period in which these developments were occurring, I had returned from a scientific undertaking)Tj ET Q 205 0.000 Tw 206 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 706.48 Td (organized to explore the Nebraska badlands in the United States. In my capacity as Assistant Professor at the)Tj ET Q 207 1.500 Tw 208 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 692.30 Td (Paris Museum of Natural History, I had been attached to this expedition by the French government. After)Tj ET Q 209 1.412 Tw 210 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 678.13 Td (spending six months in Nebraska, I arrived in New York laden with valuable collections near the end of)Tj ET Q 211 1.333 Tw 212 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 663.96 Td (March. My departure for France was set for early May. In the meantime, then, I was busy classifying my)Tj ET Q 213 0 Tw 214 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 649.78 Td (mineralogical, botanical, and zoological treasures when that incident took place with the Scotia.)Tj ET Q 215 0.000 Tw 216 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 635.61 Td (I was perfectly abreast of this question, which was the big news of the day, and how could I not have been? I)Tj ET Q 217 0.000 Tw 218 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 621.44 Td (had read and reread every American and European newspaper without being any farther along. This mystery)Tj ET Q 219 0.000 Tw 220 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 607.26 Td (puzzled me. Finding it impossible to form any views, I drifted from one extreme to the other. Something was)Tj ET Q 221 1.333 Tw 222 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 593.09 Td (out there, that much was certain, and any doubting Thomas was invited to place his finger on the Scotia's)Tj ET Q 223 0 Tw 224 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 578.92 Td (wound.)Tj ET Q 225 1.200 Tw 226 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 564.74 Td (When I arrived in New York, the question was at the boiling point. The hypothesis of a drifting islet or an)Tj ET Q 227 1.500 Tw 228 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 550.57 Td (elusive reef, put forward by people not quite in their right minds, was completely eliminated. And indeed,)Tj ET Q 229 0 Tw 230 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 536.40 Td (unless this reef had an engine in its belly, how could it move about with such prodigious speed?)Tj ET Q 231 0.667 Tw 232 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 522.22 Td (Also discredited was the idea of a floating hull or some other enormous wreckage, and again because of this)Tj ET Q 233 0 Tw 234 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 508.05 Td (speed of movement.)Tj ET Q 235 0.706 Tw 236 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 493.88 Td (So only two possible solutions to the question were left, creating two very distinct groups of supporters: on)Tj ET Q 237 0.706 Tw 238 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 479.70 Td (one side, those favoring a monster of colossal strength; on the other, those favoring an "underwater boat" of)Tj ET Q 239 0 Tw 240 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 465.53 Td (tremendous motor power.)Tj ET Q 241 3.429 Tw 242 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 451.36 Td (Now then, although the latter hypothesis was completely admissible, it couldn't stand up to inquiries)Tj ET Q 243 0.000 Tw 244 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 437.18 Td (conducted in both the New World and the Old. That a private individual had such a mechanism at his disposal)Tj ET Q 245 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 423.01 Td (was less than probable. Where and when had he built it, and how could he have built it in secret?)Tj ET Q 246 0.000 Tw 247 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 408.84 Td (Only some government could own such an engine of destruction, and in these disaster-filled times, when men)Tj ET Q 248 0.800 Tw 249 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 394.66 Td (tax their ingenuity to build increasingly powerful aggressive weapons, it was possible that, unknown to the)Tj ET Q 250 0.000 Tw 251 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 380.49 Td (rest of the world, some nation could have been testing such a fearsome machine. The Chassepot rifle led to the)Tj ET Q 252 0.000 Tw 253 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 366.32 Td (torpedo, and the torpedo has led to this underwater battering ram, which in turn will lead to the world putting)Tj ET Q 254 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 352.14 Td (its foot down. At least I hope it will.)Tj ET Q 255 0.706 Tw 256 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 337.97 Td (But this hypothesis of a war machine collapsed in the face of formal denials from the various governments.)Tj ET Q 257 0.000 Tw 258 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 323.80 Td (Since the public interest was at stake and transoceanic travel was suffering, the sincerity of these governments)Tj ET Q 259 0.750 Tw 260 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 309.63 Td (could not be doubted. Besides, how could the assembly of this underwater boat have escaped public notice?)Tj ET Q 261 3.429 Tw 262 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 295.45 Td (Keeping a secret under such circumstances would be difficult enough for an individual, and certainly)Tj ET Q 263 0 Tw 264 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 281.28 Td (impossible for a nation whose every move is under constant surveillance by rival powers.)Tj ET Q 265 0.000 Tw 266 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 267.11 Td (So, after inquiries conducted in England, France, Russia, Prussia, Spain, Italy, America, and even Turkey, the)Tj ET Q 267 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 252.93 Td (hypothesis of an underwater Monitor was ultimately rejected.)Tj ET Q 268 2.000 Tw 269 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 238.76 Td (After I arrived in New York, several people did me the honor of consulting me on the phenomenon in)Tj ET Q 270 0.000 Tw 271 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 224.59 Td (question. In France I had published a two-volume work, in quarto, entitled The Mysteries of the Great Ocean)Tj ET Q 272 0.706 Tw 273 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 210.41 Td (Depths. Well received in scholarly circles, this book had established me as a specialist in this pretty obscure)Tj ET Q 274 1.800 Tw 275 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 