Morning journal and courier., 1884-04-01
A Return Journey.

Through the Suez Canal, Red Sea, ETC.
Back Among American Friends.
Yam Phoa Lee valedictorian of the class of
1880 at the Hopkins Grammar school, this
city, and one of the Chinese youths who were
remanded to their native land, narrates in an
interesting manner in letter to friends in
country from China. He spent some time in
rusticating in CRANKY and participated in the
exercise of public worship at the church of
his friend, the Rev. Mr. Cleavsland, speaking
occasionally in public. His letter is as fol-
lows:
SPRINGFIELD Mass, March 15, 'S4.
Dear friends of Granby-I have much
pleasure in informing you about my safe ar
rival at New York the 9th ult. Ny love for
this country of my adoption increased with
absence, and like an exotic that had been
transplanted from its native wild again /
dropped and pinned for that which had been
accustomed to.
had many obstacles to overcome before
I obtained passage at last on board the
steamship Venice, a tea steamer bound for
New York via Suez Canal. There were
three passengers in the cabin and we man
aged to pass the time pleasantly. We set
sail and steamed out of Hong Kong harbor
On Christmas day. We stopped at Singa-
pore one day. 1t is within one degree of the
equatorial line. I was not much pleased at
not being able to CROSS the equator and see
how it looks. There was lady once who
asserted she saw the equator through tele-
scope It is needless to explain that black
line had been previously drawn by wag
across the object glass. We sighted
Java, SumatrA, Ceylon, Alden and
Abysinnia. We then entered the Red Sea
where We probably passed the exact spot
xvha Moaaa he laws RFnaaod and Uhoro
the Egyptians tried to, but could not. There
are twelve rocky islets in the Red Sea to
which collectively the name 1.-THE Twelve
Apostles has been given, among which I
could distinctly make out Peter. The shores
on either side of the sea and of the Suez
canal are wild, desolate and sterile. 1t is
sand, sand, sand, as far as the eye can see,
relieved only here and there by patches of
sickly shrubs, the food of camels. We saw
quite q number of these with their Arab
drivers carrying the sand from She
banks of the canal. This most famous
canal is eighty-six miles long and
for the most part wide enough for single
in construction. We had to heave alongside
at night and also when we allowed ships
coming from the opposite direction to pass.
They have switches for that purpose. We
stopped at Port Said, at the northern end
of the canal, only a few hours. Cholera
was still raging there. I didn't care TO go
ashore you may be sure. We then
steamed to Gibraltar. where We went
ashore and visited the wonderful gal
leries hewn out of the rocks through
whose easements frowned about a hundred
cannons. To reach them we had to ride on
donkeys up the steep declivities of the rock.
We visited the citadel and had fine view of
the town beneath, and the harbor and the
Spanish towns beyond across the neutral
line. It was rather stormy across the Ats
Iantic. It was quite contrast to the fine
weather we had had on the Indian Ocean,
Gulf of Alden, Red and Mediterranean Seas
have been in New Haven q week also.