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THE MEDITERRANEAN.
the surplus water of the Mediterranean into the Atlantic through the Straits of Gibraltar. This is a fact, and the Nautilus took advantage of this current. It rapidly advanced. For an instant I caught sight of the beautiful ruins of the temple of Hercules (according to Pliny and Avienus), buried with the island that supported it, and a few moments later we were floating in the waves of the Atlantic Ocean.
