CHAPTER 17

Last moments of Captain Nemo—Wishes of the dying man—A parting gift to his friends of a day—Captain Nemo’s coffin—Advice to the colonists—The supreme moment—At the bottom of the sea. Day had returned. No ray of light penetrated into the profundity of the cavern. It being high-water, the entrance was closed by the sea. But the artificial light, which escaped in long streams from the skylights of the “Nautilus” was as vivid as before, and the sheet of water shone around the floating vessel. An extreme exhau…