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having been duly sworn, the master had stated that the capture was made about five miles from Europa Point, the southern extremity of the Rock of Gibraltar.
The Strait is about fourteen miles wide at this point, which would put the ship, when captured, nine miles from Ceuta!
The lieutenant, at the conclusion of the reading, raised both hands, and with an expressive smile, ejaculated, ‘Es possible?’ ‘Yes,’ I replied, ‘all things are possible to Federal Consuls, and other Federal pimps and spies, when the Sumter and Yankee ships are concerned.’
Baltimore, MD. Kelly Piet & Co. 1868.
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