The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-12

Following these came the Cambria sailing yacht
and another Swedish yacht aud several tugs some
OF large burthen belonging 10 the SueE Maritime
Canal Company.
Excepting little confusion in the harbor where
steamers were lying thickest three abreast in some
places, there was not the slightest difculty expert
enced. SO great was the pressure 80 dense the
sells IN the harbor and yet so little noise and buster
We a & ers
heavy bets laid that we should not reach hmaa
that night nor even the next day.
As your correspondent IL on the Europe, and as
mean to write tins as we proceed, | might as well
take the reader With me and show him the canal as
we gde Up towards S1ez, 81 your own special
sees 1t.
THE CANAL AS SEEN I'm ROUTE.
Precisely at noon the steamer Europe the twe0ty-
rst in the line. glides from tue hsrbor under the
shadow OF two tall 0Daisks OF wood, which stand as
temporary indications for the entrance OF the canal.
Once fairy In 1t the great ship cana OF the suez
lsthmus 10 seen stretching away Till lost In the
horizon, separating Asia from Africa On one side
your left a. yeu front toward sueG-the desert,
Is the lagoon Of Nansaiea. streaked with darKish
lines OF sand strips, spreading rs far rs the eve
can reach, dotted over with, besides It's islands,
numerous daoabiahS whose hteen SAILS family
quivering ~ the sunshine marks light and
shadow, seems to us like swallows preparing to
while now immersed In prosaic facts. now quickly
the sbmmcring, waving mirage floating above the
land, the sun, with Its famed Egyptian magic light
the dessert ana blue lagoon Steals away Ml stern
ideas, and plunge us to day-dreaming. v Is the
land that causes this snddcn Transformation from
the pTO9alC, WhtUcF OI pOcu
cal Ianguor the land whose mysterious history
creeps into your memory and beguiles you from all
common sense, practical worldly thoughts; the
land which rests for ever In silent repose and lQIs
you with its haxy, dreamy appearance. The land Is
tinged with the mystery OF the sun; the sun hides
his brightness, is no longer luminous, but Is feovid
and mellow, and the vault OF heaven spans the
earth sp0uess, serene, yet surcharged with the Qual
tiles which causes land ana sun to appear changed
to European eyes.
Rasel.Ech stands at die fourteenth kI,orse<er from
Port Said To this point nll went well. The lengthy
line OF monster steamers kept steadily their way
swerving inch to the right the left SEEM
ingiy IL looked like grand march OF civilization
with crowned heads leading the way past the vapory
desert, past the shimmering lagoon OF Menzaleh.
The canal. 248 feet WIDE gives ample space TO the
largest ships; depth sufficient to n0at there Also
with seventeen feet OF water for the great steamers
OF $500 tons burden plough through the canal ~ II
this creation OF Lesseps ana they wereTWell ac-
enough; bevelled and laid out neatly, with slopes
one loot In six, which promises security to the
banks The telegraph was along the banks, and
small stations and reservoirs tor Nile water mark
every tenth kilometer.
Kantara Is situated at the forty-second ktlometer
which IL reached ut half-past Ave p. NJ Five hours
and half to steam forty-second kilometers u slow
work, but the Europe has been unfortunate for
on account OF her extreme length It has been dtcut
TO steer her. She has been bumped from side to side
the extreme slope OF the banks. Bets ran high on
board a. we proceeded that we could not reacn Ia
MALTA this night but confidence IL restored IA we
glide along with straight path, broad avenue OF
water In 'front.' Not one OF the twenty vessels ahead
Of US had come TO grief, and why should We" was
Kantara il village now called into more active
existence and importance by the canalhwhich fows
Dy It. II 10 situated about twenty miles rom lama
ila and ~ more modern features stand'0n the ate