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`` We are within five hundred miles of the intersection of the forty-fifth parallel and the twenty-seventh meridian , east from Washington , '' said the captain . `` That 's as near as I could locate the wreck . Once we reach that point we will have to search about under water , for I do n't fancy the other divers left any buoys to mark the spot . '' It was two days later , after uneventful sailing , partly on the surface , and partly submerged , that Captain Weston , taking a noon observation , announced : `` Well , we 're here ! '' `` Do you mean at the wreck ? '' asked Mr. Swift eagerly . `` We 're at the place where she is supposed to lie , in about two miles of water , '' replied the captain .