A few moments later the craft was in motion, not before,
however, she was struck another blow, but only a glancing one.
"We're puzzling them!" cried Tom.
Having done all that was possible for the time being, Tom
hurried to the observation chamber, followed by the ethers. There
Tom switched on the powerful lights. For a moment nothing was to
be seen but the swirling, green water. Then, suddenly, a great
shape came into view of the glass windows, followed by another.
"Whales!" cried Tom Swift. "And the largest I've ever seen
It was true. Two immense specimens of the cetacean species were
in front of the submarine, one on either bow, evidently much
puzzled over the glaring lights. They were bow-heads, and immense
creatures, and it would not take many blows from them to disable
even a stouter craft than was the submarine.
But the motion of the undersea ship, the bright lights, and
possibly the feel of her steel skin was evidently not to the
liking of the sea monsters. One, indeed, came so close to the
glass that he seemed about to try to break it, but, to the relief
of all, he veered off, evidently not liking the look of what he
saw.
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