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168 for floating on the surface, but sometimes they sank suddenly into the deep and as suddenly appeared on the surface.

I noticed the difference to Ezariel. "Men float on the surface because they want air to breathe. If they could live under the surface, they would doubtless sink into the deep, and construct ships to do so, like these huge ships, which seem to us floating islands of the Jovians."

We resolved also to explore the depths of the vast ocean.