\"Ineednottellyou,sir,\"saidNedLand,\"thattheRedSeaisasmuchclosedastheGulf,astheIsthmusofSuezisnotyetcut;and,ifitwas,aboatasmysteriousasourswouldnotriskitselfinacanalcutwithsluices.
Andagain,theRedSeaisnottheroadtotakeusbacktoEurope.\"
\"ButIneversaidweweregoingbacktoEurope.\"
\"Whatdoyousuppose,then?\"
\"Isupposethat,aftervisitingthecuriouscoastsofArabiaandEgypt,theNautiluswillgodowntheIndianOceanagain,perhapscrosstheChannelofMozambique,perhapsofftheMascarenhas,soastogaintheCapeofGoodHope.\"