Wilmington journal., 1874-01-23
EGYPT.
IF.ssasE IRON GEN. GDI>s0N.
PoEr 81 Bi:HENIcE, oS THE RED SEA,
December Ilth, 1873.

December 18th, 1873.
Dc0r .iO'tfnul If you viii take the
trouble of looking on q map of Egypt
and will follow the shore of the Red
Sea towards the South as far as the
9th parallel of latitude. you will find
the Gulf of Bercnice. More than two
Thousand years ago, II town was built
/ here by Ptoemv Philadelphus, and
named Berenicc, after his mother. but
it las been rl!ncd and deserted for
more than fifteen hundred years. A
few mounds show thesformer position
, OF its streets and the remains of a tem-
/ bic are found i'll tOlerable state ot
! preservation. A survey OF the harbor
was ordered by the War Department
! atthe same time with 4 reconnaissance of
/ the ancient route, from keneh on the
! NIie, to BerCnica. Being charged
! with the latter ] assembled the Nile IN
! q steamer to Keneh, and came across
! tie desert with my expedition to this
! place where I arrived nearly two
months ago, and have remained until
| the completion Of the survey. This
| being now finished, the steamer which
remained in port all this time for the
I 1Ise OF the surveying panty. will leave
! the day after tomorrow for SucH. and
! | profit by the opportunity t. write
You q few pages. This peiuG q desert
ed place, and in the desert, there is TO
! population. nor postoilice, nor tcle-
! graph hero. Bat We were cIperctl
I about ten days ago !,v the arrival cl Il
steamer which brought supplies for
rs, together with Il heavy mail. M
el,IliIg. besides many letters, eight or
tea numbers of the WrEAI.Y JorHEAL.
1t was quite = treat to hear fro,:1 holus,
on the deserted shores OF this distant
sea: and the Jnl'HNlf. locked fri"! lly
and familiar. and WAS eagerly pcrused
dnwii "a ti!r advertisements them
selves. an! glad t" BE able - Writ
long before i;tI cxpected, ii uulv to
show 1ny many good friends iii vii
! niingtnn that ! DO not forget tl:clu.
liz my last letter, ! gave II brief les
fripti"n rfthe City of Cairo. / intended
describing afterwards, among other
! thugs, the costume, OF tie people and
the domestic animals But see that
you rcphblishc.i = private letter Of
miLc to 4 friend il liverpool, which
nt caused to hr inserted ia = Liverpool
paper though il was not written With
as much care rs ii it had been intend-
ed for the press. III tnat letter. HE
allfpN ilitllSt'tIik'.t SNttttttn IL L i!IIfbt-
fectIy described. an,! J will not give Il
repetition OF them. The horses. the
Iof.!ceys, and the c,iaels We're enec;a!-
/ y alluded L.. Ot the former. | would
say that h2re seen some of marvel
lou i'e,sutv such. that il N accurate
pi.'turc "f them We're shown you. Yoll
~oul,! say th::t 10 horse So perfect :,n,l
beautiful ever existed. Animals Ike
: !. J
high l}lcIaS. and they ctu!',t I've rur-
chased a. my pri"h. The donkey. on
c.3ttrary, j. til" ls..'," .HaY'+ ,:ompaHion
with him. EUi | must Tell Eo,l more
Il close a!.d intimate acquaintance with
him dirng my desert Journey He i
certainly o!:o - the most wonderful
aui;nal; -: i;c.i's creation. IN TIE City
Of Ctirp h, is hur,lly ever used except
as d h.a~t .: huld-n. Long strings
OF tii,u. ~ seen carving loads of
stone fpr the constructions in progress
Timber = generally conveyed iii tho
same VA. The camel is not Il
drarEcllt animal. His feet have M
L0of. bat terminate in Il iarra,
ti3t ,nd ei.s~t;. cushion. Tnis oI.lh!cs
ilii,i t, tityci ca~iiy over sand ;ut
vou c;,,lnu. drivr hiln through even
the a!ia!,owest water; l.t1 The lno.1"nt
ne gets N slightly moist soil. LIE BE-
gino to Slip amI refuses t. 60 al. He
is almost ar equally untitled for 4
mou,lta;nol3S country: hu: on the
ie>cr, lie i. Invaluable. IL can live
OF ;,in.a-t nothing. al.d GA ii<c days
witlCut water. The Ii .c.;un be
tween c3uleiS and ,ir0Ica;lar,-, il this
,ountrv, j. similar tn that between the
plun-t. 81 wagon horse and the saddle
horse: tine drOni4Gdrv being uulv n
finer sad lighter breed Of c41ne:4. y
carav,.:. q: ;yai.i consists Of Uoth. The
c-,:.:,1- :irc LOADED with the ha1yaoc,
pro, i-.ols5. and water. which i car
rirI III .c.at skins tanned With the hair
an. aud looking. Whcu fui!. ike The
iIt.,,dic.,5 bioa!e1 bodies uf til" animals
tlcu.4alvCs. Military trains like oIrs,
carr chictiy zinc bHrI,ls adapted III
siE" nuI forin - be carried on tie
'lll3t!>' bac'iS. Zach water camel car
r;cs two II the larger, or four Ot the
5u.;ti;er ones. Tho barrels retain the
water much better than the goat
skins, which lcts II .3,aHo hy leaking
aatt evaporation. ! rurtlou ;.dnri can
carry about 500 pol;ied5 al;I more, for
t1y,I X. l,1lir- = day nj t!,,, ratio nf two
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-, >, t,,,;n ;;,.'n ,lrl.,a'i.,,.;.,,. 80
mounted Lv thc o,}inars anl S;.a;ks.
Tbn c;n,el n,. d,n,oa.l.r.y's wall, j. =
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T>,,.rv sten he t,,,a., n,aI,ns I,a5, hnni
fory.,rl .II back c.;nsinn see saw
motion which becomes extremely tire
some. Bat vle, you press hIm flster
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