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

without the arrival OF numerous herds OF cattle ana
long strings OF camels bearing Egyptian and syrian
travellers. me village Is amply supplied with ex-
cellent water led thther In pipes from Ismaila and
the caravans. when passing by her. rejolced at the
opportunity OF replennshing their Inushoks before
proceeding ON their Journey These water pipes io-
low the Maritime Canal 10 is junction win the Med
iterrancan iorty-eight miles from lsmailla. SUP
plying an the stations along Its course. THIS Is the
only good water " be found on the lsthmus al the
wells lound mere and there, IN the lands, although
supplied by infiltratons from the Nile more or
less bracklsh. As q prccauuOn against accidents,
such AS might happen BY the bursting OF pipe, or
rom any otner cause the company nave very pr9-
IDENTITY formed large reservoirs OF water at Port Sad
sufficient for feen days consumption but, In order
TO render the supplies along the canal more secure,
there ID second line OF pipe running parallel Few
feet distant from the rst from lsmalia TO Port SAID
And now let ns glance at the little bits Of his
you. Fifteen miles to the west OF Kantara is zoan,
the place OF departure, or the Ianis OF the
Greeks, celebrated IN Holy Writ for the deeds done
In the felds OF Loan. Lake Mengaseh covers the
fields OF LOan; the city Itself Is In ruins. We may
Judge Of It's Importance in ancient times by the
manner In which the prophets Ezekiel and Isaiah
speak OF IT, THE princes Of Zoan are FOOLS" ''rhe
counsel Of he wise counselors OF Pharaoh Is become
BRUSH" Zoan was built seven years after HEBRON,
where sarah, Abraham's WIFE, was buried. The
ruins are vast and most interesting. temple,
gateway 0f granite, columns, broken obeiisks and
statues exist 1T Eau, aS IL Ii called, to-day and the
name OF the great Rameses, with his cartouche, Is
cut upon great many OF tho statues; and these are
all that ID lett Oh the joyous city whose antiquity Is
OF ancient days. The great ship canal which We
now traverse cuts across the "way Of the land Of
the Phiiistines, that runs from GAIA to Zoan" the
place OF departure. IL Is needless TO enumerate
the celebrities thai travelled the way from Loan
through the hente land TO Phlstla. All the Kings
or Egypt who mad designs against Palestine marched
this way, ana the cruel lord Cambyses, invaded
Egypt by the same road. "BadncSs Is come upon
GAIA ana Z0an Hes IN ruins" Between these two
citles not single haDitatlOn Is seen to-day The
Arab pitches Is teat by niVht and IN the morning ne
Is gone, and soon the sands are whisked about by
desert winds and all traces OF the camp fire ana the
sandalled fOOtstep Is swept away.
Fifteen miles to the east OF Kanara, almost buried,
lies pelusa once potent In wealth ana great IN
princes. Alas Potassium, the mart OF nations
Is no more Its strongholds are heap OF
ruins, Its palaces have become the nests OF
reptiles, the river that gave 1t harvest has
wandered away, and the harbor which noated
great Pelusiuns fleets ID a mound OF sand Damas-
Gus was trader ut It's gates; Tyre and Sidon ex-
ported their purple and line linen; the princeiy
cnies OF Arabia and the sons OF kedar brought TO s
markets the best OF their Hooks, OF their canes ana
dromedar1es; MerOe aud the far countries OF Etni0-
pa brought their gold dust and precious stones. OF
the oaks Of Basnan were the SHIPS Of Potassium
made; the cedars OF Lebanon furnished masts. Pelu
SUM was the queen port OF the great sea. Its nhab
ltants were ski.ful IN war; they built mounds and
with thick walls Its fine linen manufactures sup
piled the PhGnicians with the work OF their
looms. Virgil says "Scorn not the care OF the
Egyptian lentil" The country round about Pelu-
sum was famous for producing lents and all kinds
grain. The pastures by the river teemed with fat
cattle, and the trees on its banks grew SO tnickly
that the rays OF the sun could not penetrate the To-
liage.
