extends from the Straits of Gibraltar to the coast of Syria and Palestine, being above 2000 miles in length, but of very unequal breadth: the west part of it separating Europe from Africa; and the Levant, or east part of it, dividing Asia from Africa, Spain, France, Italy, Turkey in Europe, and Natolia, or the Lesser Asia, bounding it on the north; and the empire of Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, Barca, and Egypt, bounding it on the south. The Strait of Gibraltar being about 15 or 16 miles broad, a strong current sets through it out of the Atlantic Ocean into the Mediterranean constantly, which requires a good gale of wind to stem it.