New-York tribune., 1872-07-02
show that in her most barren and uniuviting moods

fancy. His first SXp0tw WIS 10 aS1 SeO'ieu oh 'ne
back of a camel feat that he dfo not accompnSn
without considerable risg wings The camel
muoh oyerr ted beast and ia the vG-y incarnation of
pesvish ill6emper. Docilo he ia but apparently
from no oth reason than sheer stupidity No sooner
do Won approach him than he sets up hdeous snarl-
inc eroaur he driver pulls his head forcibly down
10 the group 4 and you seize the opportunity OF jump
ing,on to his back But before you can cure your
seal You are suddenly pitched violently forward
then as vic. emily backward; for the creture gets
up by Jerks and only half o. him a. a tine Wheh
once d, the motion is not so unplea SAINT as IL
has been described and very few days n axes you
quite at hon c in your elevated seat"
There bit little variety in eamplifo IN inc desert, IT,
all she rest At sunrise every one IL astir Snple
toilette. stiE simple meal, and you pack up yotr
tion of the ose and camor incident on l9l1ng, You
mount your uromedary and, when once isry & m'I the
weigh the hole trails nCiseiessly aohg tno
sand Follow Ing the path rDarsed out py tne & @ n
o M eNes "a, " ~ ~ o ia e - e1nnei yo1 10 seek little
bentth s)me friendly shade II there h any - ~ ar %
though very equeny you put uPwith suci sheer
as v hte u5rella or the unsavary vicinity OF kneeng
camel can afford. In England one knows nothing % ~
the luxury Of shade and cannot appreciate wh t q
means How, often, when reclining nVe OF us Deno" ,
driedup furze bush no bigger thar goodsizeu
washed down with lust one drink of ulo-waEn water
beautifully favored tSd Tn cog gpqd pnde saf% native snd
After lunch the march is resumed until sunSei, ana
The tents arr pitched ana uhDer rs & piopv PAM ares to
Arabs settle themselves cozy round the canPbIes W
prepare their evening meal ana fof an ho or 80
retiring for the night cOihIorG ana Iepos; -; 49,, liz, IL
The first Gbt in the desert was an era III my iuG
were about to lifehke reality when they had
never worn till then. fresh breeze pew ihlo
the tent causing apprehensions OF nightly chls, ouI
infusing vgor into both body and mind Ihe SeI f
Ing campires shed urld glow over ne M 'o sgUss Of
the day, and produced w9ndrouy pe,Hfre,ue f ,s ho h
had
MIL here and there. the hali-phlntlVe, haHsuIy
rraaning OF the camels-these were the ony
sounds which disturbed the stiffness of the night con
templated the around me with mingled feeIbRsoI
delight and awe was reclining perchsnce upon upond anJ
very spot where the children of Israel had encamped
when fleeing from their Egyptian prosecutors ana
with theirs. had just left The noisy busting crowd OF
Caros streets ana had escaped mo ne iee ~ soe.I NJ
great lone wilderness and TOO eit mat sense O %
divine protection which must have been present 10 nen
muen ~ Ia The desert does one ee nat nou
is nigh. Heit is that enables man 10 pass III S&cS &
through this drcary waste and whether II be DY drect
InraGuous hteIN a. "a - 'I 1rSi aeanev NJ
People, or by the scdIccy less wOhletu lkenuI ol
reason ana foresight Stt is His hand alone that sue'
him
Two hours ride from suez brought the party to a
beautiful little oasis in the desert, consisting of
few springs of limpd but brackish water, small
pools with gardens of palms and tamarisks around
them as well as beds of vegetables and culinary
herbs. These gardens are provided with Summer
houses for the convenience of those who come out
from Suez to enjoy the fresh desert air. The view
from this spot is superb. vast level plain OF
sand stretches towards the north, bordered
by a long chain OF mountains on the east,
while OIL the northwest a bold promonory
overhangs the gulf. and with it's noble outlines
and lovely purple tints, clearly seen against
the azure sky, presents scene at once picturesque
and grand. Tradition places the site OF the passage
of the Israetes over the Red Sea on this spot. and
in the opinion of the author it is certain ;Eat at
| ~ 80 fha
der. the waters must have closed in upon Pharaohs
struggling hosts On this subject, he offers some
pertinent if not conclusive suggestions:
Themrace of thc passage of the Red Sea is npor-
tant in its bearings upon the whole question Of the tNo
dtat many and various opinions have hecn advanced
both as to its site and character The obvious route Of
the sTacltes from Egypt would have been hy te Ord
but we are expressly told that God led them not through
way Of the land OF the Philisnes although that was
near; God said Lest peradvenure the people repent
when they war, and they return to Egypt nut God
of the Red Sea- tEXod XIII H. lSl' Now tbl. way o,
the Wilderness must also have passed round the mead
of the Cult and the two routes must have been az TINS
From tie narrative in Exodus XIV it would seem that
the Egyptians came upon ten be0re they hau rouueu
the head OF the Gu so as TO compel them either 10 ke
10 the water fall into their enemies hands equally iata
% a%itenauNeSd d HC nG Gr saved t6sp Bnt natural
agencies mracuOusly accelerated are mentioned az re
yeIance and we need not therefore suppose am thing
contrary the lawsof nature that the children OF
midst Of the deep according 10 the popular mode or
depicting the scene. Some writer's have Imagined hat
great change has taken place in the level OF the sea since
the time OF the Exodus but recent examination does not
at all confirm this hypothesis, while there is abundant
evidence that the thCrn "nd OF the Gun OF SucI mas
been gradually silted up, ana that IN consequence
farther seathward It follows from this that it,
ing to the view held by many modern auhorills,
the passage took place at the head of the Gulf
il existed at the time of the Exodus, the Israetts
must have crossed at point several miles norm mn
OF its present limits Then We are tOd that the L"u
caused the TO 90 back by strong east wind aii
night, and made the sea Hry and and the waters
involving suspension OF physical laws though TO my
mind il is much wonderful showing how those
A strong wind blowing the east at the moment OF
the setting in Of the ebb ude might SO drive back tne
higher than the shore side. such phenomenon IL
frequently observed in lakes and inland and thcie
were, as there woad very key be al te mead 1i tIe
Gulf any inequality III the bed OF the sea or any cham C
sand banks dividing the upper part Of the Gnf INTO
two basins that portion might be blown dry and psth
very soon be eft with water on either side As the
| Sudden yeerine of this wind TO the opposite
quarter at the moment of the return tide would bring
have been actually the case for we nnd that the waters
| returned. not with sudden rush overwhelming The
Egyptians at once, but gradually and at hr>t, az we
might expect, saurating the sand so that 1t took on
| their chaIiOtwheeis that they dfaye them heavily.
In the hurricane and darkness Of the night this would
naturally cause such panic and confusion as to seri-
ousy reard them III their passage but III the mean TIME
the waters were surely advancing upon them. mud
| when morning broke Israel saw the Egyptians dead
show conclusivey that the wind did Veer round to the
west otherwise, with the east wind SIN blowing the
corpSe Pharaoh and his host wOCd have been driven
away the ITaelites and thrown up upon the OPP
pOsite shore.
! The Arabs, with their usual inconsistency, adopt
two sites for the miracle, namely the place above
referred to, and PhaTaoh's Hot Bath" frowning
chalk cliff little further down the coast. PhaTaohs
perturbed spirit is still supposed TO haunt the deep,
and keep alive the boiling sulphurous spring which
started up at his last drowning gasp. When asked
how they can reconcile their accounts of Moses
having crossed the at both these spots the pious
children of the desert answer, as they did to the
anthnr " What seeIns remote to us is near TO God