The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-21
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whom completed be tho highway for commsros t.
| .Aumph, how deep u itW
WA, nov !. tS only yy, sssss,asins twsny fse1"
"well. hair way It Is 500 feet from side 70 side, and
the other half 1t Is full 2lAn
Welt but what 4 The width Of tho dsepsss part
"Humph." said the shipowner. "that II not much
sn,pn car never pass eaoa other on width o.
forty feet beam. Are there any places ON the CANA
where could stop day or twor ne asked again.
Ger.ainIy. you may STOP a. I.msit.a or at Port
entrance, Suez h Al tho Red Sea entrance and
lsmaiia u situated in the centre OF the Isthmus.
answered the Alexandrian. F5K Il
Are there any hotels At Ismailiap,
YES there y one called The Hotel des voysgeurs"
"a pretty fair place, indeed. for IsmaiIia.n
us there good table there ask ed the shipowner.
$3.50; !" anwersd the othsr.
ws really suppose there ara as many tnero
the canal not mucS q pacs AFTER i ons
twenty feet OF water and but seventy two feet wide
poor hotels tables $3.50, and neas think snan'i
Neither did the shipowner 60 and see It, but four.
neyed back 70 London BY next mail. The above dia-
member OF the Alexandra house above alluded TO,
aud u may be taken AZ fair instance Of tho height
70 which English prejudice has arrived at. when
70 examin s tns canal comes to Egypt from dis
sance o. Ssos miles, stays week O. Alexandra,
" casual conversation st dinner table, upon
hearing Of the table Ismailia Hotel being but $3.50
resolved upon Returning to London sstssd IL MS
own mfnd that the canal was failure.
After the liberal, bountffnl lunch there remained
i0r the guests nothing 70 do during the rest OF the
afternoon but to wander about and see the sights
make acQuaintances and shake hands with old ones.
whom were the following:-Mr. Charles Hale Con.
sui General " Alexandrla; General Banks, Of Massa
a1Cfa in Tn Nan Dor
Father scu!ly q Massaohusstts Dr. Crane Of prcv
Mass. j. Fred Mason. Of Worcester, Mass. DR.. Hark
mes ness Of Sacramento Cal; e. dsualos, Of New YORK;
New Orleans; Mr.. Eustace formerly Secretary 20
Leslie, o. New York; Willis P. Gilman, Of New YORK
ward Hepple Hall, Mr.. Hurbut, Of New YORK; MIR.
Winsow. ST., MIRA Winslow, Mr.. WinsIow, IT,, Of
The ycerog had Caused 70 Il Be- pitched nearly 1000
tents. with bedding, &c. for guests. Many Of these
were oiled up with German and French savans and
and Spanish correspondents and artists and the
hundreds Of "big Dugsr Of all countries whom IL
would be q task TO enumerate.
Though 1t was curious to note the preparations
they ali made for tue ball to take place that night,
tickets for which had been given out to oil who pre-.
traverse the ground occupied BY the Arab shclks
and their reainers. These independent village
chiefs, 'front.' upper Nile and the Delta, had never
come To Ismailia, were II not tnat the vceroy had
sent. aud commanded them to appear on pain OF his
displeasure.
One Of these sheiks was asked ~ he journeyed
towards the canal as TO where he was gong with
such number OF men. He replied that the
show the "Fransarvai the French grl''-what
an Arab fantasia was. So the lovely Empress
who, with her grace and c0nde5censOn, kindled all
European hearts INTO high pitch Of admiration for
her, could receive no higher compliment from
Bedouln than TO be called the "French girl" In
deed from conversation with them through clever
Interpreter they could not ne made to understand
that The French girl was more powerful than the
khediye of Egypt but they codld understand that
she might be tue fav0re sultana OF the French Sui.
tan: bull why she was permitted TO travel abroad,
inteliigiDe. ana Will ever remain, suppose grave
mystery 10 them.
Yet. to do honor to the "Fransarvair did they
come adorned In all the bravery Of Arab chisftains,
with folds upon folds OF Richest casnmeres rolled
around their heads, In dgniled length OF gorgeous
bic array Of gold mounted arms. II Arabs untaught
and uncivlIlzed, and MussuimaDs at that IL seemed
TO me they had more dignity than o dozen
Europeans possessed, and the Khedve himself
could not have been served with more assidulty
and obeyed more readily than these chiefrains were
Arab ladies' | saw there, whencesoever they came,
superb Cleopatra herself could hardly have mad
richer silks and shawS than these had wound round
about them, they appeared ike living bales OF
also, witch hosts OF dies which blew putrefaction
upon their eyes, and new from face TO face cogged
with the putrd matter they had gathered from dis
ease These boys, Arab gamlns. young fellahs pre-.
destined Tor slavery and contumey, rolled or laid In
the sand unc0ncernedly enough, and, with the gen.
eral holiday winch had come upon the land kicked
tbeiI heels up In the air in youthful OBLIVION Of oil
future possibilities