Robur the Conqueror by Jules Verne
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Occasionally a scared gazelle showed itself far down the slopes.
There were no birds, save a couple of those crows which can rise to the utmost limits of the respirable air. The pass at last was traversed. The "Albatross" began to descend. Coming from the hills out of the forest region there was now beneath them an immense plain stretching far and wide. Then Robur stepped up to his guests, and in a pleasant voice remarked, "India, gentlemen!" Chapter XIII OVER THE CASPIAN The Engineer had no intention of taking his ship over the wondrous lands of Hindustan. To cross the Himalayas was to show how admirable was the machine he commanded; to convince those who would not be convinced was all he wished to do. But if in their hearts Uncle Prudent and his colleague could not help admiring so perfect an engine of aerial locomotion, they allowed none of their admiration to be visible. All they thought of was how to |
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