<)6 THE WALKS ABROAD OF 



worth a cable broken, and that it was to be hoped 

 that similar accidents would occur again.' 



u Since this occurrence the English, Swedish, and 

 American peoples have fitted out ships for sounding 

 and dredging, with the object of revealing the won- 

 derful secrets of the ocean depths. 



" The Government of France has held it a point of 



SUBMARINE EXPLORATION o Ui' XHii ' XAi.ls.MAN.' Miid'H i'l/.<, f/lobu'Cps. 

 FISHED FBOM A DEPTH BETWEEN' 4,500 AND 10,000 FEET. 



honour not to be left behind, and in 1880 a despatch- 

 boat, the Travailleur, made its first voyage for this 

 purpose in the Bay of Biscay. The results obtained 

 were so satisfactory that it was decided to make a 

 second campaign in the Mediterranean Sea, and then' 

 a third in the neighbourhood of the Canary Islands. 

 And quite recently the Travailleur and the Talisman 



