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 places to make his escape in, we should never emerge alive from the fiery sea!

The following day (February 16th) we left the basin between Rhodes and Alexandria, which can boast of a depth of about 4,500 yards, and the Nautilus giving Cerigo a wide berth, doubled Cape Matopan, and left the Greek Archipelago astern.