Torres Straits

During the nights of the 27th and 28th of December, the Nautilus left the island of Vanikoro with great speed, and in three days, we had gone over 750 leagues to the southwest.

Early on the 1st of January 1868, Conseil came up to the platform to wish me a happy new year.

What! Well, thank you, but I do not know if this is, indeed, a happy new year. Do you mean this year will be the end of our time as prisoners, or the year during which we continue on this strange voyage？I asked my faithful servant.

I do not know, master. We will certainly see curious things. For the past twe months, we have had no time to rest, always being surprised by the new discoveries, Conseil replied.