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Chapter 7. The Mediterranean in Forty-Eight Hours

           ToquittheNautilusundersuchconditionswouldbeasbadasjumpingfromatraingoingatfullspeedanimprudentthing,tosaytheleastofit.Besides,ourvesselonlymountedtothesurfaceofthewavesatnighttorenewitsstockofair;itwassteeredentirelybythecompassandthelog.

           IsawnomoreoftheinteriorofthisMediterraneanthanatravellerbyexpresstrainperceivesofthelandscapewhichfliesbeforehiseyes;thatistosay,thedistanthorizon,andnotthenearerobjectswhichpasslikeaflashoflightning.

           WewerethenpassingbetweenSicilyandthecoastofTunis.InthenarrowspacebetweenCapeBonandtheStraitsofMessinathebottomofthesearosealmostsuddenly.Therewasaperfectbank,onwhichtherewasnotmorethanninefathomsofwater,whilstoneithersidethedepthwasninetyfathoms.

           TheNautilushadtomanoeuvreverycarefullysoasnottostrikeagainstthissubmarinebarrier.

           IshowedConseil,onthemapoftheMediterranean,thespotoccupiedbythisreef.

           "Butifyouplease,sir,"observedConseil,"itislikearealisthmusjoiningEuropetoAfrica."

           "Yes,myboy,itformsaperfectbartotheStraitsofLybia,andthesoundingsofSmithhaveprovedthatinformertimesthecontinentsbetweenCapeBocoandCapeFurinawerejoined."

           "Icanwellbelieveit,"saidConseil.

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