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many occasions the actors in their heavy 

 (living-suits were swept out of tlie 

 c.iinira's ranjfc. Other dangers not 

 stipulatcfl in tile scenario were provided 

 by curious and in\'esligating giant (isli. 

 The divers succeeded in lireaking one 

 age-old tradition. Tiie\' found that a 

 shark could lie frightened away very 

 easih'. Another lisli, the liarracouta, 

 gave them more trouble. 'I'lu' harra- 

 couta is long, slim, swift and exceedingly 



The I./Owcr Plane Was, in Real- 

 ity, Stationary, Being Suspended 

 by Strong but Invisible Wires Be- 

 tween the Two Cliffs. The Upper 

 Machine Swooped Down on the 

 Lower One in Mid-Air. Dropped 

 a Bomb Upon It and Destroyed It 



vicious. Barracouta in swarms, 

 or schools, would attack the men, 

 and could be driven away only after 

 I fierce battle. 



Love-Makiug at the Bottom of the Sea 



Not only were fights with barracouta 



and fights between men staged on the 

 ocean floor, but many of the dramatic 

 e\ents of the story took place there. A 

 rubber-dad hero wooetl his rubber-clad 

 heroine. A burial took jilacc, and 

 treasure was hunted and found. In 

 fact, as many of the features of Verne's 

 story as could be consistently were 

 reproduced. 



The actors were dresst'd for the under- 

 water .scenes in di\ ing-suits, which wi're 

 pro\i<led with tanks of ox\gi'n and air 



