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The Spaniards who had arrived on board the _Hansa_ consisted of nine men / and a lad of twelve years of age, named Pablo. They all received Captain / Servadac, whom Ben Zoof introduced as the governor general, with due / respect, and returned quickly to their separate tasks. The captain and / his friends, followed at some distance by the eager Jew, soon left the / glade and directed their steps towards the coast where the _Hansa_ was / moored.
As they went they discussed their situation. As far as they had / ascertained, except Gourbi Island, the sole surviving fragments of the / Old World were four small islands: the bit of Gibraltar occupied by the / Englishmen; Ceuta, which had just been left by the Spaniards; Madalena, / where they had picked up the little Italian girl; and the site of / the tomb of Saint Louis on the coast of Tunis. Around these there was / stretched out the full extent of the Gallian Sea, which apparently / comprised about one-half of the Mediterranean, the whole being / encompassed by a barrier like a framework of precipitous cliffs, of an / origin and a substance alike unknown.