ROUND THE MOON - 20

by Jules Verne in English Science-Fiction

CHAPTER XX. THE SOUNDINGS OF THE SUSQUEHANNA Well, lieutenant, and our soundings?” “I think, sir, that the operation is nearing its completion,” replied Lieutenant Bronsfield. “But who would have thought of finding such a depth so near in shore, ...Read Moreonly 200 miles from the American coast?” “Certainly, Bronsfield, there is a great depression,” said Captain Blomsberry. “In this spot there is a submarine valley worn by Humboldt’s current, which skirts the coast of America as far as the Straits of Magellan.” “These great depths,” continued the lieutenant, “are not favorable for laying telegraphic cables. A level bottom, like that Read Less