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Chapter 4. The Red Sea

           "Ineednottellyou,sir,"saidNedLand,"thattheRedSeaisasmuchclosedastheGulf,astheIsthmusofSuezisnotyetcut;and,ifitwas,aboatasmysteriousasourswouldnotriskitselfinacanalcutwithsluices.Andagain,theRedSeaisnottheroadtotakeusbacktoEurope."

           "ButIneversaidweweregoingbacktoEurope."

           "Whatdoyousuppose,then?"

           "Isupposethat,aftervisitingthecuriouscoastsofArabiaandEgypt,theNautiluswillgodowntheIndianOceanagain,perhapscrosstheChannelofMozambique,perhapsofftheMascarenhas,soastogaintheCapeofGoodHope."

           "AndonceattheCapeofGoodHope?"askedtheCanadian,withpeculiaremphasis.

           "Well,weshallpenetrateintothatAtlanticwhichwedonotyetknow.Ah!friendNed,youaregettingtiredofthisjourneyunderthesea;youaresurfeitedwiththeincessantlyvaryingspectacleofsubmarinewonders.Formypart,Ishallbesorrytoseetheendofavoyagewhichitisgiventosofewmentomake."

           Forfourdays,tillthe3rdofFebruary,theNautilusscouredtheSeaofOman,atvariousspeedsandatvariousdepths.Itseemedtogoatrandom,asifhesitatingastowhichroaditshouldfollow,butweneverpassedtheTropicofCancer.

           InquittingthisseawesightedMuscatforaninstant,oneofthemostimportanttownsofthecountryofOman.

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