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Chapter 9

           TheMongoliahadstillsixteenhundredandfiftymilestotraversebeforereachingBombay,andwasobligedtoremainfourhoursatSteamerPointtocoalup. Butthisdelay,asitwasforeseen,didnotaffectPhileasFogg’sprogramme;besides,theMongolia,insteadofreachingAdenonthemorningofthe15th,whenshewasdue,arrivedthereontheeveningofthe14th,againoffifteenhours. 

           Mr.FoggandhisservantwentashoreatAdentohavethepassportagainvisaed;Fix,unobserved,followedthem. Thevisaprocured,Mr.Foggreturnedonboardtoresumehisformerhabits; whilePassepartout,accordingtocustom,saunteredaboutamongthemixedpopulationofSomanlis,Banyans,Parsees,Jews,Arabs,andEuropeanswhocomprisethetwenty-fivethousandinhabitantsofAden. HegazedwithwonderuponthefortificationswhichmakethisplacetheGibraltaroftheIndianOcean,andthevastcisternswheretheEnglishengineerswerestillatwork,twothousandyearsaftertheengineersofSolomon. 

           "Verycurious,verycurious,"saidPassepartouttohimself,onreturningtothesteamer."Iseethatitisbynomeansuselesstotravel,ifamanwantstoseesomethingnew." Atsixp.m.theMongoliaslowlymovedoutoftheroadstead,andwassoononcemoreontheIndianOcean.Shehadahundredandsixty-eighthoursinwhichtoreachBombay,andtheseawasfavourable,thewindbeinginthenorth-west,andallsailsaidingtheengine. Thesteamerrolledbutlittle,theladies,infreshtoilets,reappearedondeck,andthesinginganddancingwereresumed. Thetripwasbeingaccomplishedmostsuccessfully,andPassepartoutwasenchantedwiththecongenialcompanionwhichchancehadsecuredhiminthepersonofthedelightfulFix. OnSunday,October20th,towardsnoon,theycameinsightoftheIndiancoast:twohourslaterthepilotcameonboard. 

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