He remarked upon this to his friend Jacques.

The latter laughed.
"We are out of their course now, my lad.

We passed the latitude of Cape St.Vincent yesterday evening, and we are now pretty well off the coast of Africa.

Nine out of ten of the ships we have seen were either bound to the Mediterranean or on their way home.

Now that we have passed the mouth of the strait we shall not run across many sail." "Where are we going to, then ?" Ralph said.
"Well, I don't think there is any harm in telling you now, that we are bound south, but how far is more than I know.