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Chapter 5. Arabian Tunnel

           Wewereupsetoveroneanother,andIknownothowtheadventurewouldhaveended,iftheCanadian,stillenragedwiththebeast,hadnotstruckittotheheart.

           Ihearditsteethgrindontheironplate,andthedugongdisappeared,carryingtheharpoonwithhim.Butthebarrelsoonreturnedtothesurface,andshortlyafterthebodyoftheanimal,turnedonitsback.Theboatcameupwithit,tookitintow,andmadestraightfortheNautilus.

           Itrequiredtackleofenormousstrengthtohoistthedugongontotheplatform.Itweighed10,000lb.

           Thenextday,11thFebruary,thelarderoftheNautiluswasenrichedbysomemoredelicategame.Aflightofsea-swallowsrestedontheNautilus.ItwasaspeciesoftheSternanilotica,peculiartoEgypt;itsbeakisblack,headgreyandpointed,theeyesurroundedbywhitespots,theback,wings,andtailofagreyishcolour,thebellyandthroatwhite,andclawsred.TheyalsotooksomedozenofNileducks,awildbirdofhighflavour,itsthroatandupperpartoftheheadwhitewithblackspots.

           Aboutfiveo’clockintheeveningwesightedtothenorththeCapeofRas-Mohammed.ThiscapeformstheextremityofArabiaPetraea,comprisedbetweentheGulfofSuezandtheGulfofAcabah.

           TheNautiluspenetratedintotheStraitsofJubal,whichleadstotheGulfofSuez.Idistinctlysawahighmountain,toweringbetweenthetwogulfsofRas-Mohammed.ItwasMountHoreb,thatSinaiatthetopofwhichMosessawGodfacetoface.

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