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The

Torres

Straits

are

nearly

thirty-four

leagues

wide

;

but

they

are

obstructed

by

an

innumerable

quantity

of

islands

,

islets

,

breakers

,

and

rocks

,

that

make

its

navigation

almost

impracticable

;

so

that

Captain

Nemo

took

all

needful

precautions

to

cross

them

.

The

Nautilus

,

floating

betwixt

wind

and

water

,

went

at

a

moderate

pace

.

Her

screw

,

like

a

cetacean

's

tail

,

beat

the

waves

slowly

.

Profiting

by

this

,

I

and

my

two

companions

went

up

on

to

the

deserted

platform

.

Before

us

was

the

steersman

's

cage

,

and

I

expected

that

Captain

Nemo

was

there

directing

the

course

of

the

Nautilus

.

I

had

before

me

the

excellent

charts

of

the

Straits

of

Torres

,

and

I

consulted

them

attentively

.

Round

the

Nautilus

the

sea

dashed

furiously

.

The

course

of

the

waves

,

that

went

from

south-east

to

north-west

at

the

rate

of

two

and

a

half

miles

,

broke

on

the

coral

that

showed

itself

here

and

there

.

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"

This

is

a

bad

sea

!

"

remarked

Ned

Land

.

"

Detestable

indeed

,

and

one

that

does

not

suit

a

boat

like

the

Nautilus

.

"

"

The

Captain

must

be

very

sure

of

his

route

,

for

I

see

there

pieces

of

coral

that

would

do

for

its

keel

if

it

only

touched

them

slightly

.

"

Indeed

the

situation

was

dangerous

,

but

the

Nautilus

seemed

to

slide

like

magic

off

these

rocks

.

It

did

not

follow

the

routes

of

the

Astrolabe

and

the

Zelee

exactly

,

for

they

proved

fatal

to

Dumont

d’Urville

.

It

bore

more

northwards

,

coasted

the

Islands

of

Murray

,

and

came

back

to

the

south-west

towards

Cumberland

Passage

.

I

thought

it

was

going

to

pass

it

by

,

when

,

going

back

to

north-west

,

it

went

through

a

large

quantity

of

islands

and

islets

little

known

,

towards

the

Island

Sound

and

Canal

Mauvais

.

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I

wondered

if

Captain

Nemo

,

foolishly

imprudent

,

would

steer

his

vessel

into

that

pass

where

Dumont

d’Urville

's

two

corvettes

touched

;

when

,

swerving

again

,

and

cutting

straight

through

to

the

west

,

he

steered

for

the

Island

of

Gilboa

.

It

was

then

three

in

the

afternoon

.

The

tide

began

to

recede

,

being

quite

full

.

The

Nautilus

approached

the

island

,

that

I

still

saw

,

with

its

remarkable

border

of

screw-pines

.

He

stood

off

it

at

about

two

miles

distant

.

Suddenly

a

shock

overthrew

me

.

The

Nautilus

just

touched

a

rock

,

and

stayed

immovable

,

laying

lightly

to

port

side

.

When

I

rose

,

I

perceived

Captain

Nemo

and

his

lieutenant

on

the

platform

.

They

were

examining

the

situation

of

the

vessel

,

and

exchanging

words

in

their

incomprehensible

dialect

.

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