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"But unless the Nautilus navigates on dry land and crosses over the isthmus--" "Or under it, Professor Aronnax." "Under it?" "Surely," Captain Nemo replied serenely. "Under that tongue of land, nature long ago made what man today is making on its surface." "What! There's a passageway?" "Yes, an underground passageway that I've named the Arabian Tunnel. It starts below Suez and leads to the Bay of Pelusium." "But isn't that isthmus only composed of quicksand?" "To a certain depth. But at merely fifty meters, one encounters a firm foundation of rock." "And it's by luck that you discovered this passageway?" I asked, more and more startled. "Luck plus logic, professor, and logic even more than luck." "Captain, I hear you, but I can't believe my ears." "Oh, sir! The old saying still