esting and deserves the attention OF all readers
Anthyla, Oh the Campus, maintained the queens or
Egypt IN shoes ana ine grdes; Na .ai a. few
nations and its commerce rvalled Peusluin Arch
andrOs with its cunning wOrkmen, cxceiled IN broid
cred work, and occupied the lars with earrings OF
coral, necklaces OF agate and Iabrets OF gold and
silver; and the fair Fields Of Zoan,n instead OF
being an immense lagoon boosted Of foresIs OF
strong, tall oaks; OF groves OF brstly arbutus, Of
wlde-Spreadng acanthus OF an abundance OF lime
trees and 1eathery poplars. Beech, Tor wooden
tla at.dv m n.xyn fhn Ntnr
the games iourlshed here. Hazel, ash, frs with
dense dark green tops, myrtle Tor the stout spear
nas yems for egyptian oows sne u M
precious gum, evergreen, box, slender tarna-
risks all grew here in abundance. The Watery
lotus sprang from the rich Nile mud Its natal
mother; stately palms upreared their heads ana us-
clous dates hung III pendant clusters from their
tops; vines that bore grape punches which rivaed
those OF Eshcol; the orange with Its crimson frat;
giant pines, with Drlsted crests, which furnished
tall masts for ships, torches for the darkness and
made sucn glowing fires 10 the gods; all these aud
much more, with lax crops, vetches, bitter lupins
anu beans did the fertile fields OF zoan produce.
And the traveller asks himself, IA there not one
thing left OF all this fertltyf An, mol Nothing.
The lagoon OF Menzaleh has shrouded all deep in its
bosom among the sands Nothing Of all the mat en-
Delta OF Egypt boosted. East OF Kantara swins the
| lake In mirage west and south far and wide ths
desert waves with the same deceiuu aspect over al
noat the yapory heats Alternately II Is but slrot
iervor aud deathy whirlwlnd blasts, whirling ant
toying with the amber sands forming daily new
dunes and ievellinQ mounds OF the same materia
which stood but yesterday.
At the hfty-sixth klIometer the sun is seen going
down IN perfect blaze OF glory tue western fringe
OF the sky seems dyed in crimson Perfect stiffness
reigns over the desert; not man nor any living
thing Is abroad, save The stately leviathans OF the
deep roughIng their way TRANQUILITY through the
canal. The moonlight succeeds to daylight, and II
ever desert looked weird, II looked this night all
clothed in amber color. as 1t was, with the moon
casting long shadows OF the ships masts and mon
strous images OF steamers against the banks which
sunk into the sinu0slties OF the udgs which
tine silt from the canal had made. The evening
stars looked forth, and soon the heavens were
decked In such splenesr as may only DE
seen in trop,c lands. The moon beng full
there was nothing To prevent the passage Of the
ship by night and so continued on our way, cen.
trary 10 false representations and adverse bets.
Al the aftyeightn kiometer near the Baiah Lakes,
we found the Egyptian frigate Latif commanded Wy
JUDGE infatuated Itself into Inis man that he actu-
ally telegraphed to London that his ship was lahore
and that none other could pass him. whereas the
whole statement was an infamous falsehood No
ship was delayed IN the slightest and, drawing but
been feet 1t Is supposed tnat ne drove ner ashore
At the sixty-seventh kilometer we came TO the
heights OF Iii Guisr, where the canal was but 100
feet wide, but win nineteen eet depth. This place
was reached precisely at nine P. n Here the canal
looked perfect, for IL was magnificent piece Of
engineering. New machines had 10 be butt ed8pted
Tor this work, all OF which nave been so often de-
scribed that here 1t cannot be necessary. Rocks
had TO be cut through and mountains Of sand had
to be removed for two miles; III some places the
cutting is 1850 feet deep At tue commencement
20 900 men were engaged on these works, buf when
the magnificent dredgcrs OF Iavallet came into play
IL was MOI necessary 10 employ more than 200 or
800. The bluffs on both sizes are high and steep,
and being composed OF sand, soll and gravel,
they form admirable entertainments. The Village
OF Ei Guisr, which has u population vi
about 900 people OF all nstionallies boasts
fine buIlt church and OF the prettiest gardens
Imaginable, where all sorts OF Egyptian nowers
seem 10 tnrive well with The least care the village
La reached from the canal by long light OF wooden
steps aud the traveller landing ls agreeabiy sur
prsed At It's appearance. ii Guisr looked gay even
III the moonlight; for, IKE all the villages on the
canals II WAS covered with streamers and pennens.
IL being laIe when We arrived at this place, and
being but few miles from lsmailia the Europe an
chored Ia the middle or the canal, having arrived
mere without any accident. Not OF the neet had
experienced any dricuity In Its passage through
the canal except the Lail which went agr0HAd, it
Is believed from sheer malice.
THE 18TH OF NOVEMBER.
The steamers ahead OF the Europe reached the
port Of lsmala late IN the previous evening Tne En-
press and Emperor OF Austrla arrived Vt nve 4. n.
and were enthusiastically received by the authori