Part 1 Chapter 22 Summary

The first stone yields to another one. Savages are attacking Ned Land, Conseil and Aronnax not only with stones but also arrows and other weaponry. They run madly away from the savages and toward their little boat, which is sixty feet away. Ned Land refuses to leave his meat behind and tows it with him. The three scramble toward the Nautilus. They are scared at the savages who keep chasing them. Some are waist deep in the water.

Back on the Nautilus Aronnax complains to Captain Nemo of their brush with the savages. Captain Nemo seems nonplused: what do you expect? All men are savages. Captain Nemo returns to his playing of the organ.

The next day about five hundred savages are approaching the Nautilus. They seem very interested in it. Because of the savages the three men cannot go back...