196.24 Td (field of natural history. My views were in demand. As long as I could deny the reality of the business, I)Tj ET Q 276 0.000 Tw 277 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 182.07 Td (confined myself to a flat "no comment." But soon, pinned to the wall, I had to explain myself straight out. And)Tj ET Q 278 1.500 Tw 279 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 167.89 Td (in this vein, "the honorable Pierre Aronnax, Professor at the Paris Museum," was summoned by The New)Tj ET Q 280 0 Tw 281 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 153.72 Td (York Herald to formulate his views no matter what.)Tj ET Q 282 0.571 Tw 283 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 139.55 Td (I complied. Since I could no longer hold my tongue, I let it wag. I discussed the question in its every aspect,)Tj ET Q 284 0.000 Tw 285 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 125.37 Td (both political and scientific, and this is an excerpt from the well-padded article I published in the issue of April)Tj ET Q 286 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 111.20 Td (30.)Tj ET Q 287 1.600 Tw 288 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 82.85 Td ("Therefore," I wrote, "after examining these different hypotheses one by one, we are forced, every other)Tj ET Q 289 0 Tw 290 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 68.68 Td (supposition having been refuted, to accept the existence of an extremely powerful marine animal.)Tj ET Q 291 0.000 Tw 292 BT /F97f05bfb6ba727d84d5803987480190cb83c609d 8.00 Tf ET 293 q 0.502 g BT 284.96 25.95 Td (Page 3)Tj ET Q 294 295 endstream 296 endobj 297 9 0 obj 298 <</Type /Page 299 /Parent 1 0 R 300 /Resources 2 0 R 301 /Contents 10 0 R>> 302 endobj 303 10 0 obj 304 <</Length 5016>> 305 stream 306 0 J 307 0 j 308 0.57 w 309 BT /Fd08375f64eb9861c6eae4dfcfdbd3500fbdbe33e 12.00 Tf ET 310 0.000 G 311 0.784 0.863 1.000 rg 312 BT /Ff5d2de5f3a71699ae4b2d83179e62d09e6fc4126 15.00 Tf ET 313 0.000 0.314 0.706 RG 314 0.902 0.902 0.000 rg 315 2.83 w 316 179.09 813.54 237.10 -25.51 re B q 0.863 0.196 0.196 rg BT 187.59 796.28 Td (20000 Leagues Under the Seas)Tj ET Q 317 0.57 w 318 BT /Fd08375f64eb9861c6eae4dfcfdbd3500fbdbe33e 12.00 Tf ET 319 0.000 G 320 0.784 0.863 1.000 rg 321 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 749.00 Td ("The deepest parts of the ocean are totally unknown to us. No soundings have been able to reach them. What)Tj ET Q 322 0.000 Tw 323 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 734.82 Td (goes on in those distant depths? What creatures inhabit, or could inhabit, those regions twelve or fifteen miles)Tj ET Q 324 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 720.65 Td (beneath the surface of the water? What is the constitution of these animals? It's almost beyond conjecture.)Tj ET Q 325 2.824 Tw 326 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 706.48 Td ("However, the solution to this problem submitted to me can take the form of a choice between two)Tj ET Q 327 0 Tw 328 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 692.30 Td (alternatives.)Tj ET Q 329 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 678.13 Td ("Either we know every variety of creature populating our planet, or we do not.)Tj ET Q 330 0.632 Tw 331 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 663.96 Td ("If we do not know every one of them, if nature still keeps ichthyological secrets from us, nothing is more)Tj ET Q 332 0.000 Tw 333 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 649.78 Td (admissible than to accept the existence of fish or cetaceans of new species or even new genera, animals with a)Tj ET Q 334 2.571 Tw 335 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 635.61 Td (basically 'cast-iron' constitution that inhabit strata beyond the reach of our soundings, and which some)Tj ET Q 336 1.143 Tw 337 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 621.44 Td (development or other, an urge or a whim if you prefer, can bring to the upper level of the ocean for long)Tj ET Q 338 0 Tw 339 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 607.26 Td (intervals.)Tj ET Q 340 0.000 Tw 341 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 593.09 Td ("If, on the other hand, we do know every living species, we must look for the animal in question among those)Tj ET Q 342 1.333 Tw 343 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 578.92 Td (marine creatures already cataloged, and in this event I would be inclined to accept the existence of a giant)Tj ET Q 344 0 Tw 345 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 564.74 Td (narwhale.)Tj ET Q 346 0.000 Tw 347 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 550.57 Td ("The common narwhale, or sea unicorn, often reaches a length of sixty feet. Increase its dimensions fivefold or)Tj ET Q 348 0.000 Tw 349 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 536.40 Td (even tenfold, then give this cetacean a strength in proportion to its size while enlarging its offensive weapons,)Tj ET Q 350 0.667 Tw 351 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 522.22 Td (and you have the animal we're looking for. It would have the proportions determined by the officers of the)Tj ET Q 352 0 Tw 353 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 508.05 Td (Shannon, the instrument needed to perforate the Scotia, and the power to pierce a steamer's hull.)Tj ET Q 354 0.000 Tw 355 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 493.88 Td ("In essence, the narwhale is armed with a sort of ivory sword, or lance, as certain naturalists have expressed it.)Tj ET Q 356 1.200 Tw 357 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 479.70 Td (It's a king-sized tooth as hard as steel. Some of these teeth have been found buried in the bodies of baleen)Tj ET Q 358 3.692 Tw 359 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 465.53 Td (whales, which the narwhale attacks with invariable success. Others have been wrenched, not without)Tj ET Q 360 0.000 Tw 361 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 451.36 Td (difficulty, from the undersides of vessels that narwhales have pierced clean through, as a gimlet pierces a wine)Tj ET Q 362 0.600 Tw 363 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 437.18 Td (barrel. The museum at the Faculty of Medicine in Paris owns one of these tusks with a length of 2.25 meters)Tj ET Q 364 0 Tw 365 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 423.01 Td (and a width at its base of forty-eight centimeters!)Tj ET Q 366 0.000 Tw 367 q 0.000 g BT 31.19 408.84 Td ("All right then! 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